A student's dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese / by Paul W. Kroll ; with the assistance of William G. Boltz, David R. Knechtges, Y. Edmund Lien, Antje Richter, Matthias L. Richter, Ding Xiang Warner.
Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4, China ; volume 30. | Handbuch der Orientalistik. Vierte Abteilung, China ; ; 30. Bd.Publication details: Leiden : Brill, 2015.Description: xvi, 713 pages ; 25 cmISBN:- 9789004284111 (hardback : acidfree paper)
- 9004284117 (hardback : acidfree paper)
- 9789004283657 (paperback : acidfree paper)
- 900428365X (paperback : acidfree paper)
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | BSOP Library | Special Collections Reference | PL1455 K91 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00047499 |
Includes index.
This book is the long-desired Chinese & 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. As 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 and the words they represent, it also includes an abundance of alliterative and echoic binomes 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. Previous Chinese-English dictionaries have persistently mixed together without clarification all eras and styles of Chinese. But written Chinese in its 3,000 year history has changed and evolved even more than English has in its mere millennium, with classical and medieval Chinese differing more from modern standard Chinese than the language of Beowulf; or even that of Chaucer differs from modern English.