Ernst Schwarz (Sinologist)

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Ernst Schwarz (born August 6, 1916 in Vienna ; † September 6, 2003 in Münichreith / Waldviertel ) was an Austrian sinologist and translator .

Life

Ernst Schwarz came from a Jewish merchant family from Vienna. His father Desiderius Schwarz and his mother Bertha Schwarz had a shop on Mariahilfer Strasse . He had a brother (Egon, 1904–1976) and two sisters (Lilly, 1908–1972 and Francis, 1909–2000). He studied Egyptology and medicine at the University of Vienna . After the connection of Austria to the German Reich in March 1938, he was forced to leave the country. He and his brother Egon got to Shanghai by sea . There he learned Chinese by self-study while at the same time working as a sports teacher. At times, Schwarz stayed in Buddhist monasteries. In 1945 he worked as a translator in Nanjing ; 1946/1947 he taught English literature at the local university . From 1947 to 1950 he was secretary at the Austrian embassy in Nanjing. He then worked again as a translator, this time for the publishing house for foreign language literature in Beijing . From 1958 to 1960 he taught English at the University of Hangzhou , but was then forced to leave the People's Republic of China because of political problems during the “ Great Leap Forward ” period .

Schwarz finally made it to the GDR via the stations of Great Britain and Belgium . From 1961 to 1970 he taught Chinese language and literature as a research assistant and later as a lecturer at the East Asian Institute of the Humboldt University in East Berlin . In 1965 he received his doctorate in philosophy. After leaving the university, he lived as a freelance translator and occasionally gave lectures at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna . Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky gave him a teaching position at the Diplomatic Academy. He had personal acquaintance with the Minister of Commerce Fritz Bock , a childhood friend, the then Foreign Minister Rudolf Kirchschläger , the Minister of Science Hertha Firnberg , the Minister of Health Ingrid Leodolter , the diplomat Friedrich Hoess and the Magistrate Director Josef Bandion .

In 1993 Schwarz returned to Vienna from Berlin . In 1994 his work for the State Security Service of the GDR became known; Schwarz admitted to this, but without publicly regretting his espionage activities . He retired to Münichreith in the Austrian Waldviertel , where he spent the last years of his life.

Ernst Schwarz was best known for his translations of classical poems and philosophical texts from Chinese , which were well received by the reading public and which set standards in German-speaking countries with regard to Confucius , Lao Tse and Tao Yüan-ming .

The autobiography Thousand Gates Has The Truth , announced for 2001 by a Berlin publisher, has not appeared again.

Ernst Schwarz received the F. C. Weiskopf Prize in 1981 and the Gold Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna in 1992 .

He is the father of Melan Schwarz aka Marijam Agischewa .

Works (selection)

  • Classical Chinese literature and the worldview of China in the feudal age , Berlin 1964
  • On the problem of Qu Yuan research , Berlin 1965 (dissertation)
  • The concept of happiness in China , Vienna 1976
  • Stumbling block , Berlin 1978
  • That's how I earn my paradise. Unknown sculptures in the cathedrals in Magdeburg and Stendal (poems) , Berlin 1986
  • The old monk. Poems on Chinese ink drawings , Berlin 1990
  • The wisdom of ancient China , Munich 1994
  • The life of Bodhidharma , Düsseldorf [u. a.] 2000

Anthologies (translations and editing)

  • The rider in the green robe (China's peoples tell; part 1) , Beijing 1964; New edition in three volumes: The most beautiful folk tales from China - The rider in a green robe ISBN 7-119-03828-1 , The legend of rice ISBN 7-119-03829-X , The long-haired girl ISBN 7-119-03830-3 ( Beijing, Foreign Language Literature Publishing House 2005).
  • Chrysanthemums in the mirror. Classical Chinese seals , Berlin 1969
  • Praise of the stone spring. Korean poetry , Weimar 1973
  • The Call of the Phoenix Flute , Berlin 1973
  • From idle feelings. Chinese love poems from 3 millennia , Leipzig [u. a.] 1978
  • Shih-fu Wang: The West Room , Leipzig 1978
  • Chinese love poems , Frankfurt (Main) 1980
  • So spoke the wise man. Chinese ideas from 3 millennia , Berlin 1981
  • Li Tsching-dschau ( Li Qingzhao ), Dschu Shu-dschen ( Zhu Shuzhen朱淑真): Chinese women's poetry . Tzi-Lyrik der Sung-Zeit , Munich 1985
  • From the way of all spirit. Sentences from ancient China , Berlin 1985
  • The blasted grave , Berlin 1989
  • So spoke the master , Munich, 1994
  • Agischewa, A. & Schwarz, E .: The holy buffalo woman. Indian creation myths , Munich 1995
  • A mirror is the heart of the wise. Sayings from ancient China , Munich 1996
  • Schwarz, E. & Agischewa, A .: The potion of immortality. Chinese creation myths and folk tales , Munich 1997
  • The bell rings, the bell is silent. Zen Buddhist Wisdom , Zurich [u. a.] 1999
  • The right way. Chinese wisdom , Berlin 2000

Translations

  • Chien Po-tsan (Jiǎn Bózàn 翦伯赞), Shao Hsün-chêng (Shào Xúnzhèng 邵 循 正), Hu Hua (Hú Huá 胡 华): Brief outline of Chinese history , Beijing: Verlag für Fremdsprachige Literatur, 1958. New editions without specifying the Translator 1 1964, ²1982.
  • Tschin Dschao-jang ( Qin Zhaoyang ): Village sketches , Beijing 1956.
  • Yubao Gao: My Childhood , Beijing 1962
  • Confucius :
    • Confucius. Conversations of Master Kung (Lun Yü) . Munich: dtv, 1985, 3 1989, 1992.
    • Master Kung spoke. From the conversations of Confucius . Vienna etc .: Herder, 1985.
  • Li Tai Bo : Li Tai-bo , Berlin 1979.
  • Laozi :
    • Laudse: Daudedsching ( Tao Te King ). Leipzig: Reclam, 1978, 4 1981, 5 1985, 6 1990.
    • Laudse: Daudedsching, with a spiritual commentary . Munich: Kösel, 1995.
  • Li Nan-li: Lo Tsai, the tiger hunter and other stories , Beijing 1958.
  • Tao Yüan-ming : Peach blossom source , Leipzig 1967.
  • Gung Schu T .: Schu Ting , Berlin 1988.
  • Yuanwu: Bi-yan-lu. Notes from the Master of the Blue Rock , Munich 1999.

literature

  • Günther Albrecht, Kurt Böttcher, Herbert Greiner-Mai and Paul-Günter Krohn: writers of the GDR. 2nd, unchanged edition. Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1975.
  • Konrad Herrmann: Encounters with Ernst Schwarz. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2012.
  • Eva Jancak : Thirteen Chapters. Self-published, Vienna 2014 (contains a biography by Ernst Schwarz).

Individual evidence

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  2. a b The two translations sometimes differ considerably from one another.

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