Chinese Lexicography: A History from 1046 BC to Ad 1911

Heming Yong, MA (Suzhou University), PhD (Macquarie University), has been a visiting scholar in The University of Massachusetts and senior research fellow in Oxford University. He is currently Professor of English in Guangdong University of Business Studies, China. His many publications include Bilingual Lexicography from a Communicative Perspective (co-authored with Jing Peng, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2007) and A Contemporary Dictionary ofEnglish Prepositions (chief editor, Yiwen Publishing House, Shanghai, China).Jing Peng, BA (Xi'an Jiaotong University), MA (University of Southampton), is currently director of Business English Department at the Guangdong University of Business Studies. Her research focuses on bilingual lexicography, historical lexicography, and business English studies. Her major publications include Bilingual Lexicography from a Communicative Perspective (co-authored with Heming Yong, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2007) and A Contemporary Dictionary of EnglishPrepositions (associate chief editor, Yiwen Publishing House, Shanghai, China).