Proofreading On The Chinese Citations Of Chinesische Grammatik Von Hans Georg Conon Von Der Gabelentz

Chinesische Grammatik is a Chinese language study published in 1881 by German linguist Hans Georg Conon von der Gabelentz. The work, which was completed 17 years before the first domestic Chinese grammar book Ma Shi Wen Tong, is highly respected by both Chinese and foreign scholars, and plays an important role in Chinese language history. By employing the theoretical achievements of general linguistics of the 19th century, Gabelentz made a comprehensive and reliable description and analysis of ancient Chinese grammar system. However, since it is an early work in its field, and written in German, Chinesische Grammatik has seen few of its research results, with most of them concerned with linguistics. Textual criticism of it has not been found yet.Chinesische Grammatik has wide-ranging and abundant contents, with over 3000 citations, most of which come from ancient Chinese classics. Study of these citations, on the one hand, is an investigation into the literature sources in Gabelentz's Chinese study, which is significant in philology since it provides insight into its general rule of citation. On the other hand, it provides useful materials to further study Gabelentz's ideology from the perspective of linguistics.Sorting and counting of all the cited examples shows that Jing (mainly Confucian classics) are the most cited literature, followed by Shi (historical works) and Zi (philosophical works belonging to schools of thought other than the Confucian), respectively. Some of the cited examples, from three of the Confucian classics, i.e., Shangshu (The Book of History), Shijing (The Books of Odes) and Lunyu (The Analects of Confucius), are quoted as instances for discussion, to show how they are cited. The examination of these examples, focusing on the correctness of words, phrases, sentences and also pauses in sentences, as well as citation sources, phonetic notation and paraphrases, demonstrates that Gabelentz's citations in Chinesische Grammatik are extensive, careful and precise, whereas some omissions and flaws still exist. Researchers should be careful and objective about the citations in the work.