Published with license by Koninklijke Brill bv | doi:10.1163/26669323-20240009 © Asaf Goldschmidt et al., 2024 | ISSN: 1562-918X (print) 2666-9323 (online) A Tribute to Nathan Sivin (11 May 1931–24 June 2022): SCC Contributor, Non-conformist Scholar, Self-proclaimed Generalist, and Proud Dilettante Asaf Goldschmidt | ORCID: 0000-0001-5383-6280 Department of East Asian Studies, Director, Tel Aviv University Confucius Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel gasaf@tauex.tau.ac.il Marta Hanson | ORCID: 0000-0001-6190-7499 Johns Hopkins University (retired), Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (affiliate), Berlin, Germany mhanson4@jhmi.edu Michael Nylan | ORCID: 0000-0001-9577-097X Jane K. Sather Chair of History, University of California, Berkeley, United States mnylan@berkeley.edu Received 24 February 2024 | Accepted 7 March 2024 | Published online 31 May 2024 Keywords Chinese Science – Chinese Religion – East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine, and Religion – Science and Civilization in China – Daoist – Scientific Revolution – Naturalist – Efficacy – Cultural Manifold While writing this tribute for the founder of this journal, Nathan Sivin, we are mindful of the many eulogies that have already been published. The broad contours of Nathan Sivin’s life trajectory are known; his scholarly accomplish- ments, and his profound influence on colleagues and students alike are thus now widely acclaimed. (See References.) As the three students who worked most closely with Nathan (he insisted we call him by his first name, even as East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine 56 (2024) 5–47 Downloaded from Brill.com 07/01/2024 06:03:14AM via Johns Hopkins University