2014 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Contextual Chinese-English Dictionary of the Thirteen Classics
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25370044
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
MULLER Albert 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 教授 (60265527)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 十三經 / Thirteen Classics / 漢英辞典 / kanji dictionary / 書經 / 論語 / 孟子 / 詩經 |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
During H26, we continued our work at adding entries to the Contextual Dictionary of the Thirteen Chinese Classics, adding 3,743 new entries. I.e., we raised the total number of entries in the dictionary at the end of H25--37,454--up to 41,197. Among the Thirteen Classics (十三經), during H26, we finished adding all single characters and compound words from the Analects 論語 and the Mencius 孟子. We also added all words from the Huainanzi 海南子 (although it is, strictly speaking, outside of the Thirteen Classics). During the latter half of H26, we began to work at adding the words from the Shijing 詩經 and the Shujing 書經. At the present time, we have added approximately 70% of single kanji and compound words from the Shijing 詩經 and approximately 10% of the single kanji and compound words from the Shujing 書經. It is of special importance that many of the single kanji being added during this process are being included into an English-language dictionary for the first time in history.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
4: Progress in research has been delayed.
Reason
The progress is going slower than our plan. The main reason is that the funding we received was much less than what we applied for, and therefore we are not able to employ enough staff to carry out the task.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
During H27 we will continue to add terms to the dictionary. We anticipate finishing work on both the Shijing 詩經 and Shujing 書經 by the middle of the year and then proceed to the Rites of Zhou 周禮 and the Book of Changes 易經.
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| Causes of Carryover |
We will continue to go forward with the same project of developing the Dictionary of the Thirteen Chinese Classics, primarily through the work of graduate student assistants, thus we will need the support money. We will also need to fund travel to report on the project and to gather new information.
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| Expenditure Plan for Carryover Budget |
Approximately 50% of the funds will be used for salaries of workers, and 50% will be used for travel purposes.
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| Remarks |
The Digital Dictionary of Buddhism and the CJKV-English Dictionary are subscribed to by more than 50 university libraries worldwide. See http://www.buddhism-dict.net/ddb/subscribing_libraries.html
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Research Products
(7 results)
