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A Glossary of Words and Phrases in the Oral Performing and Dramatic Literatures of the Jin, Yuan, and Ming (Paperback)
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A Glossary of Words and Phrases in the Oral Performing and Dramatic Literatures of the Jin, Yuan, and Ming (Paperback)
Series: Michigan Monographs In Chinese Studies
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For many years, the oral performing and dramatic literatures of
China from 1200 to 1600 CE were considered some of the most
difficult texts in the Chinese corpus. They included ballad
medleys, comic farces, Yuan music dramas, Ming music dramas, and
the novel Shuihu zhuan. The Japanese scholars who first dedicated
themselves to study these works in the mid-twentieth century were
considered daring. As late as 1981, no comprehensive dictionary or
glossary for this literature existed in any language, Asian or
Western.A Glossary of Words and Phrases fills this gap for Western
readers, allowing even a relative novice who has resonable command
of Chinese to read, translate, and appreciate this great body of
literature with an ease undreamed of even two decades ago. The
Glossary is organized into approximately 8,000 entries based on the
reading notes and glosses found in various dictionaries,
thesauruses, glossaries, and editions of works from the period.
Main entries are listed alphabetically in the pinyin romanization
system. In addition to glosses, entries include symbolic
annotations, guides to pronunciation, and text citations. The
result is a broadly useful glossary serving the needs of students
of this literature as well as scholars researching Jin and Yuan
language and its usage.
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