Concubinage was a deeply entrenched social institution in the. Glosses on the book of odes bernhard karlgren download. Key chinese editions and studies fang yurun 1811 1883 shijing yuanshi. Bernhard karlgren 1889 1978 was a swedish sinologist, philologist, and the founder of swedish sinology as a scholarly discipline. Karlgren s glottal stop initial in ancient chinese, with particular reference to the hphagspa alphabet and to certain points of linguistic psychology by e. You can support us by purchasing something through our amazonurl, thanks. Publication date 1926 topics iiit collection digitallibraryindia. Shi jing project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read.
The author of shih 258 laments that hou chi is powerless see karlgren, the book of odes, 224 in dealing with a terrible drought. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Karlgren is the author of many studies on the history, philology, and art of ancient china. Read the shi jing the book of odes, the oldest classic chinese scripture, in chinese and with legges translation. The bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities, stockholm, 1950.
The shihching, translated variously as the book of songs, book of odes, or simply known as the odes or poetry is the oldest existing collection of chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries bc. In glosses on the book of odes, bernhard karlgren discussed the. His concentration laid the foundation for the modern historical study of the chinese language, and made him incidentally the founding figure of swedish sinology. His full name was klas bernhard johannes karlgren, and he adopted the chinese name traditional. Karlgren article about karlgren by the free dictionary. School of oriental and african studies are collaborating with. The bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities, stockholm, 1946. In the early 20th century, karlgren conducted large surveys of the varieties of chinese and studied historical information on rhyming in ancient chinese poetry, then used them to create the first ever complete reconstructions of what is now called middle chinese and old chinese. For the translation of chu tzu, i have used david hawkes, chu tzu. Bernard karlgren article about bernard karlgren by the free. The book of odes chinese text, transcription and translation by bernhard karlgren museum of far eastern antiquities stockholm 1950. Six translations of a song from the chinese book of songs shih.
Annotated throughout by noted sinologist and tibetologist zahiruddin ahmad. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about the book of odes by bernhard karlgren. The top ten developments in chinese humanities studies in 2017 october 28, 2018. Translated by bernhard karlgren the book of odes, 1950.
Chinese and studied historical information on rhyming in ancient chinese poetry, then used. Karlgren himself first published many of his own major works in this annual journal, or as books in the monograph series of the museum. Of the important english translations of the odes, arthur waley and bernhard karlgren completely ignore these titles, while james legge offers a quick but dense analysis of. Chinese literature begins with shijing book of odes, an anthology of songs, poems. Academia sinica anyang ancestors ancestral temple ancient china animal designs archaeology bernhard karlgren book of odes bronze age bronze art bronze ritual vessels bronze vessels chi chu tzu chieh chinese bronzes chinese civilization chinese history chiu ting chou bronzes chou dynasty decorative divination dragons duke eastern antiquities. Annotated throughout by noted sinologist and tibetologist zahiruddin ahmad bernhard karlgren on. Books by bernhard karlgren author of sound and symbol in. The museum of far eastern antiquities, 1950 notes on texts chinese text on this site is based on shi ji zhuan by zhu xi. When a character is not found in the word processor we substituted with its synonym tongyizi or yitizi after consulted cihai and ciyuan. English, bernhard karlgren, the book of odes, stockholm, the museum of far. Museum of far eastern antiquities, 1950 chinese poetry 270 pages. The bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities, stockholm, 1942. Books of songs 1937 and bernhard karlgrens 18891978 book of odes. The book of documents, the bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities, stockholm, 1950.
Karlgrens translation is included here only to show the meaning of the chinese text. Bernhard karlgren, first edition abebooks passion for books. His reconstructions of ancient and archaic chinese can all be found in grammata serica, first published in 1940, and then revised and published as grammata serica recensa in 1967. It is clear that he was among the deities singled out for sacrifices at such times.
Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more. Righting, riting, and rewriting the book of odes shijing. Karlgren showed ability in linguistics from a young age, and was interested in swedens dialects and traditional folk stories. His reconstructions of ancient and archaic chinese can all be found in grammata serica, first published in 1940, and then. A poetics of translation jasper, david, geng, youzhuang, hai, wang. Shijing project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read.
The odes first became known as a jing, or a classic book, in the canonical sense, as part of the han dynasty official adoption of confucianism as the guiding principles of chinese society. In the introduction to his translation the book of odes. Klas bernhard johannes karlgren was a swedish sinologist. Klas bernhard johannes karlgren was a swedish sinologist and linguist who pioneered the study of chinese historical phonology using modern comparative methods. The hejiacun rhyton and the chinese wine horn gong. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Bernhard karlgren has 23 books on goodreads with 83 ratings. Klas bernhard johannes karlgren was a swedish sinologist and linguist who pioneered the.
Index to glosses on the book of odes and glosses on the book of documents. Bernhard karlgren article about bernhard karlgren by the. Chinese text, transacription and translation by bernhard karlgren. Philology, anthropology and poetry in arthur waleys translation of. A translation of sima qians biography of qu yuan is in hawkes, th e songs of the south, 54. Bernhard karlgren project gutenberg selfpublishing. Sinological profiles bernhard karlgren 5 oct 1889 20 oct 1978. Pottery of the chou dynasty 1929 avec bernhard karlgren 18891978 comme editeur scientifique philology and ancient china 1926 a principle in the phonetic compounds of the chinese script 1925. My venerated master professor bernhard karlgren s translation of the ancient chinese anthology shijing the book of odes which goes back to the first half of the first millennium before our era, is literal, and is meant to be literal, rather than literary. The great reverse missionaries like legge and waley in english, or richard wilhelm in german, who were knowledgeable in the commentarial tradition, had brought chinese texts to the attention of the western world.
It is one of the five classics traditionally said to have been compiled by confucius. Translated by bernhard karlgren the book of odes, 1950 dark, dark be reed and rush, the white dew turns to frost. Longman anthology of world literature, volume a, the. Philology and ancient china by bernhard karlgren alibris.
He has also done scholarly translations, with commentaries, of the ancient chinese books shih ching and shu ching. Bernhard karlgren start download portable document format pdf and e books electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader. In 1946, karlgren began a farreaching attack on the then rather loosely argued historiography of ancient china. Allens new edition of the book of songs restores arthur waleys definitive english translations to the original order and structure of the twothousandyearold chinese text. The book of odes by bernhard karlgren librarything.
Karlgren, bernhard 1889 1978 karlgren, bernhardo 1889. The classic of poetry, also shijing or shihching chinese. The ancient chinese classic of poetry arthur waley joseph r. Waley translates this line as and i stop for a little while to drink from that horn cup, while karlgren, considering the gong to be a pouring vessel, translates, i pour out a cup from that kuang. Museum of far eastern antiquities, 1950, and the book of odes stockholm. His concentration laid the foundation for the modern historical study of the chinese language, and made him incidentally the founding figure of. However that may be, the original term is a concrete object, used as a symbol. Karlgren published his first scholarly article at the age of 16 on. The book of songs, 1937 green, green are the rush leaves, white dew turns to frost. Buy philology and ancient china by bernhard karlgren online at alibris.
Of the important english translations of the odes, arthur waley and bernhard karlgren completely ignore these titles, while james legge offers a. Reviewing the literature on chinas prehan history in his article legends and cults in ancient china, he pointed out that a common feature to most of these treatises is a curious lack of critical method in the handling of the. The major sources for the sounds of old chinese, covering most of the lexicon, are the sound system of middle chinese 7th century ad, the structure of chinese characters, and the rhyming patterns of the classic of poetry shijing, dating from the early part of the 1st millennium bc. Bernhard karlgren was born on 15 october 1889 in jonkoping, sweden. The method adopted by karlgren for his recon struction has been described both clearly and fascinatingly by the author himself in his book philology and ancient china oslo, 1926, p.
