[KS] Online talk by Prof. Vladimir Glomb: The Master said (in Korean)…: Vernacular exegesis (ŏnhae) and Confucian classics

[Hu, Jing]

Dear colleagues,

I would like to share the information of the upcoming CrossAsia Talk by Prof. Dr Vladimir Glomb (Free University of Berlin), titled “The Master said (in Korean)…: Vernacular exegesis (ŏnhae) and Confucian classics”. The lecture will be held on 17.10.2024 at 6 pm (CET) and be streamed via Webex.
For more information and to access the link to the lecture, please check: https://blog.crossasia.org/crossasia-talks-vladimir-glomb/

Here is the introduction:

On 17 October at 6 pm, Prof. Dr Vladimir Glomb (Free University of Berlin) will give an online lecture titled “The Master said (in Korean)…: Vernacular exegesis (ŏnhae) and Confucian classics.” He will give an insight into his research on Korean translation strategies from Chinese using the Four Books from the Berlin State Library’s collection.

The so-called Sasŏ ŏnhae 四書諺解 (Vernacular Exegesis of the Four Books) 1820 edition from the Coreanica collection of the Berlin State Library (shelfmark Libri cor. 12) is a fine example of texts illustrating problems related to language strategies employed by Chosŏn state and literati in rendering texts written in the Classical Chinese into their vernacular versions. The present talk will focus on the purpose, authority, and canonicity of these vernacular versions of the Confucian classics.  Through the analysis of materials from the Four Books (Daxue, Lunyu, Mengzi, Zhongyong), we will try to detect the motivations behind the commissioning of these texts, the translation strategies employed, and, above all, the success or failure of their supposed goal to make Classical Chinese texts more accessible to a less educated audience.

The lecture will be held in English. If you have any questions, please contact us: ostasienabt at sbb.spk-berlin.de<mailto:ostasienabt at sbb.spk-berlin.de>.

You will find the link to the lecture in our blog post: https://blog.crossasia.org/crossasia-talks-vladimir-glomb/. Look forward to seeing many of you!

Best,
Jing


Hu, Jing
胡靜 (호정)
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East Asia Department · Subject Specialist for Korean Studies
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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