Historic Chinese letter writing /
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 h...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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].
- 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.