China and the Chinese

Name: China and the Chinese
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780231879712

by Unknown Author

230 pages1902Columbia University PressISBN 9780231879712

Chinese language Chinese literature Taoism

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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1902
Pages: 230
ISBN: 9780231879712

About Unknown Author

[English] Herbert Allen Giles (b. 1845 in Oxford; d. 1935 in Cambridge) was a British diplomat and sinologist. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system. [Deutsch] Herbert Allen Giles (geb. 1845 in Oxford; gest. 1935 in Cambridge) war ein britischer Diplomat und Sinologe. Er modifizierte das von Thomas Wade etablierte System zur Romanisierung von Mandarin-Chinesisch, wodurch das bekannte Wade-Giles Chinesisch-Transliterationssystem entstand.