- Meaning: a literary work of lament or righteous prophecy of doom
- Origin: Hebrew Bible: the prophet Jeremiah
- In Chinese: cannot think of any parallel; anyone?
- Where we first met: New York Times book review - a reviewer describes the USA as being 'in an era of best selling jeremiads on both sides of the political divide'.
Sunday, March 19, 2006
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唔得，唔收貨，一定無可能收貨。「血淚史」跟jeremiad根本是兩個完全不同的東西。你看看舊約耶利米書或者耶利米哀歌，怎麼可以稱為「血淚史」？
「血淚史」是一個tragic account of something，而jeremiad是一個對快要來臨的淪亡的悲嘆，漢文化裡可能根本沒有這個literary genre，因為漢文化裡面是沒有「先知角度」（prophetic perspective）的。
請在柏克萊或者牛津搞中國研究的高手，或者在倫敦東方及非洲研究院讀書的，指教指教。
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