Bulletin no 36, the museum of far eastern antiquities, stockholm ostasiatiska museet, ostasiatiska samlingarna bernhard karlgren. In 194445, a modern translation of the shi jing by the swedish sinologist bernhard karlgren, the sinologist most responsible for reforming the wests understanding of the composition of written chinese, was published as the book of odes in the bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities. The duke of zhous retirement in the east and the beginnings of the ministerialmonarch debate in chinese political philosophy volume 18 edward l. His father, johannes karlgren, taught latin, greek, and swedish at the local high school. The words it glosses are largely drawn from canonical texts because the accretion of glosses they had already accumulated was a fine crib for such a book and because in elegant writing one was supposed to quote the canon. Karlgrens glosses and translations were published in series by the bulletin of the stockholm museum of far eastern antiquities over the course.
Karlgren, bernhard 1964, glosses on the book of odes, museum of far eastern antiquities. A comparative perspective juilung su national university of singapore intent of the study to whistle is not a natural act, but it is a universal phenomenon in human societies. The book of odes bernhard karlgren snippet view 1950. Allegory, allegoresis, and the classic of poetry jstor.
Mattos, the stone drums of chin monumenta serica monograph series, 19. The shijing often translated as the book of odes or the classics of poetry is a collection of 305 poems written between and 600 b. In mental health nursing, recoveryorientation is regarded as a best practice approach for patient care. Wen xuan or selections of refined literature, volume ii. Bernard karlgren, glosses on the book of odes stockholm.
If such a reading is taken, the poem begins with a statement of the male personas longing for an ideal beloved in the first stanza, depicts the withholding of fulfillment in the second, and concludes with an eventual realisation of these desires in the third stanza. The golden book of poems for the very young selected by. This means she was the root of the kings civilizing influence, the source which gave birth to his people. They are known as the schools of lu, qi, and han, and their texts had all disappeared by the song dynasty. Index to glosses on the book of odes and glosses on the book of documents 1964 loan characters in prehan texts 1964. Classic of poetry wikisource, the free online library. Karlgren, glosses on the kuo feng odes, bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities 14 1942, 228 no. Shi jing studies have a long premodern tradition as part of the study of confucian classics. Old chinese is ancestral to all presentday chinese dialects or languages, such as mandarin, cantonese, hakka, etc. An autosegmental approach to problems in reconstructing old. Apr 25, 2017 book of poetry, by xu yuanchong, edited by jiang shengzhang, hunan, china.
An autosegmental approach to problems in reconstructing. September 15 first published book this delightful selection from blevins prizewinning book the brass girl brouhaha bubbles over with musical wordplay in celebration of spring and the children who are young and fearless enough to take it for granted. The museum of far eastern antiquities, 1964 and chen huan 17861863, shi maoshizhuan shu annotations on mr. Bernhard karlgren glosses on the book of odes free ebook download as pdf file. Karlgren published his glosses on book of odes in three separate issues 14, 16, 18 of the bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities from 1942 to 1946, and his complete translation of the 305 poems appeared in volumes 16 1944 and 17 1945 of the bulletin. His most recent sinological book, a liberal modern dutch reading of laozis daode jing, was published as lautzes vele wegen by synthese in september 2017. Glosses on the book of documents by bernhard karlgren. More detailed information is available in karlgrens glosses on the book of odes series also reprinted in book form. This prestigious prize honors a first book of poetry by a us author. The introductory chapter provides background on the fuyang shi jing, as well as the transmitted versions of this chinese classic. In 1968 he graduated from harvard college and went to leiden, the netherlands for graduate study in chinese m. This ode was included in karlgrens the book of odes, published in end page 1 book form in 1950, not long before the classic anthology, but not included in his earlier glosses on the book of odes.
The classic of poetry, also shijing or shihching chinese. The classic anthology defined by confucius, by ezra pound, cambridge. Search for library items search for lists search for. I argue that the earliest recorded meaning of ren was most likely. I have chosen lines which support my point, but such lines do not need to be searched for. Guan ju is the first poem from the ancient anthology shi jing classic of poetry, and is one of. Rilke rereading holderlin by george kalogeris poetry magazine. A study of the shi jing the book of odes manuscript. Selected examples from the jade exhibition at stockholm, 1963.
Oct, 2016 i worked my way up by my wits, from clerk to city patriarch. Museum of far eastern antiquities, 1964 ocolc5514595 online version. Concubinage was a deeply entrenched social institution in the. A catalogue of the chinese bronzes in the alfred f. The book of odes chinese text, transcription and translation by bernhard karlgren museum of far eastern antiquities stockholm 1950. Bernhard karlgren glosses on the book of odes scribd. Fundamentally the poem is about finding a good and fair maiden as a match for a young noble. 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. It examines how shu xis poems function in relation to the book of odes, especially their use of quotation, allusion, and other.
The shfjfng often translated as the book of odes or the classics of poe try is a collection of305 poems written. The title of the poem comes from its first line guan guan ju jiu, which evokes a scene of ospreys calling on a river islet. The hanshu says that they were selected by confucius who does refer to a corpus of around 300 poems. Since some of the poetry has rhymed in all the historical stages of. An autosegmental approach to problems in reconstructing old chinese joshua anderson senior honors thesis for. Cheadle has a written a book, in the poets words, clear, coherent and splendid, and an important book for all interested in ezra pound as a phenomenon, which he is as least much as he is a writer.
