Paul Demiéville

Japanese: ドミエビル（英語表記）Paul Demiéville

1894‐1979
French sinologist. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, he studied Chinese and Buddhist studies in England, Paris, Hanoi, and Xiamen, after which he served as a research student and then director of the Maison Franco-Japonais in Tokyo. In 1930, he returned to Paris, acquired French citizenship, and was appointed professor at the School of Oriental Languages and then professor at the Collège de France. He presided over the Oriental studies magazine T'oung Pao, which was founded by Cordier and others, and produced many excellent students under his guidance. His works include The Lhasa Religious Debate, Selected Chinese Poems, and Translation and Commentary on the Records of Linji, and his major essays have been published in Selected Researches: Chinese Studies and Buddhism.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1894‐1979
フランスの中国学者。スイスのローザンヌに生まれ，イギリス，パリ，ハノイ，厦門（アモイ）で本格的な中国学と仏教学を修めたのち，東京の日仏会館研究生ついで館長を務めた。1930年にパリへ戻り，フランス国籍を取得，東洋語学校教授ついでコレージュ･ド･フランスの教授に任ぜられ，コルディエ等が創刊した東洋学の雑誌《通報T’oung Pao》を主宰し，門下に優秀な人材を輩出させた。著書に《ラサの宗論》《中国詩選》《臨済録訳注》等があり，主要論文を収めた《研究選集――中国学篇･仏教篇》が刊行されている。

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