Preliminary Notes on the Dada guan zazi, a Sino-Mongol Glossary from the Ming Period

Authors

  • Павел Олегович Рыкин Institute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 9 Tuchkov Street, St. Petersburg, 199053, Russian Federation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu13.2016.205

Abstract

The article presents an introduction to the study of the Dada guan zazi, a Sino-Mongol glossary from the Ming period, dating back presumably to the late 15 th century. A brief overview of the content and internal division of the text, as well as its main copies, is provided in the general context of the study of foreign languages in China under the Ming. As a supplement, the reconstruction of the Mongolian text of the section ‘Astronomy’ (entries Nos. 1–19) is published for the first time.

Keywords:

Sino-Mongol glossaries, the Mongolic languages, Chinese, textology, historical linguistics, written monuments

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Published

2016-06-20

How to Cite

Рыкин, П. О. (2016). Preliminary Notes on the Dada guan zazi, a Sino-Mongol Glossary from the Ming Period. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, (2), 41–53. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu13.2016.205