An Anthology of Chinese Discourse on Translation (Volume 2): From the Late Twelfth Century to 1800

ISBN-13: 9780367736835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 228 str.

Martha Cheung;Robert Neather

Opis

This second volume of the seminal two-volume anthology spans the 13th century CE to the very beginning of the nineteenth century with an entry dated circa 1800. It deals with the transmission of Western learning to China - a translation venture that changed the epistemological horizon and even the mindset of Chinese people. Comprising 28 passage

Spis treści

Advisers

About the Compiler

About the Editor

About the Translators

Preface

General Introductory Remarks

Acknowledgements

　

Part One: From the Late Twelfth Century to the Early Ming

　

Part Two: From Late Ming to Early Qing

　

Part Three: The Qing Dynasty to Circa 1800

　

Biographies of Persons Mentioned in the Text

Works Cited

References

Appendix 1: Chronology of Chinese Dynasties

Appendix 2: Conversion Table: Pinyin to Wade-Giles

Title Index

Name Index

General Index

O autorze

The late Martha P.Y. Cheung was Chair, Head of the Translation Programme and Director of the Centre for Translation at Hong Kong Baptist University. She was Editor-in-Chief (Chinese translation) of the Oxford Children's Encyclopedia (1998), and Editor-in-Chief (English translation) of An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica in Hong Kong (2004). She also co-edited and co-translated several anthologies, with Jane C.C. Lai and others.

Robert Neather is Associate Professor, Head of the Translation Programme and Director of the Centre for Translation at Hong Kong Baptist University.