{"id":6953,"date":"2013-07-20T18:03:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T10:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=6953"},"modified":"2013-07-20T20:56:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T12:56:40","slug":"the-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/2013\/the-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Letter&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A letter in Romanized Hokkien <strong><em>, or <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Pe\u030dh-\u014de-j\u012b<\/strong><\/em><\/a> as it is known,\u00a0 on display at the exhibition <a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=6727\" target=\"_blank\">Our Roots, Our Future,\u00a0<\/a> piqued the interest of many. But no one could fully decipher its meaning. A challenge was sent out to the Singapore Heritage Bukit Brown Cemetery FB group. It caught the eye of <a id=\"js_8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yuxing.zhuo\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/hovercard.php?id=631528298&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".r[233g].[1][4][1]{comment512718125463770_1414052}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][0]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5353\u80b2\u8208<\/a> Yu Hsing Jow who is a Taiwanese living in Singapore researching on Hokkien culture\u00a0 here. He alerted an expert \u00a0from Xiamen,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hokkienese.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lim Kian Hui.<\/a> who was able to help decipher and translate the the letter.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"js_8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yuxing.zhuo\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/hovercard.php?id=631528298&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".r[233g].[1][4][1]{comment512718125463770_1414052}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][0]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5353\u80b2\u8208<\/a>Yu Hsing Jow translated it into Mandarin, and from Mandarin, we finally have an almost full English translation by Brownie Ang Yik Han. It reads:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>H\u00e0k-\u1e3f:<\/strong> (the letter is addressed to a woman\u00a0 named\u00a0 Hak)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I received a letter out of the blue which covered many details. Your uncle\u2019s health is better, please don\u2019t worry. If his son can return it will be better, as your uncle can teach and encourage him. He is young and susceptible to temptations, hopefully he will be wiser when he is older, please don\u2019t worry. As for the relatives, they are not in good condition when I visit them in Amoy every week, but I am not too concerned. Your senior is not here now, I have no wish to inform her as well, but she will be back in the first lunar month. How are the sisters-in-law? They are so young, I wish they can be back every year. Also, there is the matter of the $100. The teacher is not in school, I will enquire about him later. As for this mark <\/em><\/strong><em>(unclear what this is) ,<\/em><strong><em> please do not send it to me in the future, it takes a lot of effort. Take care<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The content is representative of letters that would have been\u00a0 exchanged by families and friends separated in the Chinese Diaspora. It covers in one page an update on financial matters and the domestic situation at home,\u00a0 but the tone of the letter also expresses care, concern and reassurance.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the letter transcribed in <strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Pe\u030dh-\u014de-j\u012b<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0 by <a id=\"js_8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yuxing.zhuo\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/hovercard.php?id=631528298&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".r[233g].[1][4][1]{comment512718125463770_1414052}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][0]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5353\u80b2\u8208<\/a> Yu Hsing Jow<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ha\u030dk-\u1e3f siu<\/em><\/strong><br data-reactid=\".r[24h0l].[1][4][1]{comment512718125463770_1414533}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[0].