Bulletin of the German China Association
ISSN: 0934-5469 (Print) | 2195-1152 (Online)
Official publication of the German China Association since 1957
Volume 67 (2024)
Articles in this Issue
Missionaries as Transmitters of Chinese Classics to Europe
Abstract
The thesis of this article is that the Jesuit missionaries in China made a significant contribution to the development of Sinology in Europe, as well as to the Enlightenment, through their translations from the Chinese language.
Keywords
China mission, Jesuits, Sishu, Wujing, Daodejing, Confucius Sinarum Philosophus (1687), Philippe Couplet (1623–1692), François Noël (1651–1729), Sinensis Imperii Libri classici Sex (1711), Christian Wolff (1679–1754), Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788–1832)
The Hour of the Pigtail General and the Following Twelve Days
Abstract
Five years after the establishment of the Republic of China and the abdication of the child emperor Puyi, General Zhang Xun, a supporter of the Qing dynasty, attempted to revive the defunct monarchy in an unsuccessful coup.
Keywords
Duan Qirui, Kang Youwei, monarchy, Republic of China, Qing-Dynasty, Yuan Shikai, Zhang Xun
Transcultural Ritual Practices in the Area of the Gāxiān Cave
Abstract
The author shares observations on the ritual use of the Gāxiān cave by different ethnic groups, both in shamanistic and non-shamanistic contexts.
Keywords
Gāxiān-cave, rituals, shamanism, Daurs, Ėvenks und Oroqons
"I am not a scholar and sinologist, but a translator and polemicist." – An obituary for Rainer Schwarz (1940 – 2020)
Abstract
An obituary focusing on Rainer Schwarz's self-understanding as a translator and his relationship with co-translator Martin Woesler.
Keywords
Dream of the Red Chamber, German translation, Translation Dispute, Polemics, Reconciliation