Manchu literature

Manchu became a literary language after the creation of the Manchu script in 1599. Romance of the Three Kingdoms was translated by Dahai.[1] Dahai translated Wanbao quanshu 萬寶全書.[2]

Hong Taiji sponsored the translations of many Chinese language histories and classics in his newly declared Qing dynasty.

The majority of literary works in Manchu during the Qing dynasty consisted of officially sanctioned translations of Chinese Confucian classics and political works, and later translations of Chinese novels and texts on medicine, history, religion.[3] There were few Manchu archetypal literary works.[4]

The German sinologist Eric Hauer argued that the Manchu translations of Chinese classics and fiction were done by experts familiar with their original meaning and with how best to express it in Manchu. Because Manchu is easy to learn, these translations enable the student to use the Manchu versions of the classics to verify the meaning of the Chinese text, for instance, the Manchu translation of the Peiwen yunfu or the language of difficult Chinese novels, such as Jin Ping Mei. [5]Most original material produced in Manchu were histories and documentary texts relating to military and foreign affairs on the northern frontiers which were handled by the Lifan Yuan, such as campaigns against the Dzungars.

Many Chinese medical texts were translated into Manchu under the Qianlong Emperor.[6]

List of works

Works translated into Manchu

Classics and Histories
  • History of Liao 遼史 ᡩᠠᡳᠯᡳᠶᠣᠣ
    ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ‍‍ᡳ
    ᠰᡠᡩᡠᡵᡳ     Wylie: Dailiyan gurun i suduri, Möllendorff: Dailiyan gurun i suduri.
  • History of Jin 金史 ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ
    ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ‍‍ᡳ
    ᠰᡠᡩᡠᡵᡳ     Wylie: Aisin gurun i suduri, Möllendorff: Aisin gurun i suduri.
  • History of Yuan 元史 ᠶᡠᠸᠠᠨ
    ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ‍‍ᡳ
    ᠰᡠᡩᡠᡵᡳ     Wylie: Yuwan gurun i suduri, Möllendorff: Yuwan gurun i suduri.
  • Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 ᠨᡳᠶᡝᠩᠨᡳᠶᡝᡵᡳ
    ᠪᠣᠯᠣᡵᡳ ‍‍ᡳ
    ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ     Wylie: Niengniyeri polori i pitghe, Möllendorff: Niyengniyeri bolori i bithe.
  • Four Books 四書 were translated in 1683 into Manchu as ᡥᠠᠨ ‍‍ᡳ
    ᠠᡵᠠᡥᠠ
    ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳᡩᠠᡵᡳ
    ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠩᠨᠠᡥᠠ
    ᠰᡟ
    ᡧᡠ     Wylie: Han i araha inenggidari giyangnaha sze shu, Möllendorff: Han i araha Inenggidari giyangnaha sy šu, Translation: The Four books with the daily readings.
  • General History of China 通鑒綱目 or 通鑑綱目 ᡨᡠᠩ
    ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ
    ᡬᠠᠩ
    ᠮᡠ     Wylie: Tung giyan g'ang mu, Möllendorff: Tung giyan g'ang mu
  • The Art of War 孫子兵法 ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠᡳ
    ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ
    ᠪᡝ
    ᡤᡳᠰᡠᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ     Wylie: Tchauhai paita pe gisurengge, Möllendorff: Coohai baita be gisurengge, Discourse on the art of War
  • Book of History 書經 was translated in 1760 as ᡥᠠᠨ
    ᡳ
    ᠠᡵᠠᡥᠠ
    ᡠᠪᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡠᡥᠠ
    ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠨ
    ᡳ
    ᠨᠣᠮᡠᠨ     Wylie: Han i araha upaliyampuha dasan i nomun, Möllendorff: Han i araha ubaliyambuha dasan i nomun. 御製繙譯書經
  • Book of Odes 詩經 ᡥᠠᠨ
    ᡳ
    ᠠᡵᠠᡥᠠ
    ᡠᠪᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡠᡥᠠ
    ᡳᡵᡤᡝᠪᡠᠨ
    ᡳ
    ᠨᠣᠮᡠᠨ     Wylie: Han i araha upaliyampuha irgepun i nomun, Möllendorff: Han i araha ubaliyambuha irgebun i nomun.
  • Three Character Classic 三字經 was translated in 1796 as ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
    ᠨᡳᡴᠠᠨ
    ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ
    ᡳ
    ᡴᠠᠮᠴᡳᠮᡝ
    ᠰᡠᡥᡝ
    ᠰᠠᠨ
    ᡯ
    ᡤᡳᠩ
    ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ     Wylie: Manchu nikan ghergen i kamtsime sughe San tsz' ging pitghe, Möllendorff: Manju nikan hergen-i kamcime suhe San ze ging ni bithe, Translation: The three character classic, in Manchu and Chinese.

