Proposal for a transcription of Chinese characters in the study of early Chinese language and literature = 早期漢語言文學研究中的漢字釋讀方法新探

Hill, Nathan W.

Abstract

This paper outlines the pitfalls of the current anachronistic practice of transcribing early Chinese documents by identifying each character with a kǎishū 楷書 equivalent. In its place, I suggest a way of transliterating characters directly, by rendering into roman letters the phonetic and semantic information encoded by a character. (This article is in English.)

Citation

Hill, N. W. (2015). Proposal for a transcription of Chinese characters in the study of early Chinese language and literature = 早期漢語言文學研究中的漢字釋讀方法新探. Bulletin of Chinese linguistics, 8, 48-60. https://doi.org/10.1163/2405478X-00801003

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 1, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jan 27, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 13, 2025
• Journal: Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics
• Print ISSN: 1933-6985
• Electronic ISSN: 2405-478X
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Pages: 48-60
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/2405478X-00801003
• Publisher URL: http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/2405478x-00801003;jsessionid=fs8ghte0k4pf.x-brill-live-02
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