Loan characters in prehan texts ii 1 bernhard karlgren. Glosses on the book of odes museum of far eastern antique bernhard karlgren on. In the transcribed text, karigren also conveniently inserted the archaic readings of all words serving as rhymesto give a clear idea of each poems rhyme scheme. Bernhard karlgren was born on 15 october 1889 in jonkoping, sweden. The three schools were those of shen pei t of the state of lu. In ancient china, whistling was especially significant because of its magical and religious functions. Kohn, livia 2012, a source book in chinese longevity, three pines press.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. His newest book of poems in dutch, intocht introit has been available as a pod from the american book center since june 2018. Karlgren, glosses on the book of documents shu ching, bulletin of the museum of far eastern. Shijing, translated variously as the book of songs, book of odes or simply known as the. Kuanna describes baby girls that are pretty and plump. I remembered a reedslim boy of nine or ten, the taste of his salt lips on mine weedchoked detritus dragged from golden horn.
Paired poems in translation antilever, 2012 and of a book of poems, camus. The chinese did not begin writing in the zhou dynasty. As is apparent in pounds explicit citations of karlgren, and as zhaoming. 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. Legge, waley, and pound translate ode viii from the chinese shi jing robert e kibler, minot state university i write about the chinese book of songs, or odes, the people who have translated them, and how we should respond to those translations. Bernhard karlgren article about bernhard karlgren by the. Translations based on these glosses published in book form as the book of odes in 1950. On the objects of jade and tile played with by small children, see shih189. Chinese text, transacription and translation by bernhard karlgren. The contents of the poems are varied, from folksongs to songs at the court, praising heroes and. Bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities, 1942, 1944, 1946, and the harvardyenching concordance to the songs harvardyenching institute sinological series, supplement no. The duke of zhous retirement in the east and the beginnings.
This essay seeks to understand why such blatantly imitative pieces may have been held in such high regard. Museum of far eastern antiquities, 1950 chinese poetry 270 pages. Index to glosses on the book of odes and glosses on the book of documents 107 desmond gure. Delight is in equity, says pound in another ode, and cheadles even. Odes as theyare rendered in other peoples englishwould be far more useful. An autosegmental approach to problems in reconstructing old chinese joshua anderson. Jul 17, 2014 the golden book of poems for the very young selected by louis untermeyer, illustrated by joan walsh anglund, 1971 s. I corrected each schism, effaced the iconoclasts, until our gilded streets turned black. Bernhard karlgrens the book of odes 1950 together with the separate glosses comes in handy for classroom use. Arthur waley and bernhard karlgren completely ignore these titles, while james legge offers a quick but dense analysis of. This thesis describes the development of the chinese virtue ren. The human elements of the poem lines 34, 712, 1516, 1920 can read as either a first or third person narrative. Fang glosses the more ancient formulation in his introduction to the harvard.
The chinese classics, vol a, she king or the book of poetry. To assess the effect of an intervention utilising a recoveryoriented approach in acute. Karlgren takes the singer to be a young lady being forced to wed, and the sparrow stands for the mans influential family. Book of poetry, by xu yuanchong, edited by jiang shengzhang, hunan, china. The polyfunctional myth of hou ji is told in two poems in the shijing 245, 300, and they contain major mythemes. Index to glosses on the book of odes and glosses on the book of dokuments sic author karlgren, bernhard, 18891978 published 1964. In the transcribed text, karigren also conveniently inserted the archaic readings of all words serving as rhymesto give a clear idea of each poem s rhyme scheme. It is fairly typical of the other poems of the airs of the states, being made up of three tetrasyllabic stanzas of four to eight lines each each stanza begins with a natural image, which is juxtaposed. Reprinted in offset by elanders boktryckeri aktiebolag goteborg 1970 glosses on the book of documents by bernhard karlgren the present work is a direct sequel to my papers glosses on the kuo feng odes, 1942, glosses on the siao ya odes, 1944, glosses on theta ya and sung odes 1946 bmfea 14, 16, 18. Glosses on the book of odes museum of far eastern antique. Karlgren published his glosses on book of odes in three separate issues 14, 16. Further, they say, silent was the closed hall, solid and closely timbered. In a general sense, this thesis examines several aspects of the shijing chinese characters the book of odes manuscript excavated at fuyang chinese characters, anhui province, the peoples republic of china. Bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities 20 1948.
In order to get to the spirit of the i ching of a thousand doors, i felt that the book of changes needed to be presented in the context of history, in comparison with some of the worlds cultural and religious traditions, with. Odes by shu xi, can be found at the beginning of the lyricpoetry shi. Bernhard karlgrens glosses, glosses on the book of odes stockholm. Righting, riting, and rewriting the book of odes shijing. Guan ju is part of the first section of the shi jing entitled zhou nan, itself a part of airs of the states, which make up 160 out of the 305 poems of the anthology.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Karlgren showed ability in linguistics from a young age, and was interested in swedens dialects and traditional folk stories. The book of documents, bulletin of the museum of far eastern antiquities 22 1950. Museum of far eastern antiquities, 1950 and glosses on the book of odes stockholm.
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