Introduction to classical Chinese / Kai Vogelsang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vogelsang, Kai, author.

Series:

Oxford linguistics

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.

Chinese language.

Chinese language--To 600.

Genre:

Textbooks -- for foreign speakers.

Textbooks -- for English speakers.

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

xxix, 556 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This textbook provides a comprehensive scholarly introduction to Classical Chinese and its texts. Classical Chinese is the language of Confucius and Mencius and their contemporaries, who wrote the seminal texts of Chinese philosophy more than 2,000 years ago. Although it was used as a living language for only a relatively short time, it was the foundation of Chinese education throughout the Imperial age, and formed the basis of a literary tradition that continues to the present day. This book offers students all the necessary tools to read, understand, and analyse Classical Chinese texts, including: step-by-step clearly illustrated descriptions of syntactic features; core vocabulary lists; introductions to relevant historical and cultural topics; selected readings from classical literature with original commentaries and in-depth explanations; introductions to dictionaries and other reference works on the study of ancient China; and a guide to philological methods used in the critical analysis of Classical Chinese texts. The extensive glossary provides phonological reconstructions, word classes, English translations, and citations to illustrate usage, while the up-to-date bibliography serves as a valuable starting point for further research.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART I

Lesson 1 Word classes and constituents

Focus 1 History of the Chinese language

Lesson 2 Noun phrases I

Focus 2 Reconstruction of Middle Chinese

Lesson 3 Nominal clauses

Review 1 Learning vocabulary

Lesson 4 Verbal clauses

Focus 3 Reconstructing Old Chinese

Lesson 5 Objects and questions

Focus 4 Chinese writing

Lesson 6 Noun phrases II

Focus 5 Personal names

Lesson 7 Adverbial modification

Focus 6 Shujing

Lesson 8 Prepositional phrases I

Focus 7 Exemplary rulers

Lesson 9 Prepositional phrases II

Review 2 Analysing clauses

Lesson 10 Reference to time

Focus 8 Telling time

Lesson 11 Complements

Focus 9 Two-syllable words

Lesson 12 Nominalization

Review 3 Analysing complex noun phrases

Lesson 13 Topics

Focus 10 Chunqiu

Lesson 14 Anteposition and inversion

Review 4 Non-canonical clauses

Lesson 15 Complex sentences I

Focus 11 Shijing

Lesson 16 Complex sentences II

Focus 12 The unification of writing

PART II

Focus 13 Modern editions of classical texts

Lesson 17 Lunyu

Focus 14 Commentaries

Lesson 18 Mengzi

Focus 15 The Warring States

Lesson 19 Xunzi

Focus 16 Dictionaries

Lesson 20 Zuozhuan

Focus 17 Composite texts

Lesson 21 Guoyu

Focus 18 Transmission of classical literature

Lesson 22 Laozi

Focus 19 Manuscripts

Lesson 23 Zhuangzi

Focus 20 Text structures

Lesson 24 Mozi

Focus 21 Parallelism

Lesson 25 Guanzi

Focus 22 Rhymes

Lesson 26 Military texts

Focus 23 Schools of thought

Lesson 27 Shangjun shu

Focus 24 Multiple transmissions

Lesson 28 Han Feizi

Focus 25 Synonyms

Lesson 29 Liishi chunqiu

Lesson 30 Zhanguo ce

Focus 26 Dialects

Lesson 31 Shiji

Focus 27 Textual criticism

Lesson 32 Yijing

Lesson 33 Ritual texts

Focus 28 Translation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198834985

9780198834984

9780198834977

0198834977

OCLC:

1237397431

Publisher Number:

99989233610