Chinese Studies in the Netherlands
Chinese Studies in the Netherlands

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2013-12-09

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9004263128

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The Netherlands have a long and proud history in Chinese studies. This volume collects not only articles that trace the historical development of Chinese studies in the Netherlands from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present and beyond, but also studies that deal with Dutch research in specific disciplines within Chinese studies. Chinese studies in the Netherlands originated from the needs of the Dutch colonial administration in the Dutch East Indies, but developed a strong philological emphasis in the first part of the twentieth century, to turn increasingly towards disciplinary research on modern and contemporary China in the last few decades. Contributors include Leonard Blussé, Maghiel van Crevel, Barend ter Haar, Albert Hoffstädt, Wilt Idema, Mark Leenhouts, Oliver Moore, Frank Pieke and Rint Sybesma.

Ideography and Chinese Language Theory
Ideography and Chinese Language Theory

Author: Timothy Michael O’Neill

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2016-07-11

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 3110457229

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This book is a much-needed scholarly intervention and postcolonial corrective that examines why and when and how misunderstandings of Chinese writing came about and showcases the long history of Chinese theories of language. 'Ideography' as such assumes extra-linguistic, trans-historical, universal 'ideas' which are an outgrowth of Platonism and thus unique to European history. Classical Chinese discourse assumes that language (and writing) is an arbitrary artifact invented by sages for specific reasons at specific times in history. Language by this definition is an ever-changing technology amenable to historical manipulation; language is not the House of Being, but rather a historically embedded social construct that encodes quotidian human intentions and nothing more. These are incommensurate epistemes, each with its own cultural milieu and historical context. By comparing these two traditions, this study historicizes and decolonializes popular notions about Chinese characters, exposing the Eurocentrism inherent in all theories of ideography. Ideography and Chinese Language Theory will be of significant interest to historians, sinologists, theorists, and scholars in other branches of the humanities.

The Early Dutch Sinologists (1854-1900)
The Early Dutch Sinologists (1854-1900)

Author: Koos (P.N.) Kuiper

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-07-10

Total Pages: 1206

ISBN-13: 9004339639

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In The Early Dutch Sinologists Koos Kuiper gives a detailed account of the studies and work of the 24 Dutchmen trained as “interpreters” for the Netherlands Indies before 1900. Most began studying at Leiden University, then went to Amoy to study southern Chinese dialects. Their main functions were translating Dutch law into Chinese, advising the courts on Chinese law and checking Chinese accounts books, later also regulating coolie affairs. Actually their services were not always appreciated and there was not enough work for them; later many pursued other careers in the Indies administration or in scholarship. This study also analyses the three dictionaries they compiled. Based on a wealth of primary sources, it gives a fascinating picture of personal cross-cultural contacts.

History of the Language Sciences / Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaften / Histoire des sciences du langage. 1. Teilband
History of the Language Sciences / Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaften / Histoire des sciences du langage. 1. Teilband

Author: Sylvain Auroux

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2008-07-14

Total Pages: 1154

ISBN-13: 3110194007

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Writing in English, German, or French, more than 300 authors provide a historical description of the beginnings and of the early and subsequent development of thinking about language and languages within the relevant historical context. The gradually emerging institutions concerned with the study, organisation, documentation, and distribution are considered as well as those dealing with the utilisation of language related knowledge. Special emphasis has been placed on related disciplines, such as rhetoric, the philosophy of language, cognitive psychology, logic and neurological science.

启蒙的先声：中国文化与启蒙运动
启蒙的先声：中国文化与启蒙运动

Author: 张西平

Publisher: BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.

Published: 2021-11-11

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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本书为三个部分：中国文化交流与儒学西传、儒家思想与启蒙运动和西方汉学的兴起，论述了在中国文化在西方的传播及影响。第一部分梳理了自1500年以来，中国与欧洲的早期相遇之后，中国的知识如何在西方传播。第二部分论述了中国的思想和文化如何在西方产生影响，进而影响西方的启蒙运动。第三部分则梳理了西方汉学从传教士汉学到专业汉学的发展演变。本书从不同层面和领域梳理了目前国内外关于中国文化在西方传播及影响方面相关论文。

Collecting China
Collecting China

Author: Jan van Campen

Publisher: Uitgeverij Verloren

Published: 2022-03-14

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 9087049358

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During a relatively short period, from around 1765 to 1780, the Dutch lawyer Jean Theodore Royer (1737-1807) was intensely engaged in the study of Chinese culture. Befriended VOC officials and their Chinese relations in Canton collected Chinese objects for him and helped him with his greatest ambition: the composition of a Chinese dictionary. The objects were given a home in his museum on the Herengracht in The Hague. Better than travel journals, they gave a picture of life in China in Royer’s time. Because the selection was largely made by modest Chinese traders, the collection does not so much give a picture of the material culture of the Chinese elite, but rather that of the ambitious, upwardly-mobile world of small traders and craftsmen. These are mostly ephemeral objects that have rarely been preserved, but they came to The Hague, thanks to Royer and his Chinese contacts. A bequest from his widow then ensured that the collection ended up in two Dutch museums: Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, where the objects are still present today.