Joseph Francis Charles Rock Libri

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Joseph Franz Rock (1884-1962), ein hervorragender Botaniker, verbrachte fast 25 Jahre in Südwestchina und wurde zum Pionier der Erforschung der Naxi (Nakhi), einer Ethnie mit eigener mythologischer und sozialer Tradition und einer eigenartigen Bilderschrift. Dieser Band bringt bisher unveröffentlichte Materialien zu Rocks Expedition zum Gebirgsmassiv Amnye Machhen, das damals kaum bekannt war. Rocks Tagebuch beschreibt minutiös und flüssig, ja spannend, den Reiseverlauf, der sich in anderer Facettierung in Rocks Briefwechsel mit C. S. Sargent, dem Direktor des Arnold Arboretum und Sponsors der Expedition, spiegelt. Rock hat später die Ortsnamen genauer bestimmt und in tibetischer Orthographie beigegeben. Ein Register schließt den Band ab. Die edierten Texte sind im Original (d. h. in englischer Sprache) wiedergegeben.

Joseph Franz Rock (1884-1962), originally from Vienna and later residing in Hawaii, made significant contributions as a botanist, geographer, philologist, and linguist. He lived in China from 1922 to 1949, focusing on the language and culture of the Na-khi people in Yunnan, situated between Han-Chinese and Tibetans. During this time, he became acquainted with Johannes Schubert (1896-1976), a Leipzig-based Tibetologist and Mongolist who worked as a librarian and later as a professor at the Eastern Asian Institute. Their correspondence spanned over a quarter of a century, with most of Rock's letters preserved in Schubert's estate, alongside many of Schubert's replies. Rock's letters vividly depict his extensive experiences among the Na-khi, his scientific endeavors, and his tumultuous life post-1949, marked by travels across Asia, America, and Europe. Schubert's letters reveal insights into his own research and the challenging conditions he faced in pursuing Tibetological studies, often limited to his free time as a librarian and later constrained by the circumstances in the former GDR. The edition includes a comprehensive bibliography and an index of all individuals mentioned in the correspondence.