Herbert Allen Giles
Herbert Allen Giles
[English] Herbert Allen Giles (b. 1845 in Oxford; d. 1935 in Cambridge) was a British diplomat and sinologist. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system. [Deutsch] Herbert Allen Giles (geb. 1845 in Oxford; gest. 1935 in Cambridge) war ein britischer Diplomat und Sinologe. Er modifizierte das von Thomas Wade etablierte System zur Romanisierung von Mandarin-Chinesisch, wodurch das bekannte Wade-Giles Chinesisch-Transliterationssystem entstand.
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Librivox Short Story Collection 088
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China and the Chinese
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Adversaria Sinica
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China and the Manchus
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Chinese Without a Teacher
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A History of Chinese Literature
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A Dictionary of Colloquial Idioms in the Mandarin Dialect
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Historic China
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Great Religions of the World
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Chuang Tzu, Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer
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Chinese Sketches
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Eski Cin'de Dinler
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Historic China, and Other Sketches
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Chuang-Tzu
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Religions of Ancient China
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Three Character Classic : Bilingual Edition, English and Chinese
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Religions of ancient china
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聊齋誌異
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A Dictionary Of Colloquial Idioms In The Mandarin Dialect
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China and the Chinese
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Religions of ancient China
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Confucianism And Its Rivals 1915
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Strange Stories From A Chinese Studio V1
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China and the Manchus
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Librivox Short Story Collection 088
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China and the Chinese
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Adversaria Sinica
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China and the Manchus
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Chinese Without a Teacher
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A History of Chinese Literature
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A Dictionary of Colloquial Idioms in the Mandarin Dialect
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Historic China
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Great Religions of the World
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Chuang Tzu, Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer
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Chinese Sketches
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Eski Cin'de Dinler
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Historic China, and Other Sketches
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Chuang-Tzu
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Religions of Ancient China
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Three Character Classic : Bilingual Edition, English and Chinese
- Open Work
Religions of ancient china
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聊齋誌異
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A Dictionary Of Colloquial Idioms In The Mandarin Dialect
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China and the Chinese
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Religions of ancient China
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Confucianism And Its Rivals 1915
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Strange Stories From A Chinese Studio V1
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China and the Manchus