A Journey Across Rivers and Lakes: a Look at the Untranslatable 'Jianghu' in Chinese Culture and Literature
This paper sets out to explore the possibility as well as the impossibility of representing a seemingly untranslatable term: jianghu (江湖), which literally means “rivers and lakes” in the Chinese language. The paper discusses how the term evolves almost like an organic entity of its own, stretching f...
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Asociación Cultural 452ºF; Universitat de Barcelona
2012-07-01
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| Series: | 452ºF |
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| Online Access: | http://452f.com/pdf/numero07/07_452f-mono-helena-yuen-wai-orgnl.pdf |