Languages, scripts, and Chinese texts in East Asia
Title:
Languages, scripts, and Chinese texts in East Asia
Author:
Kornicki, Peter F. (Peter Francis) author.
ISBN:
9780198797821
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xxviii, 393 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ORIENTATIONS -- Sinitic in a Global Perspective -- Scripts and Writing -- Oral Dimension -- Material Texts: Manuscripts, Xylography, and Typography -- Book Roads and Routes -- READING AND TRANSLATING -- Reading Sinitic Texts in the Vernaculars -- Written Vernacular Translation -- CHINESE TEXTS AND THE VERNACULARS -- Chinese Buddhist Canon and Other Buddhist Texts -- Classics, Examinations, and Confucianism -- Primers, Medical Texts, and Other Works.
Abstract:
This is a wide-ranging study of vernacularization in East Asia, examining Chinese script of the early common era, the spread of Chinese Buddhist, Confucian, and medical texts throughout East Asia, all the way to the end of the nineteenth century when nationalism created new roles for vernacular languages and vernacular scripts.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-375) and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 10802223 PL1171 K66 st3