Henri Cordier

A French orientalist who stayed in China as a trading company employee, returned to Paris and taught at the School of Oriental Languages ​​and the University of Paris, and became a member of the Academy. He excelled in philology and compiled the great work "Chinese Bibliography." In addition, he used documents from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to study China's international relations, and wrote two books translated by Eul, revised and expanded versions of "The Travels of Marco Polo" and "The Record of China's Eastward Expedition" (both in English), as well as "General History of China," which included diplomatic relations from ancient times to the end of the Qing Dynasty, and contributed greatly to the academic world. He also worked hard to establish and maintain the pan-European journal of oriental studies, " T'oung Pao ," published by the Dutch publisher Brill, which has been in publication since 1890 and is highly regarded academically.

[Miyazaki City]

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フランスの東洋学者。商社員として中国に滞在し、パリに帰って東洋語学校、およびパリ大学で教授し、学士院会員となる。文献学に優れ、『支那(しな)書誌』の大著を編纂(へんさん)したほか、フランス外務省の文書を利用して、中国の国際関係についての研究、ユールの訳著した2書、『マルコ・ポーロ旅行記』および『支那東達記』の改訂増補（ともに英文）、さらに古代から清(しん)末に至るまで、外交関係を含めた『支那通史』などを著し、学界に裨益(ひえき)するところが大きかった。またオランダの書肆(しょし)ブリルを発行所とする全ヨーロッパ的な東洋研究雑誌『通報』T'oung Paoの創刊と維持に尽力したが、この雑誌は1890年より現今まで継続し、高い学術的評価を受けている。

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