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Subject:translation ancient seal script
Posted By: Alex Tue, Dec 28, 2021 IP: 2a02:a466:3c7a:1:58f

does anyone know what this reads. Or can anyone translate the script?



Subject:Re: translation ancient seal script
Posted By: mikeoz Tue, Dec 28, 2021

蝯嗚瀲成

Please I Nagy give your interpretation.

My study suggests that 蝯 means an ape, but more precisely 猿 the gibbon. So, my understanding is something like "the gibbon's call fills the air".

But I can't see how this relates to whatever the stone carving is.

Subject:Re: translation ancient seal script
Posted By: Alex Wed, Dec 29, 2021

Thank you for your reponse. i don.t know aswel what the connection could bee to the statue. it is just a sitting temple figure of a man.

Subject:Re: translation ancient seal script
Posted By: Alex Wed, Dec 29, 2021

this is what i have found on the internet:

Simians of various sorts (including the monkey, gibbon, and other primates of real or mythological nature) are an important motif in Chinese poetry. Examples of simian imagery have an important place in Chinese poetry ranging from the Chu Ci poets through poets such as Li Bai, Wang Wei, Du Fu, and more. Various poetic concepts could be communicated by the inclusion of simian imagery in a poem, and the use of simian allusions can help provide key insights into the poems. The use of simians in Chinese poetry is part of a broader appearance of macaques and other monkeys in Chinese culture as well as the monkey-like gibbons and sometimes monkey-like creatures from Chinese mythology.


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Subject:Re: translation ancient seal script
Posted By: I.Nagy Thu, Dec 30, 2021

I think your interpretation is excellent.
I would translate it "The gibbon's cry undulates in the air" (or in plural form)
Regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: translation ancient seal script
Posted By: mikeoz Thu, Dec 30, 2021

Thank you, I Nagy.


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