…Although this book was written in Chinese, the characters were transcribed into the alphabet, which astonished Chinese scholars and contributed to the development of phonology in China. In 1735, Jean Baptiste du Halde (1674-1743), who edited volumes 9-26 of the Jesuit Letters, published the four large volumes of the Encyclopedia of China, which compiled the knowledge of China that Westerners had gained up to that time. The elaborate copperplate maps inserted in the book were supervised by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782), who was known as the leading cartographer in Europe at the time. A reduced edition was published in the Netherlands the following year, followed by an English edition in England. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "d'Anville, JBB" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…本書は中国語で書かれたものであるが,漢字はアルファベットで転写されていて,中国の学者を驚倒させ,中国に音韻学をおこすのに貢献したのであった。また《イエズス会士書簡集》の第9~26巻の編集者であったデュ・アルドJean Baptiste du Halde(1674‐1743)が1735年に刊行した《中国全誌》4巨冊は,当時までに得られた西洋人の中国に関する知見を集大成したものであって,挿入された精巧な銅版刷りの地図類は,当時ヨーロッパ随一の地図学者として知られたダンビルJean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville(1697‐1782)が監督している。翌年にはオランダで縮刷版が出,続いてイギリスで英語版が出された。… ※「d'Anville,J.B.B.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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