Translating Chinese Tradition and Teaching Tangut Culture

• 1. Verfasser: Galambos, Imre (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: De Gruyter 2015
• Schriftenreihe: Studies in Manuscript Cultures
• Schlagworte: Literature; Asia
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This book is about Tangut translations of Chinese literary texts. Although most of the extant Tangut material comprises Buddhist texts, there are also many non-religious texts, which are mostly translations from Chinese. The central concern is how the Tanguts appropriated Chinese written culture thr...