ACROBATICS  雜技技

The ART of SHOWING SKILL IN BODY MOVEMENT INTENDing to ENTERTAIN MANY. 
GYMNASTICSTUMBLINGAGILITYFUNAMBULISM
Hypernym
  • ARTSSKILLS BELIEVED to be IMPORTANT FOR EDUCATION OR AMUSEMENT.
    • SKILLFULABLE to ACT:do something BECAUSE one has LEARNT NECESSARY METHODS. 
      • ABLEHAVE FEATURES one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something.
        • HAVERELATION to something such that it BE-IN:is in one OR is CONTROLLED by one....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The current general word for acrobatics in WEISHU 魏書 is zá xì 雜戲.

    2. Current acrobatic acts include illusion arts, breathing fire, juggling upto nine objects in the air, jumping through narrow rings, stand on one's hands on a ball, tight-rope walking, climbing up a high pole (also on a moving cart), standing on one's hands on piles of tiles, keeping plates turning in mid-air, balancing complex objects on a pole placed on one's forehead. All these are abundantly illustrated on Han tiles.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    雜技

    把戲

    雜耍

    百戲

    角抵

    玩意兒

    走繩

    走索

    走鋼絲

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • 漢代無知文化資料圖說 ( SUN JI) p. 389ff

    • () p. 199

    • () p. 717

    • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p.

    Words

    緣  yuán MC: ywen OC: k-lon 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNclimb up （a pole 緣橦)
    伎  jì OC: ɡreʔ MC: giɛ
    技  jì OC: ɡreʔ MC: giɛ
    妓  jì OC: ɡreʔ MC: giɛ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • ncourt entertainer, juggler
    弄  nòng OC: ɡ-rooŋs MC: luŋ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNjuggle, keep several objects in the air at the same time (in Han times there were already jugglers keeping nine objects in the air at the same time)
    擲  zhì OC: ɡ-leɡ MC: ɖiɛk 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNkeep plates turning on sticks held up in the air
    旋  xuán OC: sɢlon MC: ziɛn 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNstand on one's hands on a ball 旋球
    疊  dié OC: dɯɯb MC: dep 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactpile up things and perform acrobatics on these piled-up things
    跳  tiào OC: kh-leews MC: theu 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • viactjuggle, keep several objects in the air at the same time
    化人  huà rén OC: hŋʷraals njin MC: hɣɛ ȵin 0 AttributionsWD
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    • NP{vadN}LIE: illusion artist with added supernatural Taoist skills
    吐火  tǔ huǒ OC: kh-laaʔ qphaalʔ MC: thuo̝ hʷɑ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPibreathe fire
    履索  lǚ suǒ OC: riʔ saaɡ MC: li sɑk 0 AttributionsWD
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    • VPiwalk on a rope, walk the tightrope
    幻人  huàn rén OC: ɢʷreens njin MC: ɦɣɛn ȵin 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1adN2}post-Han: illusion artist
    投狹  tóu xiá OC: doo ɡreeb MC: du ɦɣɛp 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPijump through a narrow ring
    沖狹  chōng xiá OC: ɡrluŋ ɡreeb MC: ɖuŋ ɦɣɛp 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPijump through a narrow ring
    緣橦  yuán chuáng OC: k-lon rdooŋ MC: jiɛn ɖɣɔŋ 0 AttributionsWD
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    • VPiactclimb up a dangerously high pole
    象人  xiàng rén OC: sɢlaŋʔ njin MC: zi̯ɐŋ ȵin 0 AttributionsWD
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    • NPHANSHU: top level acrobat, in particular a person capable of the famous 魚龍曼延, the most complex piece of acrobatics known, but of which no detailed picture survives.
    雜戲  zá xì OC: sɡuub qhras MC: dzəp hiɛ 0 AttributionsWD

    The current general word for acrobatics in WEISHU 魏書 is zá xì 雜戲.

      Syntactic words
    • NPabactacrobatics

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