A Pictographic Naxi Origin Myth from Southwest China: An Annotated Translation (LUP Academic)

A Pictographic Naxi Origin Myth from Southwest China: An Annotated Translation (LUP Academic)
by: Duncan Poupard (Author)
Publisher:Leiden University Press
Edition:Translation
Publication Date: 12 Oct. 2023
Language:English
Print Length:416 pages
ISBN-10:9087284276
ISBN-13:9789087284275
Book Description
1.This is the most comprehensive translation of a Naxi text in English to appear for over half a century. By presenting a historically important translation manuscript for both the history of missionary translation in China and for Dutch sinology, this book allows modern audiences a chance to access the unique, semi-oral ritual tradition of the Naxi via detailed annotations. 2. The Naxi source manuscript, presented in high quality images, will be complemented by digital reconstructions of each section of the text, with each graph numbered to allow readers a fuller understanding of how such semi-oral texts are read, making it the first reader of the Naxi script to be produced in English. 3. Back-translation and comparative research has allowed for the recreation of an approximation of the original early twentieth century reading given to the original translator Elise Scharten by a Naxi ritual specialist.
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