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Title

Model letters in late imperial China : 60 selected epistles from 'Letters from snow swan retreat' / [Gong Weizhai] ; Dániel Z. Kádár [Hrsg.].

Author

Kádár, Dániel Z., 1979-

Publication

Muenchen : LINCOM Europa, 2009.

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Additional Authors

Gong, Weizhai, active 17th century.

Description

iii, 240 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

LINCOM studies in Chinese linguistics ; 07

Uniform Title

LINCOM studies in Chinese linguistics 07.

Alternative Title

• Sixty selected epistles from 'Letters from snow swan retreat'
• 60 selected epistles from 'Letters from snow swan retreat'
• 60 selected epistles from 'Letters from Snow Swan Retreat'
• Xue hong xuan chi du : liu shi pian jing xuan, Zhong Ying dui zhao, Ying wen zhu jie

Subject

• Gong, Weizhai, active 17th century > Correspondence
• 1600-1912
• Geschichte 1644-1911
• Authors, Chinese > Correspondence
• Chinese letters > Translations into English
• Chinese letters

Genre/Form

• History
• Personal correspondence
• Anthologies (form)
• Translations (form)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Includes original letters in Chinese, with annotation and translation in English.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

This volume introduces the reader to the historical Chinese epistolary corpus, in particular model letters, via sixty translated and thoroughly annotated letters selected from the Letters from Snow Swan Retreat. This collection, dating from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), became one of the most influential and renowned manuals for letter writers. The present book is a groundbreaking work not only because it provides a translation of this difficult-to-read source, but also because no single-authored corpus of Chinese letters has been translated into English to date. Letters from Snow Swan Retreat is an invaluable source for researchers and advanced students of Sinology. Furthermore, it is an important material for historical pragmaticians, historical politeness researchers and other experts of historical linguistics, with an interest in epistolary activity across cultures. Finally, the letters presented here are of interest to 'lay' readers devoted to Chinese literature due to the enjoyable archaic style of the translations. The present book is a useful reference material for student readers: along with a detailed introduction of the corpus studied, it supplements the translated texts with three Appendices and a Glossary of epistolary expression; this Glossary is the most extensive historical Chinese epistolary glossary that has ever been produced in English. -- Publ. descr.

ISBN

9783929075625 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 419645619
• SCSB-12389361

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library