▁( B ern hard ▁Karl gren ▁– ▁portrait ▁of ▁a ▁scholar ). ▁Mal mq v ist ▁here ▁follows ▁Karl gren ' s ▁path ▁through ▁the ▁pione ering ▁era ▁of ▁Sin ology ▁from ▁his ▁early ▁dialect ological ▁field work ▁in ▁China ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 0 – 1 9 1 2 , ▁which ▁aim ed ▁at ▁re construct ing ▁the ▁sound ▁pattern ▁of ▁ancient ▁Chinese . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁award ing ▁of ▁the ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁to ▁Chinese ▁author ▁Mo ▁Yan ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Mal mq v ist ▁was ▁critic ized ▁for ▁a ▁possible ▁conflict ▁of ▁interest , ▁as ▁he ▁had ▁close ▁personal ▁and ▁economic ▁relations ▁to ▁Mo ▁Yan . ▁Mal mq v ist ▁had ▁translated ▁several ▁of ▁Mo ▁Yan ' s ▁works ▁into ▁Swedish ▁and ▁published ▁some ▁through ▁his ▁own ▁publishing ▁house . ▁Mo ▁Yan ▁had ▁also ▁written ▁a ▁la ud atory ▁pre face ▁to ▁one ▁of ▁Mal mq v ist ' s ▁own ▁books , ▁and ▁been ▁a ▁close ▁friend ▁of ▁Mal mq v ist ' s ▁wife ▁for ▁ 1 5 ▁years . ▁The ▁Nobel ▁committee ▁denied ▁that ▁this ▁constit uted ▁a ▁conflict ▁of ▁interest , ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁abs urd ▁for ▁Mal mq v ist ▁to ▁rec use . ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁Det ▁för t ä ta de ▁ö gon b lick et : ▁T ’ ang - ly rik ▁( 1 9 6 5 ) ▁Problem s ▁and ▁methods ▁in ▁Chinese ▁lingu istics ▁( 1 9 6 4 ) ▁Han ▁ph