The Mashi Wentong

Peverelli, Peter

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Peter Peverelli²

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Abstract

The Mashi Wentong (from here we will use MSWT) was published under the name of Ma Jianzhong (1844–1900, courtesy name Meishu 眉叔, Christian name Mathias), but many scholars hold that he was at least assisted by his elder brother Ma Jianchang 馬建昌 (1840–1939, courtesy name Xiangbo 相伯, as this actually is his best-known name, we will use this name in the rest of this study), while some even go as far as to believe that Ma Xiangbo was the real author of this work.

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Notes

1.
The main sources of these biographies are Lou Xian-->’e (1978), Boorman (1978), and Zhang Ruogu (1965); when these sources are used, no notes will be given.
2.
Teng/Fairbank (1954: 95–97); Ma Jianzhong--> (1960: 28–32).
3.
Ma Jianzhong--> (1960: 43–47).
4.
Cordier (1900).
5.
Tobar (1900), Parker (1900).
6.
Zhu Xing (1980), Fang Hao (1979), Tang Yan (1979).
7.
We have not yet been able to locate this work.
8.
Sweet (1892: 22–24).
9.
Dobson--> (1959: 3–5).
10.
Sweet (1892: 81).
11.
Compare with Dobson-->’s “distributives”; Dobson (1959: 78 ff.).
12.
Jie means “all,” but because of its position it is regarded as a yzdz, not as a zzdz.
13.
Chinese does not have adjectives. The Chinese words corresponding to our adjectives are in fact a subcategory of verbs, generally called “stative verbs” or “quality verbs” ; Henne et al. (1977: 170 ff.).
14.
Henne et al. (1977: 150 ff.)
15.
We have already mentioned the word zhi--> as the 3rd pers. object--> pronoun-->.
16.
Dobson--> (1959: 14).
17.
Dobson--> (1959: 62–76). N.B., verbal element is not verb-->. Dobson does not distinguish parts of speech-->.
18.
Dobson--> (1959: 87–90).
19.
Graham (1978: 315).
20.
Zhang Xichen (1964: 313).
21.
This does not imply that binci --> was meant to be the translation of casus obliqui.
22.
Zhang Xichen (1964: 170–188).
23.
Op.cit., pp. 205–212.
24.
Op. cit., p. 264; also see Pilz (1981).
25.
Op.cit., pp. 490–558.
26.
Op.cit., p. 513.
27.
Op.cit., p. 521.
28.
Op.cit., p. 269.
29.
Op.cit., p. 539.
30.
This term is taken from the “Book of Changes” (Yijing).
31.
Zhang Xichen (1964: 491–496).
32.
Dobson--> (1959: 76–78).
33.
Op.cit., p. 77.
34.
Zhang Xichen (1964: 499–503).
35.
Op.cit., pp. 503–509.
36.
Op.cit., pp. 510–512.
37.
Op.cit., pp. 513–519.
38.
Op.cit., pp. 521–526.
39.
Op.cit., pp. 539–550.
40.
Op.cit., pp. 264–265.
41.
We have left out a nongrammatical remark, viz., that Ji Lu is not the same person as Zi Lu.
42.
Our term “analysis,” as used in the present study, is not the same as the “analysis” of school grammar; our “analysis” comprises both parsing and analysis.
43.
See note 5.
44.
With “European languages” we mean those European languages mastered by the authors.
45.
Zhang Xichen (1964: 412).

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Peverelli, P. (2015). The Mashi Wentong. In: The History of Modern Chinese Grammar Studies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46504-2_2

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