In order to justify his bestowal of the title of philologist on waley, honey finds it necessary to defend waleys rendering of poems in the book of odes against the criticism of bernhard karlgren, who really was a philologist and who, while acknowledging that waley had conscientiously made use of the critical work of qing scholars, felt that he had too often failed to explain why he chose one. Shijing, translated variously as the book of songs, book of odes or simply known as the odes or poetry chinese. Compendium of phonetics in ancient and archaic chinese. Chinese text transcription and translation by bernhard karlgren karlgren, bernhard, 18891978. Glosses on the kuo feng odes, bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities.
Early references refer to the anthology as the 300 poems, with the use of three hundred being typically inexact. The main problem was the reconstruction of the approximately 200 final syllables of the rhyme dictionary chieh yiin. Shi, is the oldest existing collection of chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries bc. On the meaning of shang in the shang dynasty kwangchih chang when i refer to the shang state i mean the polity ruled by the kings of the historical period whose capital, or cult center, is represented. Shi personator occurs fourteen times in two pairs of consecutive shijing odes 209210 and 247248, tr. David hawkes, th e songs of the south penguin, 1985. Songs, book of odes, or simply known as the odes or poetry is the oldest existing. Chinese text, transcription and translation bernhard karlgren on. In 1957 he published a compendium of phonetics in ancient and archaic chinese, which describes the materials, methods and results of his reconstructions.
Includes the chinese text, romanization, reconstruction of ancient chinese, and translation, a nust for the study of this classic. Bernhard karlgren s most popular book is the most venerable book shang shu. Index to glosses on the book of odes and glosses on the book of documents 107 desmond gure. His father, johannes karlgren, taught latin, greek, and swedish at the local high school. Swedish sinologue, member of the swedish academy of sciences 1934 and of academies and scholarly societies of a number of countries. China but in europe, namely, with bernhard karlgrens 18891978 copi ous glosses. Read the shi jing the book of odes, the oldest classic chinese scripture. He employed linguistic methods to demonstrate the authenticity of the ancient chinese literary monuments tso chuan and chou li. Key chinese editions and studies fang yurun \u65b9\u7389. Bernhard karlgren glosses on the book of odes scribd. Ode 209 says we make the representative of the dead sit at ease, we assist him encourage him to eat and the august representative of the dead then rises, the drums and bells by their sound escort. Karlgren, bernhard 1889 people and organisations trove. What he renders as peony is probably, in its archaic usage, quite a different planta kind of scented grass, as pointed out by some commentators. Protosinitic reconstructed 1940 by the linguist bernhard karlgren to account especially for the language of the shijing, an anthology of chinese poetry compiled in the 6th5th centuries bce, seems surprisingly complicated as compared to that of prototibetoburman.
Glosses on the ta ya and sung odes, the bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities, stockholm, 1946. Click to read more about the book of odes by bernhard karlgren. Swedish linguist, bernard karlgren, presents this scholarly work on the. Bernhard karlgren explains why zheng xuansreading should be rejected in glosses on the ta ya and sung odes, bulletin of the museum offar eastern antiquities 18 1946. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Bernhard karlgren glosses on the book of odes free ebook download as pdf file. Selected examples from the jade exhibition at stockholm, 1963. He employed linguistic methods to demonstrate the authenticity of the. Some chinese paintings in the ernest erickson collection. Festivals and songs of ancient china, 1932 thick grow the rush leaves. Book of odes by confucius, free pdf, ebook global grey. This song comes from the ancient chinese classic, the shijing book of.
Given the odes place at the fountainhead of all chinese poetry, it is remarkable how infrequently modern critics have commented on these missing lyrics. Bernhard karlgrens most popular book is the most venerable book shang shu. Legends and cults in ancient china, the bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities, stockholm, 1946. Gallery of philologists bernhard karlgren 5 october 1889 20 october 1978. Swedish linguist, bernard karlgren, presents this scholarly work on the chinese classic, the book of odes, or shi jing.
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