Sinology Sinology The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, Pinyin: Hànyǔ, 华语/華語, Huáyǔ or 中文, Zhōngwén) forms part of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. About one-fifth of the people in the world speak some form of Chinese as their native language, making it the language with the most native speakers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chinese language"
The Gujin tushu jicheng (古今圖書集成, "Complete Collection of Illustrations and Writings from the Earliest to Current Times") is a vast encyclopaedic work written in China during the reigns of Qing emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng, completed in 1725. The work was headed initially by scholar Chen Menglei (陳夢雷), and later by Jiang Tingxi. It contained 800,000 pages and over 10 million Chinese characters. Topics covered included natural phenomena, geography, history, literature and government. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gujin tushu jicheng"
The Chinese language forms part of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. About one-fifth of the people in the world speak some variety of Chinese as their native language. Internal diversity in Chinese is comparable to the Romance languages, and greater than the North Germanic languages. However, owing to China's sociopolitical and cultural situation, whether these variants should be known as languages or dialects is a subject of ongoing debate. Some people call Chinese a language and its subdivisions dialects, while others call Chinese a language family and its subdivisions languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Identification of the varieties of Chinese"
A list of Sinologists around the world, past and present. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Sinologists"
Sinology is the study of China, which usually requires a foreign scholar to have command of the Chinese language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sinology"
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