Historical Chinese Letter Writing
, by Kadar, Daniel Z.- ISBN: 9780826430885 | 0826430880
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/15/2010
Letter writing is a pivotal yet neglected medium of historical Chinese communication. The epistolary format is key to sinological research. As historical letters have a specific vocabulary and rhetorical structure it is difficult to read them without the supporting apparatus of specialised study.