Mu-chou Poo (Chinese: 蒲慕州; pinyin: Pú Mùzhōu; born 1952) is a Taiwanese Egyptologist and scholar in Comparative Antiquity.[1] Poo was born in Taiwan and obtained his undergraduate degree from National Taiwan University (1975). After receiving his PhD from Johns Hopkins University (1984), he became a research fellow at the Institute of History and Philology at Academia Sinica (1983–2009). Currently, Poo teaches at the Chinese University of Hong Kong as a professor of history.[2]
Poo has published works in Chinese and English. Major works include:
Books in English:
- Wine and Wine Offering in the Religion of Ancient Egypt (London: Kegan Paul International, Egyptological Series, 1995).
- In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998).
- Enemies of Civilization: Attitudes toward Foreigners in Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and China (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005).
- (Ed.) Rethinking Ghosts in World Religions (Leiden: Brill, 2009).
Books in Chinese:
- 世界文化史 A History of World Civilizations, 2 vols., (A textbook for the Senior High School in the Republic of China) (Taipei: National Bureau of Publication, 1986).
- 西洋文明發展史 A History of Western Civilization, Chapters 1–18, co-authored with Tuan Ch'ang-kuo, Wu Chun-i & Chuang Shang-wu, (Taipei: National Open University, 1990).
- 墓葬與生死 — 中國古代宗教之省思 Burial Styles and Ideas of Life and Death—Reflections on the Religion of Ancient China, (Taipei: Lianjing, 1993; 2nd ed., Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 2008).
- 尼羅河畔的文采 — 古埃及文選 Literature by the Nile: An Anthology of Ancient Egyptian Literature (Taipei: Yuanliu, 1993).
- 追尋一己之福 — 中國古代的信仰世界 In Search of Personal Welfare: The World of Beliefs in Ancient China (Taipei: Yunchen, 1995; 2nd edition, Taipei: Maitian Chubanshe, 2004; Shanghai: Guji Chubanshe, 2007).
- 中國文化史 A History of Chinese Culture (co-authored with Ping-chen. Hsiung) (Taipei: Donghua, 1997).
- 法老的國度 — 古埃及文化史 The Land of the Pharaohs: A Cultural History of Ancient Egypt (Taipei: Maitian, 2001; Guilin: Guanxi Normal University Press: 2003).
- 古代宗教與信仰 Ancient Religion and Society (Taipei: National Taiwan University, 2003).
- 鬼魅神魔 — 中國通俗文化側寫 （編） (Ed.) Ghosts, Demons, Deities and Mara: A View of Chinese Common Culture (Taipei: Maitian, 2005)
- 生活與文化（編） (Ed.) Life and Culture (Beijing: Zhongguo dabaike quanshu chubanshe, 2005).
- 西洋上古史 A History of the Ancient West (Taipei: Sanmin Publishing, 2009).
