Chinese Sketches by Herbert Allen Giles

Chinese Sketches

Herbert Allen Giles

136 pages first pub 1876 (editions)

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Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist, educated at Charterhouse. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system established by Thomas Wade earlier, resulting in the Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system. He ...

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