Title Protestant Bible translation and Mandarin as the national language of China / by George Kam Wah Mak

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 413 pages) Series Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; VOLUME 131 Sinica Leidensia ; v. 131 Contents Acknowledgments -- List of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Conventions -- Introduction -- The emergence of the mandarin protestant bible and the idea of tongxing mandarin in chinese protestant bible translation -- Mandarin : the lingua franca of the officials or the common language? -- Was there a standard mandarin? -- The emergence of the mandarin protestant bible -- Towards a tongxing mandarin : a prelude to mandarin as the national language of china -- Institutional patronage and the mandarin bible as the tongxing bible in china -- The british and foreign bible society (BFBS) -- The BFBS in China -- How did the BFBS promote mandarin bible translation and circulation? -- Financial sponsorship -- Honorary roll -- Colportage system -- The BFBS'S ideological control over mandarin bible translation -- The greek text of the mandarin union version -- The 'Without note or comment' principle and the BFBS'S translational helps for the mandarin bible -- The use of the mandarin bible and the promotion of mandarin as guoyu -- The mandarin bible, the building of a biblical and literate chinese church, and the promotion of mandarin as guoyu -- How did the mandarin bible as a text promote the use of mandarin as guoyu? -- In church-related settings -- Outside the church -- Biblical mandarin and modern chinese lexicon -- Fandui ... -- Shijie ... -- Xiaoxi ... -- Yijian ... -- Ziyou ... -- Biblical mandarin and modern chinese grammar -- The transposition of yinwei ... subordinate clause -- The expanded uses of the bei ... passive construction -- The increasing use of ... as a marker of indefiniteness -- The expanded uses of zai ... -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index of biblical verses -- General index Summary This book represents the first monograph-length study of the relationship between Protestant Bible translation and the development of Mandarin from a lingua franca into the national language of China. Drawing on both published and unpublished sources, this book looks into the translation, publication, circulation and use of the Mandarin Bible in late Qing and Republican China, and sets out how the Mandarin Bible contributed to the standardization and enrichment of Mandarin. It also illustrates that the Mandarin Union Version, published in 1919, was involved in promoting Mandarin as not only the standard medium of communication but also a marker of national identity among the Chinese people, thus playing a role in the nation-building of modern China. -- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index SUBJECT Zhong guo gong chan dang gnd Bible -- Translating -- China -- History Bible. Chinese. He he ben -- History Bible. fast (OCoLC)fst01356024 Bibel gnd Übersetzung -- Bibel. gnd Subject Chinese language -- Standardization -- History Chinese language -- Standardization. Autoritärer Staat Chinesisch Macht Standardisierung Übersetzung Protestantismus Sprachnorm China. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9789004316270 9004316272 9789004316300 9004316302

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