Concepts and Patterns of Chinese Migration, with Reference to Southeast Asia / / Leo Suryadinata, Dorcas Gan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Suryadinata, Leo,; Gan, Dorcas,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2022]; ©2022
• Leto izdaje: 2022
• Jezik: English
• Fizični opis: 1 online resource (32 p.)

Concepts and patterns of Chinese migration are often described with terms such as guigen (归根, return to one’s original roots), shenggen (生根, sprout local roots), shigen (失根, lose original roots), wugen (无根, without roots), and duogen (多根, many roots). These terms, linked to the Mandarin word gen (根,...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Foreword
• Executive Summary
• Roots (根) and Patterns of Chinese Migration
• LUODI SHENGGEN or SHIGEN – Taking Local Roots or Losing Original Roots
• LUOYE GUIGEN – Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots
• LUODI SHENGGEN or SHIGEN – Taking Local Roots or Losing Original Roots
• WUGEN or DUOGEN – Wugen or Duogen
• Conclusion