Giles, Herbert Allen

Japanese: ジャイルズ(英語表記)Giles, Herbert Allen
Giles, Herbert Allen
Born: December 8, 1845.
[Died] February 13, 1935.
British diplomat and sinologist. He served as consul in various parts of China and taught Chinese at Cambridge University. His works include "A Chinese-English dictionary" (1892), the basis for the Wade-Giles orthography of Beijing Chinese characters. His other works include "Record of the Buddhist Kingdoms" (87), "Strange stories from a Chinese studio" (2 volumes, 80), "Gems of Chinese Literature" (84), "Chuang Tzu" (89), "A Chinese Biographical Dictionary" (1901), and "Confucianism and its rivals" (15).

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Japanese:
[生]1845.12.8.
[没]1935.2.13.
イギリスの外交官,中国学者。中国各地の領事を歴任し,ケンブリッジ大学で中国語を教えた。著書の"A Chinese-English dictionary" (1892) は,北京漢字音のウェード=ジャイルズ式綴字法の基礎である。そのほか,"Record of the Buddhist Kingdoms" (87) ,"Strange stories from a Chinese studio" (2巻,80) ,"Gems of Chinese Literature" (84) ,"Chuang Tzu" (89) ,"A Chinese Biographical Dictionary" (1901) ,"Confucianism and its rivals" (15) がある。

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