This paper introduces the unpublished copy of a Tangut script Garland Sutra华严经(or Flower Ornament Sutra) volume/juan 41第四十一卷stored at the C.V.Starr East Asian Library at the University of California,Berkeley.I...This paper introduces the unpublished copy of a Tangut script Garland Sutra华严经(or Flower Ornament Sutra) volume/juan 41第四十一卷stored at the C.V.Starr East Asian Library at the University of California,Berkeley.It reinforces the assessment of this manuscript as a modern forgery.Through comparing various physical features of the same volume stored in other countries,and the history of their acquisition,this paper traces the lithographic reproduction of this volume to the early twentieth century and its later circulation.This research also compares the Berkeley copy with the Princeton copy of volume 77 which is the other only known Tangut Garland Sutra in America.The fundamental difference between the two copies prove that the former was a modern forgery but the latter a Yuan period product of movable type wooden block print.展开更多
As one of the Tibeto-Burman languages, Tangut had the unique construction of verb phrase. Through the investigation on the word order in some actual sentences, we re-analyze the verb-phrase construction of Tangut. Her...As one of the Tibeto-Burman languages, Tangut had the unique construction of verb phrase. Through the investigation on the word order in some actual sentences, we re-analyze the verb-phrase construction of Tangut. Here, we tentatively propose the order of elements in Tangut verb-phrase such as: {PrefA-PrefB-PrefC}-V(Stem)-{PrefA-PrefB-PrefC}-AV-Suff-P.展开更多
The Tangut affix 1kI:has a variety of functions.They are 1) one of the ’Prefix series 1’:’direction of action’ or ’perfective’,2) case-marker,and 3) verb-suffix marking the ’dual’ of the agent.We suggest that ...The Tangut affix 1kI:has a variety of functions.They are 1) one of the ’Prefix series 1’:’direction of action’ or ’perfective’,2) case-marker,and 3) verb-suffix marking the ’dual’ of the agent.We suggest that there were three grammatical elements which have same syllable with the same Tangut script.展开更多
文摘This paper introduces the unpublished copy of a Tangut script Garland Sutra华严经(or Flower Ornament Sutra) volume/juan 41第四十一卷stored at the C.V.Starr East Asian Library at the University of California,Berkeley.It reinforces the assessment of this manuscript as a modern forgery.Through comparing various physical features of the same volume stored in other countries,and the history of their acquisition,this paper traces the lithographic reproduction of this volume to the early twentieth century and its later circulation.This research also compares the Berkeley copy with the Princeton copy of volume 77 which is the other only known Tangut Garland Sutra in America.The fundamental difference between the two copies prove that the former was a modern forgery but the latter a Yuan period product of movable type wooden block print.
文摘As one of the Tibeto-Burman languages, Tangut had the unique construction of verb phrase. Through the investigation on the word order in some actual sentences, we re-analyze the verb-phrase construction of Tangut. Here, we tentatively propose the order of elements in Tangut verb-phrase such as: {PrefA-PrefB-PrefC}-V(Stem)-{PrefA-PrefB-PrefC}-AV-Suff-P.
文摘The Tangut affix 1kI:has a variety of functions.They are 1) one of the ’Prefix series 1’:’direction of action’ or ’perfective’,2) case-marker,and 3) verb-suffix marking the ’dual’ of the agent.We suggest that there were three grammatical elements which have same syllable with the same Tangut script.
