A collection of short stories extracted from Chinese writings and translated into Tangut. All stories are united by one theme: ideal (in the Confucian sense of the word) relationships between relatives. The manuscript is of great value as a monument of Tangut literature, it is distinguished by interesting grammatical features. In addition, it is important as a source for characterizing the Tangut kinship system.

CONTENTS: Introduction 8 Newly collected notes about love for younger people and respect for elders shim. The last juan. Translation 19 Commentary 37 Grammatical features of the language of the monument 49 Pronouns 51 Question words for the verb 60 Function words forming a name: Indefinite member 61 Function words expressing the meaning of plurality. . 62 Postpositions 65 Counting words 73 Morpheme 75 Negations 76 Particles 81 Complex sentence 82 Conclusion 85 Appendices: List of main characters 88 List of Chinese titles and positions 92 Tangut kinship system 94 M.V. Kryukov. “Newly collected records of love for younger people and respect for elders” and the problems of reconstructing the system of Tangut kinship terms 139Text 149Summary 185