The Unity of Historical Views and Research Methods in Chinese History:A Review on"A Research on Interrogative Sentences in Chinese Buddhist Scriptures of Southern and Northern Dynasties"
Over the past century from the 1940s to the present,the academic community has achieved fruitful results in the study of the impact of translating Buddhist scriptures into Chinese on the develop-ment of Chinese language.As a corpus of spoken language in Chinese history,Buddhist scriptures have re-ceived widespread attention.In the new century,the linguistic value of translating Buddhist scriptures into Chinese has been deeply explored,and many achievements have opened up new horizon for survey.Dr.Huang Na and Dr.Shi Yanxia,driven by their common interest in the study of translating scriptures,published"A Research on Interrogative Sentences in Chinese Buddhist Scriptures of Southern and North-ern Dynasties".This book integrates historical concepts and research methods in Chinese history,analyzes interrogative sentences from multiple perspectives,describes foreign elements,classical Chinese,vernacu-lar Chinese,and non-standard elements,and draws credible conclusions.
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