南山俗語考 巻一 / Minnanyu(閩南語) textbook written by Nanzan, vol. 1
『南山俗語考』は、唐通事(中国語通訳)の養成を目的に作られた中国語学のテキストである。文化11(1814)年発行。五巻と附録全一巻よりなる。薩摩藩主の島津重豪(号:南山)著。和訳は侍臣の曾槃(そはん)、中国音を石塚崔高(いしづかさいこう)が行っている。清代漳州(しょうしゅう)・福州地方の俗語8277語を各部門ごとに収録し、単語の横にカタカナで中国音を記し、下に和訳を記している。薩摩藩に漂着した異国船への対応のため、中国語の通訳の養成は薩摩藩にとって必要なことであった。清代中国南方語音の研究資料として重要である。巻一は、天、地、人の部門が収録されている。冒頭には、文化5(1808)年の鷺山源忠道による撰と、文化9(1812)年の花朝古賀撲書の序がある。(2017年4月6日更新)
“Minnanyu textbook written by Nanzan” is a textbook of the Southern Min dialect, to train Chinese interpreters. Published in 1814. It is composed of 5 volumes and 1 appendix. Written by Shimazu Shigehide, the lord of the Satsuma domain (Nanzan is his pen name [go]). Sohan, one of his vassals, translated the texts to Japanese language and Ishizuka Saikō added Chinese phonetic readings. It contains 8,277 words of the dialect which was used in the region of Zhangzhou and Fuzhou in the era of Qing. The words are divided into categories. Alongside a word, there is a Chinese sound which was written in Katakana and below the word, there is a Japanese translation. It was essential for the Satsuma domain to train Chinese interpreters because they had to deal with foreigners whose disabled ships drifted ashore in the Satsuma domain. This is very important material for phonological research into the language spoken in south China in the era of Qing The first volume contains 3 sections, in the 1st section on "Heaven", words regarding meteorological phenomena are recorded, in the 2nd section on "Earth", words regarding lands, and in the 3rd section on "Human beings", words regarding Humans are recorded. In the beginning, there is a Forward by Minamotono Tadamichi (Rosan is his pen name[gō)) in 1808, and an introduction written by Koga Boku (his pen name is Kachō) in 1812. (Updated on November 4, 2022)
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