A pictographic Naxi origin myth from Southwest China : an annotated translation / Duncan Poupard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poupard, Duncan, author.

Language:

English

Sino-Tibetan (Other)

Subjects (All):

Naxi literature--Translations into English.

Naxi literature.

Manuscripts, Naxi--China--Yunnan Sheng--History.

Manuscripts, Naxi.

Naxi (Chinese people)--China--Yunnan Sheng--Civilization.

Naxi (Chinese people).

Naxi language--Writing.

Naxi language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Starting in the late nineteenth century, unusual pictographic books began to flow from a remote corner of Southwest China into the libraries of the Western world. What made these books so attractive? For one, they possessed the air of mystery that came with being 'magical' books almost indecipherable to all but a select few ritual specialists, but perhaps more importantly, they were written in what looked like an ancient form of picture writing.<br><br>In these books, written in the Naxi dongba script of southwest China, the events unfold on the page visually. This book offers a full translation of a central Naxi origin myth in a level of detail never before seen: readers are invited to delve into this unique script in both its original form and digital recreation, alongside historic and updated translations and an accompanying explanation of each individual graph.

Contents:

Introduction

Naxi writing, Naxiology and translation Part one: The source manuscript Part two: Scharten's translation (typewritten manuscript) Part three: The annotated translation

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Dec 2024).

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Poupard, Duncan A Pictographic Naxi Origin Myth from Southwest China

ISBN:

9789400604698

9400604696

OCLC:

1396264865