Military manuals

The first Manchu translations of Chinese works were the Liu-t'ao 六韜, Su-shu 素書, and San-lueh 三略- all Chinese military texts dedicated to the arts of war due to the Manchu interests in the topic, like Sun-Tzu's work The Art of War.[7][8][9] The military related texts which were translated into Manchu from Chinese were translated by Dahai.[10] Manchu translations of Chinese texts included the Ming penal code and military texts were performed by Dahai.[11] These translations were requested of Dahai by Nurhaci.[12] The military text Wu-tzu was translated into Manchu along with Sun-Tzu's work The Art of War.[13] Chinese history, Chinese law, and Chinese military theory classical texts were translated into Manchu during the rule of Hong Taiji in Mukden with Manchus placing significance upon military and governance related Chinese texts.[14] A Manchu translation was made of the military themed Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.[15][16] Chinese literature, military theory and legal texts were translated into Manchu by Dahai and Erdeni.[17] The translations were ordered in 1629.[18]:xxxvi[19] The translation of the military texts San-lüeh, Su-shu, and the Ta Ming hui-tien (the Ming law) done by Dahai was ordered by Nurhaci.[20] While it was mainly administrative and ethical guidance which made up most of San-lüeh and Su Shu, military science was indeed found in the Liu-t'ao and Chinese military manuals were eagerly translated by the Manchus and the Manchus were also attracted to the military content in Romance of the Three Kingdoms which is why it was translated.[21] The Art of War was translated into Manchu as ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠᡳ
ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ
ᠪᡝ
ᡤᡳᠰᡠᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ Wylie: Tchauhai paita be gisurengge,[18]:39[22] Möllendorff: Coohai baita de gisurengge, Discourse on the art of War.[23] Another later Manchu translation was made by Aisin Gioro Qiying.[24]

Novels

Plays

Works issued in multilingual copies
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  2. Richard J. Smith (23 October 2015). The Qing Dynasty and Traditional Chinese Culture. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-1-4422-2194-9.
  3. Norman 2003, pp. 485-6.
  4. ed. Idema 2007, p. 211.
  5. Hauer (1930), p. 162-163.
  6. Hanson 2003, p. 114.
  7. Early China. Society for the Study of Early China. 1975. p. 53.
  8. Durrant, Stephen. 1977. “Manchu Translations of Chou Dynasty Texts”. Early China 3. [Cambridge University Press, Society for the Study of Early China]: 52–54. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23351361.
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  12. Wakeman, Jr., Frederic (1985). The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-century China. University of California Press. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-0-520-04804-1.
  13. Early China. Society for the Study of Early China. 1977. p. 53.
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  15. Cultural Hybridity in Manchu Bannermen Tales (zidishu). ProQuest. 2007. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-0-549-44084-0.
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  23. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North China Branch, Shanghai (1890). Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Kelly & Walsh. pp. 40–.
  24. http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp178_art_of_war.pdf p. 82

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