Translating Chinese tradition and teaching Tangut culture : manuscripts and printed books from Khara-Khoto /
Galambos, Imre,
Translating Chinese tradition and teaching Tangut culture : manuscripts and printed books from Khara-Khoto / Imre Galambos. - 1 online resource (viii, 318 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps - Studies in manuscript cultures ; volume 6 . - Studies in manuscript cultures ; v. 6. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tangut studies: Emergence of a field -- 3. Historical and cultural background -- 4. Primers in Tangut and Chinese -- 5. Manuscript and print -- 6. Translation vs. adaptation -- 7. Translation consistency -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- Index.
This book examines Tangut translations of secular Chinese texts excavated from the ruins of Khara-khoto. After providing an overview of Tangut history and an introduction to the emergence of the field of Tangut studies, it presents four case studies grouped around different themes. A central concern of the book is the phenomenon of Tangut appropriation of Chinese written culture through translation and the reasons behind this.
English.
9783110453959 3110453959 3110453169 9783110453164
10.1515/9783110453959 doi
2015040160
1038-1227
Tangut language.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General.
Tangut language.
Xi Xia Dynasty (China)
China--History--Xi Xia dynasty, 1038-1227.
Khara Khoto (Extinct city)
China.
China--Khara Khoto (Extinct city)
Electronic books.
History.
PL3801.S5 / G35 2015
895/.4
Translating Chinese tradition and teaching Tangut culture : manuscripts and printed books from Khara-Khoto / Imre Galambos. - 1 online resource (viii, 318 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps - Studies in manuscript cultures ; volume 6 . - Studies in manuscript cultures ; v. 6. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tangut studies: Emergence of a field -- 3. Historical and cultural background -- 4. Primers in Tangut and Chinese -- 5. Manuscript and print -- 6. Translation vs. adaptation -- 7. Translation consistency -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- Index.
This book examines Tangut translations of secular Chinese texts excavated from the ruins of Khara-khoto. After providing an overview of Tangut history and an introduction to the emergence of the field of Tangut studies, it presents four case studies grouped around different themes. A central concern of the book is the phenomenon of Tangut appropriation of Chinese written culture through translation and the reasons behind this.
English.
9783110453959 3110453959 3110453169 9783110453164
10.1515/9783110453959 doi
2015040160
1038-1227
Tangut language.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General.
Tangut language.
Xi Xia Dynasty (China)
China--History--Xi Xia dynasty, 1038-1227.
Khara Khoto (Extinct city)
China.
China--Khara Khoto (Extinct city)
Electronic books.
History.
PL3801.S5 / G35 2015
895/.4