商品簡介
Among the many books, many of them translations of Chinese classics, British diplomat and sinologist Giles (1845-1935) prepared this reference for fellow scholars, diplomats, journalists, and others interested in the Far East. It was first published in 1878, again in 1886, and in a third edition in 1900; it was reprinted in 1974 by Curzon Press in London and Dublin and Rowman & Littlefield in New Jersey. The definitions could be useful in reading Chinese or Japanese literature of the period. It is cross-referenced but not indexed. Presumably it is the third edition reprinted in facsimile here. Global Orient is an imprint of Brill. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Herbert Allen Giles (1845–1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist, educated at Charterhouse. He was only the second professor of Chinese appointed at Cambridge University, succeeding Thomas Wade, and taught there for thirty-five years. One of his major achievements was the modified version of a Mandarin Chinese romanization system produced earlier by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system. He was a prolific writer, and apart from the present volume, his major works included translations of Confucius, Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, a Chinese-English dictionary and his Chinese Biographical Dictionary for which he was awarded the Prix St. Julien by the French Academy in 1897.
