Languages, scripts, and Chinese texts in East Asia / Peter Francis Kornicki.

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 lang...

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Main Author: Kornicki, Peter F. (Peter Francis) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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