02853nam 2200613Ia 450 991078094890332120230725041539.01-282-59061-897866125906101-4411-0771-1(CKB)2520000000008161(EBL)495352(OCoLC)600193303(SSID)ssj0000361101(PQKBManifestationID)12108533(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361101(PQKBWorkID)10347524(PQKB)10586461(MiAaPQ)EBC495352(Au-PeEL)EBL495352(CaPaEBR)ebr10372205(CaONFJC)MIL259061(OCoLC)893334862(EXLCZ)99252000000000816120090710d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHistoric Chinese letter writing[electronic resource] /Dániel Z. KádárLondon Continuumc20101 online resource (283 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-8036-2 0-8264-3088-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I: Family Letter Writing; Part II: 'Specialized' Epistolary Discourse; Part III: Non-family 'Social' Letter Writing; Part IV: Political Letter Writing; Postscript: What Next?; Notes; Appendix I: The Chinese Texts (Printed in a Punctuated Form); Appendix II: Chronological List of Chinese Dynasties; Glossary of Epistolary Expressions, Honorifics and Grammatical Words; IndexFocusing on Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) letter writing, this compendium is an outstanding study of historical Chinese communication. Letter writing is a pivotal yet neglected medium of historical Chinese communication. The epistolary format is key to sinological research. As historical letters have a specific vocabulary and rhetorical structure it is difficult to read them without the supporting apparatus of specialised study. The aim of this compendium is to fill the gap in Chinese studies by providing a bilingual Chinese-English edition of a corpus of Chinese letters, prepared for advancedLetter writing, ChineseHistoryChinese lettersHistory and criticismChinaHistoryQing dynasty, 1644-1912Letter writing, ChineseHistory.Chinese lettersHistory and criticism.491.7895.164808Kádár Dániel Z.1979-1469838MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780948903321Historic Chinese letter writing3738673UNINA