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1 online resource (xvii, 264 pages) : illustrations |
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List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I: Family Letter Writing; Chapter 1: Family Letter Writing I: Letters of Zhèng Banqiáo; Letter 1: A letter written to younger cousin Hao from my post in Fàn County; Exercise 1; Letter 2: A letter written to younger cousin Hao from my post in Fàn County; Exercise 2; Letter 2: A letter written to younger cousin Hao from my post in Fàn County; Exercise 3; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Family Letter Writing II: Letters of Zeng Guófan; Letter 4: Letter to Jirui; Exercise 4; Letter 5: To Lady Ouyáng; Exercise 5 |
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Letter 6: With due respect to Father and MotherExercise 6; Further Reading; Part II: 'Specialized' Epistolary Discourse; Chapter 3: 'Specialized' Epistolary Discourse I: Literary Letters of Jin Shengtan; Letter 7: To Zhang Yuántián; Exercise 7; Letter 8: To Wáng Zhuóshan; Exercise 8; Letter 9: To Wáng Zhuóshan; Exercise 9; Further Reading; Chapter 4: 'Specialized' Epistolary Discourse II: Scholarly Letters of Gù Yánwu; Letter 10: 10th letter to my friend; Exercise 10; Exercise text: 19th letter to my friend; Exercise text: 20th letter to my friend; Letter 11: 1st letter to my friend |
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Exercise 11Letter 12: A letter [in which I] discuss [the matter of] principles with my friend; Exercise 12; Exercise text: 23rd letter to my friend; Further Reading; Part III: Non-family 'Social' Letter Writing; Chapter 5: Non-family 'Social' Letter Writing I: Letters of Xu Jiacun; Letter 13: To Gang Wèizhai; Letter 14: To Gang Wèizhai (eulogy of the magnanimous manner in which he treats others); Letter 15: Consoling Gang Wèizhai for the loss of his concubine and explaining my delay in writing correspondence; Further Reading |
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Chapter 6: Non-family 'Social' Letter Writing II: Letters of Gang WèizhaiLetter 16: To Xu Jiacun; Letter 17: Reply to Xu Jiacun; Letter 18: Reply to Xu Jiacun; Further Reading; Joint Exercise for Chapters 5 and 6; Letter 19: To Xu Jiacun; Letter 20: To Gang Wèizhai (consoling him for his maternal nephew's loss of official service); Part IV: Political Letter Writing; Chapter 7: Political Letter Writing: A Long Letter of Yuán Shìkai; [Telegram] sent for inspection to the Respected Kang Chángsù at his temporary residence in Suma [Kobe, Japan] |
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Letter 21: Letter discussing the political reform, sent with due respect to Weng TónghéFurther Reading; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Y; Z; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Summary |
Dániel Z. Kádár was awarded with the Academy Award for Young Outstanding Scholars by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for this book. 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. This compendium fills the gap in Chinese studies by providing a bilingual Chinese-English edition of a corpus of Chinese letters, prepared for advanced students of |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Letter writing, Chinese -- History
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Chinese letters -- History and criticism
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Chinese letters
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Letter writing, Chinese
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Qing Dynasty (China)
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024078
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| Subject |
China
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441107718 |
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1441107711 |
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1282590618 |
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9781282590618 |
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9786612590610 |
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6612590610 |
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