 | Religions of Ancient China |
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.
Product Details
- Published on: 2008-11-13
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 72 pages
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From the Publisher
Herbert A. Giles, an English scholar and linguist, had been in consular service in China when, in 1893, he was appointed Professor of Chinese in the University of Cambridge.
About the Author
British linguist and diplomat HERBERT ALLEN GILES (1845-1935) helped devise a new system to transliterate Mandarin into English. He served as an emissary to China from 1867 to 1892, and was later the second professor of Chinese at Cambridge. He also wrote The Civilization of China, Historic China and Other Sketches, and China and the Manchus.
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