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15344.d.10/6

Record Id:
032-003779223
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
15344.d.10/6
Title:

'Hua yi yi yu' 華夷譯語

Scope & Content:

Vocabulary arranged under 17 categories of the Lao / Northern Thai language, with meaning and pronunciation in Chinese. Fāk khām script for Lao / Northern Thai language.

1) Astronomy & astrology (fols. 1-8)

2) Geography (fols. 9-17)

3) Seasons & time (fols. 18-23)

4) World of plants (flora) (fols. 24-31)

5) World of animals (fauna) (fols. 32-39)

6) World of men (human society) (fols. 40-47)

7) Human body (fols. 48-54)

8) Dwellings (fols. 55-57)

9) Implements & tools (fols. 58-63)

10) Garments (fols. 64-68)

11) Valuables (fols. 69-72)

12) Food (fols. 73-76)

13) Words of orientation (fols. 77-79)

14) Sounds & colours (fols. 80-82)

15) Numbers & trade (fols. 83-84)

16) Affairs of man (verbs and adjectives) (fols. 85-96)

17) Phrases of general use (97-109)

Reprint, ca. 1595 of an original print by the Si yi guan (Beijing) from the 15th or early 16th century. Work on the Hua Yi yi yu was first started by Huo Yuanjie (Qoninci, a Mongol scholar who later adopted a Chinese name) in the 14th century. An important reworked second edition had been edited by Mao Ruizheng at the end of the 16th century.

Note on spine reads 'Hua I I Yü vol. 6 Pa Po–Chinese glossary'

Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:

109 folios

Digitised Content:
Languages:
Chinese
Lao
Tai languages
Scripts:
Han (Traditional)
Lao
Start Date:
1600
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
17th century
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Cream-coloured paper with traces of light-brown fibres

Dimensions: 252 mm x 116 mm

Script: Han and Fāk khām scripts. The Chinese script is vertical, and reads from right to the left. To read the Fāk khām script, one has to turn the book 90 degree to the left. The text in Fāk khām is horizontal and reads from left to right. Text borders traced in black lines. Yu wei along the vertical folds of the sheets give the titles of sections in the book

Binding: Double sheets, folded at the foredge, interleaved with additional sheets. Darkblue hardcover binding by British Museum

Custodial History:

Acquired by the British Museum on 7 August, 1885 from Joseph Edkins, a British protestant missionary and sinologist who had spent over 50 years in China

Source of Acquisition:

British Museum, 1973

Publications:

Igunma, Jana: The 'Pa-Po'-Chinese glossary in the Hua Yi Yi Yu. In: SEALG Newsletter, vol. 42 (December 2010), pp. 9-21

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)