[3]\" \/><strong><em>J\u00ed-b\u00f4 phah-s\u01f9g \u00ea tiong-kan, chiap-tio\u030dh l\u00e2i phoe chit hong, l\u0101i-b\u012bn s\u014d k\u00f3ng long chai si\u00f4ng-s\u00e8 . l\u016bn l\u00edn hi\u00e2n-chek \u00ea sin-khu, k\u016bn l\u0101i \u016b khah i\u014dng, l\u00edn bi\u00e1n kho\u00e0-l\u016b. l\u016bn j\u012b \u00e1 n\u0101-s\u012b khah k\u00edn t\u00f2-l\u00e2i p\u00f3 khah h\u00f3. N\u0101 t\u00f2-l\u00e2i chia, \u016b s\u00ee i\u0101 thang h\u014d\u0358 in hi\u00e2n-chek khah I k\u00e0u-h\u00f9n, bi\u00e1n-l\u0113. s\u01f9g hi\u00e2n-s\u00ee n\u00ee-h\u00e8 i\u00e1u chi\u00f3, b\u0113 bi\u00e1n tit-si\u016b \u00edn-i\u0144, ng-b\u0101ng n\u00ee-h\u00e8 k\u00e0u gia\u030dh i chi\u016b \u0113 bat si\u016b\u207f . l\u00ed m\u0304-thang kho\u00e0-l\u016b. l\u016bn chhin-chi\u00e2\u207f go\u00e1 ta\u030dk l\u00e9-p\u00e0i lo\u030dh kh\u00ec \u0112-Mn\u0304g th\u0101m thi\u0101, long bo\u0113 h\u00f3-s\u00e8. T\u0101-chiah chia b\u0101n-b\u0101n koh chh\u014de, go\u00e1 i\u0101 chin t\u00ec-\u00ec . l\u016bn su-ch\u0113 hi\u00e2n-chai b\u00f4 t\u012b the, i\u0101 thang chai i\u00e9 \u012b-s\u016b. L\u00e1i he\u207f lun\u0304 m\u0101 \u00e1i k\u00f3ng h\u00f3, chia\u207f-ge\u030dh chiah beh t\u00f2-l\u00e2i. L\u016bn ch\u014d s\u014d \u00ea seng-khu \u016b i\u00f3ng-i\u00f3ng \u00e1-b\u00f4. Chin si\u00e0u-li\u00e2n \u01f9g-b\u0101ng m\u00ea-n\u00ee \u0113 long t\u00f2-l\u00e2i, koh $100.00 kho \u011b s\u016b. Su\u00e1 b\u00f4 ti-teh th\u0113ng h\u0101u-l\u00e2i,g\u00f3a chiah mn\u0304g I \u00ea si\u00f4ng-s\u00e8, chit \u00ea k\u00ec-h\u014d,l\u00ed chai \u0101u-p\u00e1i m\u0304-thang ki\u00e0 k\u00f2e l\u00e2i s\u00e0ng g\u00f3a, \u016b ch\u014de ch\u014de \u00eah\u00f9i kh\u00ec. Chh\u00e9ng an put it.<\/em><\/strong><br data-reactid=\".r[24h0l].[1][4][1]{comment512718125463770_1414533}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[3].[0].[1]\" \/><strong><em>\u00d4ng pheh l\u00eem<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <a id=\"js_8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yuxing.zhuo\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/hovercard.php?id=631528298&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;;&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".r[233g].[1][4][1]{comment512718125463770_1414052}.[0].[right].[0].[left].[0].[0].[0][0]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u5353\u80b2\u8208<\/a> Yu Hsing Jow\u00a0 for the transcription and his time spent in helping to translate the letter. He has since included the letter to the Wikipedia on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singaporean_Hokkien\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singaporean Hokkien<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About the letter:<\/p>\n<p><em>The Letter was donated to the exhibition <a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=6727\" target=\"_blank\">Bukit Brown: Our Roots,Our Future<\/a>, by a descendant of Tan Boon Hak, cousin of <a href=\"http:\/\/infopedia.nl.sg\/articles\/SIP_839_2004-12-28.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tan Kah Kee<\/a>) <\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6954\" style=\"width: 421px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_2073.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6954\" class=\" wp-image-6954 \" title=\"Romanised Hokkien Letter _Charlene Tan, Wlater Lim's collection\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_2073-685x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_2073-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_2073-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_2073-214x320.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Letter&#8221; donated to Our Roots, Our Future ( photo Charlene Tan)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A letter in Romanized Hokkien , or Pe\u030dh-\u014de-j\u012b as it is known,\u00a0 on display at the exhibition Our Roots, Our Future,\u00a0 piqued the interest of many. But no one could fully decipher its meaning. A challenge was sent out to the Singapore Heritage Bukit Brown Cemetery FB group. It caught the eye of \u5353\u80b2\u8208 Yu Hsing Jow who is a Taiwanese living in Singapore researching on Hokkien culture\u00a0 here. He alerted an expert \u00a0from Xiamen,\u00a0Lim Kian Hui. who was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,83,116,81],"tags":[273,272,263,264,262,261],"class_list":["post-6953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-society","category-featured","category-history-2","category-slider","tag-our-future-yu-hsing-jow","tag-our-roots","tag-peh-oe-ji","tag-romanised-hokkien","tag-tan-boon-hak","tag--yu-hsing-jow"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;The Letter&quot; - Bukit Brown: A World Monuments Watch Site in 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/2013\/the-letter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;The Letter&quot; - Bukit Brown: A World Monuments Watch Site in 2014\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; A letter in Romanized Hokkien , or Pe\u030dh-\u014de-j\u012b as it is known,\u00a0 on display at the exhibition Our Roots, Our Future,\u00a0 piqued the interest of many. 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