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Paperback Chinese Sketches (Esprios Classics) Book

ISBN: 1714543919

ISBN13: 9781714543915

Chinese Sketches (Esprios Classics)

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Herbert Allen Giles (8 December 1845 - 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at Cambridge University for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British diplomat in China. He modified a Mandarin Chinese romanisation system established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese romanisation system. Among his many works were translations of the Analects...

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