Dictionary of Chaoshan Overseas Chinese Remittance Letters
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A good fit for
- Scholars and students engaged in overseas Chinese history, qiaopi research, and Chaoshan local culture studies
- Staff involved in organizing qiaopi archives, museum exhibitions, and local cultural outreach
- General readers interested in Chaoshan emigrant homeland culture who wish to systematically understand qiaopi terminology
Not a good fit for
- Literary readers seeking qiaopi stories or a selection of original letters
- Readers expecting a systematic general history and unwilling to use a dictionary format
- Users unconnected to qiaopi or Chaoshan culture who need only a general Chinese dictionary
Reading tips
- Begin by browsing the table of contents and editorial notes to become familiar with the Pinyin ordering and how to look up main and cross-reference entries
- Read entries by theme—qiaopi, emigrant homeland, overseas Chinese—to build a conceptual framework before consulting the whole book
- When an entry includes evidence from an actual mailed qiaopi, pay attention to the original text of the evidence to understand the term's actual usage
- Use it as a terminology-checking tool for research or writing, consulting and noting as needed rather than reading it through at once
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Jinan University Press is a comprehensive university press known for publishing in language and writing, history and culture, and medicine. Judging from the 2,481 titles in the database, its publishing focuses on language and writing research, the compilation of unearthed documents, Chinese culture and Eastern philosophy, traditional Chinese medicine, and grassroots medical standards. Representative books include the Chinese Dictionary (Second Edition), the series on the collected interpretation and modern translation of Warring States documents from the Language Services Series and the series on the language of unearthed documents, Chinese Cultural Psychology (6th Edition), Illustrated Compendium of Traditional Chinese Medicine Processing Techniques, and Construction and Technical Standards for Standardized Bronchoscopy Rooms in Primary-Level Pediatrics. In terms of authors, scholars such as Zhu Cheng, Zhang Yujin, Wang Fengyan, Zheng Hong, Cao Hui and Ma Zhiguo form its author base in language and documents, cultural psychology, and traditional Chinese medicine. In terms of publishing characteristics, the press emphasizes the collected interpretation and modern translation of unearthed documents and language service research, while also systematically organizing cultural psychology and medical techniques. Public information on specific matters such as overseas Chinese-language education is limited and is therefore not elaborated here.
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- 《潮汕文库》编委会
- 潮汕历史文化研究中心侨批研究会《潮汕侨批辞典》编辑委员会
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About the author
Public information about Luo Yipeng is currently limited, and his confirmed representative work is the Dictionary of Chaoshan Qiaopi. The book is a cultural reference work centered on qiaopi, a distinctive body of historical documents from the Chaoshan region. Qiaopi were letters that combined remittances and correspondence sent by overseas Chinese to their families back home, carrying extensive information about the livelihoods of overseas Chinese families, kinship ties, and social change in the emigrant hometowns of modern times. Compiling the terms, figures, institutions, and background knowledge related to qiaopi in dictionary form requires careful work across local documents, dialect customs, and overseas Chinese history. This work shows that Luo Yipeng focuses on preserving Chaoshan local culture and overseas Chinese memory, with writing that emphasizes documentation and reference value for both researchers and general readers. As biographical details are not yet available in public sources, his personal background cannot be described in detail; readers may learn about his contribution to organizing qiaopi culture through this dictionary.
