Pelliot chinois 3594 (Dunhuang Star Chart)

Step into the monumental 'emotional labor' of an 8th-century scholar who meticulously mapped over 400,000 words into a definitive phonetic and genealogical landscape. This Tang dynasty masterpiece reveals how ancient language was literally set in stone to preserve the sacred lineages of the Great Clans. Discover the sophisticated science of Middle Chinese phonetics and the high-stakes quest for linguistic immortality.