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The Routledge encyclopedia of traditional Chinese culture / edited by Sin-wai Chan.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arts.
- History.
- Civilization.
- China--Civilization--Encyclopedias.
- China.
- Arts--China--History--Encyclopedias.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Encyclopedia of traditional Chinese culture
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Chan Sin-waiis Professor and Deanof the School of Humanities and Languages, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong, China. His teaching and research interests lie mainly in the areas of translation studies, translation technology, and bilingual lexicography. He has published more than 60 books in 80 volumes, mainly scholarly monographs, dictionaries, and translated works in different fields. His most recent book publications include The Future of Translation Technology: Towards a world without Babel (2016), An Encyclopedia of Practical Translation and Interpreting (2018),The Human Factor in Machine Translation (2018), and A New Comprehensive Cantonese-Putonghua-English Dictionary (2019).
- Contents:
- Aspects of traditional Chinese culture / Chan Sin-Wai
- Agriculture in traditional China / Liu Yingchun and Wang Haiyan
- Bees in Chinese culture / David Pattinson
- Jingju : the treasures of traditional Chinese theatre / Li Ruru
- Boat-/ship-building in China / Liu Yingchung and Han Qing
- Buddhism in China / Xue Yu
- Calligraphy in traditional China / Xu Yangsheng and Chan Sin-wai
- Cantonese culture / Chan Sin-wai
- Cantonese opera / Chan Sau-yan
- Chinese culture in popular sayings and famous quotes / Chan Sin-wai
- The art of Chinese painting : Hong Kong perspective / Tang Hoi-chiu
- Confucianism / Cheung Yu-kit
- Education in traditional China / Thomas H.C. Lee
- Eight characters, five elements, and Chinese fortune-telling / Chao Li
- Embroidery / Margaret Lee
- An overview of Chinese fortune-telling in traditional times / Richard J. Smith
- Rouquan
- a mysterious school of Chinese marital arts / Devin Tam, Wang Ling, Zhang Yaoting
- Handicraft in traditional China / Wang Haiyan and Liu Yingchun
- From page to stage : exploring some mysteries of Kunqu music and its melodic characteristics / Lindy Li Mark Leisure culture in traditional China / Ma Huidi, Liu Er
- Shadow play / Li Jie
- Taijiquan as a unique living embodiment of Chinese philosophy : Its essence, content, and terminology / Kit Chunyu.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 24, 2020).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Delphine Okie Richardson Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: The Routledge encyclopedia of traditional Chinese culture
- ISBN:
- 9781315453477
- 1315453479
- 9781315453460
- 1315453460
- 9781315453484
- 1315453487
- 9781315453491
- 1315453495
- Publisher Number:
- 99983713771
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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