Rudolf Dvořák ( Czech Rudolf Dvořák ; November 12, 1860 , Dříteni - February 1, 1920 , Prague ) - Czech philologist-orientalist, Ph.D. One of the founders of Czech Oriental studies, the first professor of oriental languages at Charles University . His numerous works reflect the diversity of the interests of the scientist.
| Rudolph Dvorak | |
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| Rudolf Dvořák | |
 Rudolf Dvorak in 1898 | |
| Date of Birth | November 12, 1860 |
| Place of Birth | Jitten |
| Date of death | February 1, 1920 (59 years old) |
| Place of death | Prague |
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| Scientific field | philology, oriental studies |
| Place of work | Charles University |
| Alma mater | Charles University |
| Academic degree | Ph.D |
| Academic rank | Professor |
| Known as | Translated into Czech Shi Jing (together with J. Vrhlitsky ), Tao de Jing . He owned the manuscript of the first symphony of A. Dvořák . |
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Biography
Rudolf Dvořák came from a teacher's family. After graduating from high school in Ceske Budejovice , in 1879 he entered Prague Charles University , where he studied classical and eastern philology. After completing the course in 1884, he received a scholarship for a trip to Leipzig . Here he showed himself to be an outstanding orientalist, but he was also interested in assyrology , Arabic and other Semitic languages , Egyptology , Iranianism and Sinology .
A year later, he ended up in Munich , where he continued, in particular, studying the ancient Egyptian language , and also for one semester was an assistant to the indologist and Iranian E. Trump . Then he returned to Charles University and defended his doctoral dissertation, and in 1890 became an extraordinary professor. Since 1896 - an ordinary professor. Since 1890, he also worked in the editorial office of the Otto Scientific Dictionary , and in 1892-1898 he was the editor-in-chief of the Oriental Studies Department.
In 1900-1901, Dvorak was the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, and in 1915-1916 - the rector of the University. He was a member of the Czech Academy of Sciences (since 1913 - Secretary General) and the Czech Scientific Society . In 1903, together with Professor of Ancient Indian Philology and Comparative Linguistics, J. Zubatym, he founded the Library of Oriental Philology, from which an Oriental seminar subsequently arose. Since 1866 he took part in various oriental conferences.
In 1882, Dvořák bought in Leipzig from a second-hand book dealer a manuscript of the first symphony of his namesake Antonin Dvořák (there was no relationship between them). Until his death, he did not tell anyone about this, only the son of the scientist who inherited her made the symphony of the well-known public considered lost.
Works
Since 1885, Dvořák published articles on linguistics and cultural history in Czech and foreign journals. He wrote about Hafiz , Baki , Abul al-Al , the Qur'an , the Bible . His work in the field of sinology is especially significant. Together with J. Vrhlitsky, he translated one of the classical works of Chinese literature - the Book of Songs . He also made Confucius ' Conversations and Judgments' famous in the Czech Republic by publishing the book Confucius' Chinese Life and Teaching. He later became the first translator of Lao Tzu 's Tao de jing .
Translations (in Czech)
- Song of songs
- Shi jing (together with J. Vrhlitsky )
- Tao de jing
Research
- On the question of borrowing words in the Qur'an ( German: Ein Beitrag zur Frage über die Fremdwörter im Koran ), Munster , 1884.
- About foreign words in the Qur'an ( German: Über die Fremdwörter im Korán ), 1885.
- Confucius Chinese life and doctrine ( Czech Číňana Konfucia život a nauka ), 1889-1891.
- Religions of China. I. Confucius and his teaching ( German: Chinas Religionen I. Confucius und seine Lehre ), Munster , 1895.
- Lao Tzu and his teachings ( German: Lao-tsï und seine Lehre ). Verlag der Aschendorffschen Buchhandlung, Munster , 1903.
- History of Ethics in the East. I. Confucius ( Czech Dějiny mravouky v Orientě. I. Konfucius ), 1904.
- China. Description of the empire, people, their manners and customs ( Czech Čína. Popis říše, národa, jeho mravů a obyčejů ), 1910.
- Psalms According to the Hebrew metric ( Czech Žalmy. Podle zásad hebrejské metriky ), 1911.
- Lao Tzu, the canonical book of Tao and virtues ( Czech Lao-Tsiova kanonická kniha o Tau a ctnosti Tao-Tek-King ), 1920.
Articles
- On the nature of Chinese thought ( Czech. O myšlenkové povaze Číny ). Česká revue, 1899.
- The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu and the book of his utterances Tao de jing ( Czech Čínský filosof Lao-tsi a kniha jeho výroků Daodejing ). Bulletin of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 1904.
- Confucius and Lao Tzu. A comparative study of Chinese philosophy ( Czech Konfucius a Lao-tsi. Srovnávací studie z filosofie čínské ). ČM, 1900.
- The famous Arab poet and thinker of the 11th century Abu l' Al-Al ( Czech Slavný básník a myslitel arabský XI. Století Abulalá ). ČM, 1917.
Links
- (Czech) A brief biography of Dvorak and a list of his works. (inaccessible link)