Christian Sacred Genealogy: Western Coronation of Saints' Multilingual Synonym Dictionary

Author: Xiaosheng
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: The Christian Saints Lexicon contains 290 entries, cross-referencing names in six languages (Chinese, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian) to provide uniform Chinese translations. Each entry offers biographies for individuals and sources for events, along with explanations of symbols, delivering substantive information beneath the names. The lexicon also features 553 selected masterpieces of Western art, complementing the text with visuals while enriching the descriptions. In the history, philosophy, politics, religion, and arts of Western Christian countries, there exists a group of figures revered as "saints," forming a vital carrier of Western culture. However, in several major Western languages, these "saints" share the same name yet differ in spelling and pronunciation, creating a historical unity in Western culture under Christian influence. This phenomenon of "same name, different language" has caused remarkable confusion in China's study of Western culture, posing a severe obstacle. The Christian Saints Lexicon—A Multilingual Dictionary of Western "Saint" Names aims to comprehensively introduce this significant group from the perspectives of name, reality, and appearance, thereby resolving the three major challenges in studying Western culture: the chaos of character translations, the difficulty in tracing biographies, and the ambiguity of artistic expressions.