Translating Chinese tradition and teaching Tangut culture : manuscripts and printed books from Khara-Khoto / / Imre Galambos

• Autore: Galambos Imre
• Pubblicazione: Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations, photographs, maps
• Disciplina: 895/.4
• Soggetto topico: Tangut language
• Soggetto geografico: China History Xi Xia dynasty, 1038-1227; Khara Khoto (Extinct city)
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is about Tangut translations of Chinese literary texts. Although most of the extant Tangut material comprises Buddhist texts, there are also many non-religious texts, which are mostly translations from Chinese. The central concern is how the Tanguts appropriated Chinese written culture through translation and what their reasons for this were. Of the seven chapters, the first three provide background information on the discovery of Tangut material, the emergence of the field of Tangut studies, and the history of the Tangut state. The following four chapters are devoted to different aspects of Tangut written culture and its connection with the Chinese tradition. The themes discussed here are the use of Chinese primers in Tangut education; the co-existence of manuscript and print; the question how faithful Tangut translators remained to the original texts or whether they at times adapted those to the needs of Tangut readership; the degree of translation consistency and the preservation of the intertextual elements of the original works. The book also intends to draw attention to the significant body of Chinese literature that exists in Tangut translation, especially since the originals of some of these texts are now lost.
• Titolo autorizzato: Translating Chinese tradition and teaching Tangut culture
• ISBN: 3-11-045395-9; 3-11-045316-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996308755503316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Studies in manuscript cultures ; ; Volume 6.