Languages, Scripts, and Chinese Texts in East Asia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Mar 25, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780198797821
Description: This is a wide-ranging study of vernacularization in East Asia, examining Chinese script of the early common era, the spread of Chinese Buddhist, Confucian, and medical texts throughout East Asia, all the way to the end of the nineteenth century when nationalism created new roles for vernacular languages and vernacular scripts.