Historical Chinese Letter Writing

by Daniel Z. Kadar and Dániel Z. Kádár

Book Overview

D niel Z. K d r was awarded with the Academy Award for Young Outstanding Scholars by
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for this book.

Letter writing is a pivotal yet neglected medium of historical Chinese communication. The epistolary format is key to sinological research. As historical letters have a specific vocabulary and rhetorical structure it is difficult to read them without the supporting apparatus of specialised...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441180362
• ISBN13: 9781441180360
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"