Ding, Wang (2020) The Sogdian envoy Maniach and his namesakes in China. ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 73 (2). pp. 187-197. ISSN 0001-6446
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Abstract
Chinese sources document foreign names with phonetic transcriptions and render them in Chinese characters with close, or at least approximate, sound value. Among the Sogdians who were active at the Chinese court of the 6th century there were two persons named He Zhuruo and An Weiruo respectively. The etymology of both names can now be tentatively identified with Maniach, the name which was recorded in a Byzantine source, being that of a Sogdian envoy to Constantinople. Hence the original written form of Zhuruo and Weiruo can be restored with the spelling Moruo. The reason for these misspellings goes back to the graphic similarity of the concerned characters. Some further emendations of similar kinds are also proposed.
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| Additional Information: | Funding Agency and Grant Number: National Social Science Fund of China [18ZDA177] Funding text: This article is a part of the result of grant-in-aid project 18ZDA177 supported by the National Social Science Fund of China ('Edition and research on the ethnic inscriptions of the Northern Dynasty, the Sui and Tang times'). The contents of this paper were delivered as the Symposium of Sogdian-Turkic Relations in November 2014 at Istanbul, for the invitation and unforgettable days I owe sincere gratitude to Professor Mehmet Olmez. I am indebted for advice on several points to Peter Zieme, Yoshida Yutaka, Pavel Lurje, Luo Xin, Jonathan Z. Liu and Gao Fengfeng, also to two anonymous reviewers of this Journal. I cordially thank Keith McMahon for having improved my English text. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | history; Maniach (M alpha v iota alpha chi, var. Maniakh); Manyaq/Mayaq cor; He Zhuruo; An Weiruo; Moruo; Nebenuberlieferung (secondary transmission) in onomastics; |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Nov 2022 08:31 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2022 08:31 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/153044 |
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