Backhill, Pekin, Peking, Beijing

Language Log 2021-10-05

Summary:

Yesterday, while doing research for a paper on medieval Dunhuang popular narratives (biànwén 變文 ["transformation texts"]), I did a Google search for the Peking Library, where some of the bianwen manuscripts are kept.  Instead of the national library of China in Peking / Beijing in the PRC, I was led to the Pekin Public Library […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=52267&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=backhill-pekin-peking-beijing

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

10/05/2021, 18:01

Date published:

10/05/2021, 11:28