{"id":2748,"date":"2014-08-21T09:30:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T01:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2014-08-04T10:18:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T02:18:38","slug":"a-students-dictionary-of-classical-and-medieval-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2748","title":{"rendered":"A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Forthcoming from Brill<\/a>, A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese<\/em>, edited by Paul W. Kroll with William G. Boltz, David R. Knechtges, Y. Edmund Lien, Antje Richter, Matthias L. Richter, & Ding Xiang Warner. From the press description:<\/figure>\n

A Student\u2019s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese<\/i> is the long-desired Chinese \u2013 English reference work for all those reading texts dating from the Warring States period through the Tang dynasty. Comprising 8,000+ characters, arranged alphabetically by Pinyin.
\nAs a lexicon meant for practical use, it immensely facilitates reading and translating historical, literary, and religious texts dating from approximately 500 BCE to 1000 CE. Being primarily a dictionary of individual characters (zidian<\/i> \u5b57\u5178<\/em>) and the words they represent, it also includes an abundance of alliterative and echoic binomes (lianmianci<\/i> \u9023\u7dbf\u8a5e<\/em>) as well as accurate identifications of hundreds of plants, animals, and assorted technical terms in various fields. It aims to become the English-language resource of choice for all those seeking assistance in reading texts dating from the Warring States period through the Tang dynasty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Over at his blog, Tom Mazanec <\/a>calls this “the most important development in Classical Chinese-to-English lexicography since R. H. Mathews\u2019s Chinese-English Dictionary<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(from 1943).” He says, “nearly every other\u00a0Chinese dictionary out there lumps together a character\u2019s\u00a0usage over 3,000 years in a single entry, with no notes on time. This deliberate ignoring of linguistic development help create a false sense of a timeless, unchanging ‘traditional China,’ a myth widespread among East Asians and Westerners alike” (and gives an example of Kroll’s exacting sense of English vocabulary to render medieval Chinese).<\/p>\n

Click on the image for further details, including ordering information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forthcoming from Brill, A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese, edited by Paul W. Kroll with William G. Boltz, David R. Knechtges, Y. Edmund Lien, Antje Richter, Matthias L. Richter, & Ding Xiang Warner. 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