Translating early modern China : illegible cities

Translating early modern China : illegible cities / Carla Nappi.

"The history of China, as any history, is a story of and in translation. Translating Early Modern China: Illegible Cities tells the story of translation in China to and from non-European languages and Latin between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, and primarily in the Ming and Qing dyna...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nappi, Carla Suzan, 1977- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Global Asias.
Subjects:
Translating and interpreting > China > History.
Chinese language > Translating > History.
Chinese literature > Translations > History and criticism.
Chinese language > Translating
Chinese literature > Translations
Translating and interpreting
China
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • On History and Its Opposites (a Preface)
  • On Cities and Their Opposites (an Introduction)
  • Cities and Desire
  • Cities and Signs
  • Thin Cities
  • Trading Cities
  • Cities and Eyes
  • Cities and Names
  • Cities and the Dead
  • Cities and the Sky
  • Hidden Cities
  • Gathering
  • 1. Glossary (1578)
  • Tools and Implements
  • Heavenly Bodies and Phenomena
  • Precious Objects
  • Human Affairs
  • Colors
  • Geography and the Land
  • Types of People
  • Writing and Records
  • Flowers and Trees
  • Buildings
  • Lesson 6: How to Make and Keep Friends-Writing Letters
  • Lesson 7: How to Make and Keep Friends-Kvetching
  • Lesson 8: How to Make and Keep Friends-Standing on Ceremony
  • Lesson 9: How to Be a Guest and Host
  • Lesson 10: How to Move On
  • 5. Poems (1848)
  • A Song Sung Drunkenly
  • A Song Mumbled in My Sleep
  • The Dream of Handan
  • On Reading Hukou yusheng
  • A Ballad on Lin Xiangru's Returning the Jade to Zhao
  • Verses on the Peach Blossom Spring
  • A Ballad to Banish Boredom When It's Raining
  • Pondering the Past of Lousang Village
  • A Speech on the Love of Chrysanthemums
  • On Stabbing Yizhihu
  • A Rambling Ballad on Wealth
  • In Praise of Snow
  • An Ode to the Hut of Peace and Joy
  • Verses on Chaisang
  • Lyrics in Praise of Tobacco
  • A Song of Plum Flowers
  • Lyrics on Lotus
  • Ode to the Fishing Pier
  • On Narcissus
  • In Praise of Fire
  • A Text of Offering to the Beard God
  • In Praise of Mad Fun
  • A Discourse on Becoming an Immortal
  • Dispersal
  • Hidden Cities
  • Continuous Cities
  • Cities and the Sky
  • Cities and the Dead
  • Cities and Names
  • Cities and Eyes
  • Trading Cities
  • Thin Cities
  • Cities and Signs
  • Cities and Desire
  • Cities and Memory

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