Joseph Edkins
b. 1823 – d. 1905 · 27 books
Biography
[English] Joseph Edkins (b. 1823 in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England; d. 1905 in Shanghai, Kiangsu, China) was a British Protestant missionary who spent 57 years in China, 30 of them in Beijing (Peking). As a Sinologue, he specialized in Chinese religions. Edkins was also a linguist, a translator, and a philologist. He wrote many books about the Chinese language and the Chinese religions especially Buddhism.
[Deutsch] Joseph Edkins (* 1823 in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England; † 1905 in Shanghai, Kiangsu, China) war ein britischer protestantischer Missionar, der 57 Jahre in China, davon 30 in Beijing (Peking) verbrachte. Als Sinologe war er spezialisiert auf chinesische Religionen. Edkins war auch Sprachwissenschaftler, Übersetzer und Philologe. Er schrieb viele Bücher über die chinesische Sprache und die chinesischen Religionen, insbesondere den Buddhismus.
[Deutsch] Joseph Edkins (* 1823 in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England; † 1905 in Shanghai, Kiangsu, China) war ein britischer protestantischer Missionar, der 57 Jahre in China, davon 30 in Beijing (Peking) verbrachte. Als Sinologe war er spezialisiert auf chinesische Religionen. Edkins war auch Sprachwissenschaftler, Übersetzer und Philologe. Er schrieb viele Bücher über die chinesische Sprache und die chinesischen Religionen, insbesondere den Buddhismus.
Books by Joseph Edkins
Shanghai fang yan ci hui ji
Shanghai fang yan ci hui ji
Religion in China; Containing a Brief Account of the Three Religions of the Chinese
Shi jiao zheng miu
Shi jiao zheng miu
The religious condition of the
The religious condition of the Chinese with observations on the prospects of Christian conversion amongest that people
The religious condition of the
The religious condition of the Chinese, with observations on the prospects of Christian conversion amongst that people
The revenue and taxation of the Chinese empire
The recent changes at Peking,
The recent changes at Peking, and Recollections of Peking
Description of Peking
西學啓蒙十六種
西學啓蒙十六種
Chinese Buddhism; a volume of
Chinese Buddhism; a volume of sketches, historical, descriptive, and critical
Religion in China: Containing a Brief Account of the Three Religions of the Chinese: with ..
The early spread of religious ideas
The early spread of religious ideas especially in the Far East
Ancient symbolism among the Chinese
The evolution of the Hebrew language
Local value in Chinese arithmetical notation
Progressive lessons in the Chinese spoken language, with lists of common words and phrases, and an appendix containing the laws of tones in the Peking dialect
La religion en Chine, expose des trois religions des chinois
The Nirvana of the Northern Bu
The Nirvana of the Northern Buddhists
東遊紀略
東遊紀略
A grammar of colloquial Chinese
A grammar of the Chinese colloquial language commonly called the Mandarin dialect
The religious condition of the
The religious condition of the Chinese
A Buddhist shastra, translated
A Buddhist shastra, translated from the Chinese: with an analysis and notes
Ancient navigation in the Indi
Ancient navigation in the Indian Ocean
The Miau tsi tribes
The Miau tsi tribes
The Miau-tsi
The Miau-tsi