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A forráshasználat korlátai
The Limits of Use of Sources

A Case Study of Textual Criticism for Two Chinese Manuscripts

Author(s): Ákos Bertalan Apatóczky
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem
Keywords: textual criticism; Hua-Yi yiyu; Sino-Mongolian glossary; Ming dynasty; Qing dynasty; Chinese philology

Summary/Abstract: The National Central Library (國家圖書館) in Taipei conserves two Hua-Yi yiyu (華夷譯語) manuscripts almost unknown to the academic public. They are bound in separate booklet format justifying the library’s view considering them independent documents, and they, indeed, look like ones deserving of being treated as such in their own right. After taking a closer glance at their contents, however, one will find that their originality is another matter: the documents appear like ones copied as educational or intellectual practice.

  • Issue Year: XV/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 20-29
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Hungarian