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Study of Chinese Characters [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 314 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 585 g, 146 Tables, black and white; 16 Line drawings, black and white; 217 Halftones, black and white; 233 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sari: China Perspectives
  • Ilmumisaeg: 22-Dec-2023
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1032607270
  • ISBN-13: 9781032607276
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Hardback, 314 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 585 g, 146 Tables, black and white; 16 Line drawings, black and white; 217 Halftones, black and white; 233 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sari: China Perspectives
  • Ilmumisaeg: 22-Dec-2023
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1032607270
  • ISBN-13: 9781032607276
Teised raamatud teemal:
"As the first volume of a two-volume set on Chinese ancient characters and newly unearthed literature, this book brings together the author's research articles that discuss the development of Chinese characters and the tradition of Chinese paleography. The 23 articles in this book focus on two aspects of Chinese characters. The first 13 essays center on the evolution of Chinese characters, analyzing the composition system and its transformation, the motivation and mechanisms behind its evolution, as wellas the methodology of the study of ancient characters. The subsequent 10 articles mainly revolve around Shuowen Jiezi, one of the oldest character dictionaries in China. The author offers a novel understanding of the core issues related to this most important philological work, such as the version of the dictionary, misunderstandings in previous scholarship, and its relations with other paleographical materials. The title will appeal to students and scholars of Sinology, Chinese philology and paleography, as well as Chinese characters"--

As the first volume of a two-volume set on Chinese ancient characters and newly unearthed literature, this book brings together the author’s research articles that discuss the development of Chinese characters and the tradition of Chinese palaeography.

The 23 chapters in this book focus on two aspects of Chinese characters. The first 13 chapters centre on the evolution of Chinese characters, analysing the composition system and its transformation, the motivation, and mechanisms behind its evolution, as well as the methodology of the study of ancient characters. The subsequent 10 chapters mainly revolve around Shuowen Jiezi, one of the oldest character dictionaries in China. The author offers a novel understanding of the core issues related to this most important philological work, such as the version of the dictionary, misunderstandings in previous scholarship, and its relations with other palaeographical materials.

The title will appeal to students and scholars of Sinology, Chinese philology, and palaeography, as well as Chinese characters.



As the first volume of a two-volume set on Chinese ancient characters and newly unearthed literature, this book brings together the author’s research articles that discuss the development of Chinese characters and the tradition of Chinese paleography.

1. Core Issues Regarding the Evolution of Chinese Characters
2. The
Composition System of Chinese Characters and the Stages of Its Development
3.
The Evolution of Chinese Characters: An Issue Needs Further Exploration
4.
The Systematic Transformation of the Chinese Character Composition
5. The
Motivation and Mechanisms behind the Evolution of the Chinese Characters
6.
The Process and Mechanism of the Formation of the Stroke System
7. The
Formation Process and Mechanisms of Radicals
8. Symbolisation: The Mechanism
of the Transformation from Archaic Characters to New-Style Characters
9. On
the Official Script Transformation
10. Sense Relations Among Same-Origin
Chinese Characters (Words)
11. Three Issues Regarding the Currently Used
Chinese Characters
12. Analysis Methods Used in Studies of Characters on
Unearthed Texts
13. A Study on Characters from Bamboo Slips and Silk
Manuscripts
14. Discussion on the Original Meaning of Wu
15. The
Connotations of Xie in Fish and Wine from Shi Jing
16. An Evaluation of
Different Versions of Shuowen Jiezi
17. Four Misunderstandings about Shuowen
Jiezi
18. New Proofs of Shuowen Jiezi
19. Mutual Confirmation Between
Zhangjiashan Han-Dynasty Bamboo Slips and Shuowen Jiezi: Supplement to
Proofreading Notes to Shuowen Jiezi
20. A New Study on the Explanations of
Shuowen Jiezi
21. Mutual Corroboration Between Shuowen Jiezi and Chu-State
Bamboo Slips
22. Chinese Words in Shuowen Jiezi: A Probe into the Earliest
Word Classification Theory of China
23. Shuowen Jiezi and an Exploration of
Homologous Characters (Same-Origin Characters)
Wang Guiyuan is Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Literature at Renmin University of China. He is a leading scholar in the field of Chinese palaeography and lexicology.