China and the Chinese
Herbert Allen Giles (8 December 1845 - 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China. He modified a Mandarin Chinese romanisation system established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese romanisation system. Among his many works were translations of the Analects of Confucius, the Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching), the Chuang Tzu, and, in 1892, the widely published A Chinese-English Dictionary.Herbert A. Giles was the fourth son of John Allen Giles (1808-18…
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- ISBN: 978-1-63637-396-6
- EAN: 9781636373966
- Produktnummer: 35829522
- Verlag: Bibliotech Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1902
- Seitenangabe: 138 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.8 cm 236 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 236
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