China Correspondence (1716-1735)

Author: Yan Jiale
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: Classic Translation Series of Western Early Sinology. Yan Jiale, an 18th-century Jesuit from the Czech Republic, is the earliest known Sinologist from the Czech Republic to date. He arrived in China in 1716 and dedicated his life to studying the Chinese language and the profound Chinese traditional culture. The works he left behind—numerous letters—are worth being made public to the world today.