Bāburnāme - Chagatai Literary Monument
Plus a method to learn the Turkic language of Chagatai
The Caliph and the Layabout
A Translation from a Short Ottoman-Turkish Story (or, at least, an Attempt at a Translation)
One Character, Many Uses
What a Poem by Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926 - 2022) is an example of, and Some Tricky Sentences by Yours Truly to show the Multifunctional Nature of Chinese Characters in Literary Chinese
Learners for Serious (?) Language Learning in 2022 - Part Two of Two
Great Introductions that can be Obtained for Free on the WWW! Only... Mostly not in English
Learners for Serious (?) Language Learning in 2022! - Part One of Two
Ancient and Classical Languages Galore
Dear Child, Please Stay a Bit Longer
Poem by Kim Shi-Bo 金時保 (1658~1734), in 『Mojujip (茅洲集)』 Volume 8
Books and Paper
Is Premodern East Asian Paper Prone to Pilling?
On the Prerequisite of Being Tactful while Admonishing one's Ruler
Three Tweets: Attempt to Translate + Annotations - Fragment from 窮愁志忠諫論 by 李德裕
Remembering Yi Hwang's Integrity
A cholgi (卒記) found in a Choseon text of authority
Intimate Enmity
The Case of Kim Bu-shik and Cheong Ji-sang
Translations of interesting textual fragments from various languages
Welcome to Musings on Texts of Interest by me, Mark Boersma. Publishing translations of fragments of old texts that may be of interest, philologically or...
