Giles, Herbert Allen 1845-1935

Overview

Works:	277 works in 1,462 publications in 5 languages and 12,661 library holdings
Genres:	Criticism, interpretation, etc History Dictionaries Biography Fiction Biography‡vDictionaries Sacred books Encyclopedias Illustrations Quotations
Roles:	Author, Translator, Editor, Lyricist, Author of introduction, Composer, Adapter
Classifications:	BL1900.C5, 895.109

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Publications about Herbert Allen Giles

Publications by Herbert Allen Giles

Publications by Herbert Allen Giles, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Herbert Allen Giles

Eight songs by Norman Peterkin ( )
Han shi Ying yi yan jiu : Liyage, Zhailisi, Weili, Pangde by Fusheng Wu ( Book )
One generation of Chinese studies in Cambridge : an appreciation [sic] of professor H. A. Giles by Shang-ling Fu ( Book )
A song of wine, opus 46, no. 3 : composed for voice & pianoforte by Cyril Scott ( )
Record of strange nations, by Professor Herbert A. Giles ... & Baron M.V. Hachisuka, with notes by Dr. Alfred C. Haddon... by Lund Humphries ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Herbert Allen Giles

History of Chinese literature. With a supplement on the modern period by Herbert Allen Giles ( Book )
100 editions published between 1901 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,861 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A History of Chinese Literature is without doubt the best basic introduction to Chinese literature, which has given to the world exquisite poetry and such classics as Monkey, The Analects of Confucius, the works of Chuang Tzu, and other writings over a time span of 2,500 or more years. This book is the first general history of Chinese literature to be found in any language, including Chinese, and to this day has no rival. Rich in critical wisdom, it covers all periods in Chinese history from the feudal times before the Christian era to the Ch'ing (Manchu) dynasty, which ended in 1912. Professor

Gems of Chinese literature by Herbert Allen Giles ( Book )
84 editions published between 1884 and 1965 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,055 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Strange stories from a Chinese studio by Songling Pu ( Book )
87 editions published between 1880 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 783 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Religions of ancient China by Herbert Allen Giles ( Book )
44 editions published between 1905 and 2013 in English and held by 716 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An excellent introduction to the faiths of Chinese civilization, Religions of Ancient China surveys the earliest Chinese creation myths, the religious ventures of philosophers and emperors 5,000 years ago, the "benevolent agnosticism" of Confucianism, the "doctrine of inaction" of Taoism, and the sophisticate metaphysics of Buddhism

A Chinese biographical dictionary = Gu jin xing shi zu pu by Herbert Allen Giles ( Book )
85 editions published between 1898 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 655 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The civilization of China by Herbert Allen Giles ( Book )
46 editions published between 1911 and 2011 in English and held by 593 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Herbert Allen Giles (8 December 1845 - 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist, educated at Charterhouse. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system earlier established by Thomas Wade, resulting in the widely known Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system. Among his prolific works were translations of Confucius, Chuang Tzu, Lao Tzu, and the first widely published Chinese-English dictionary.-- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A Chinese-English dictionary by Herbert Allen Giles ( Book )
86 editions published between 1892 and 1983 in 5 languages and held by 580 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chuang tzŭ, Taoist philosopher and Chinese mystic by Zhuangzi ( Book )
23 editions published between 1926 and 2005 in English and held by 447 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chuang tzŭ: mystic, moralist, and social reformer by Zhuangzi ( Book )
42 editions published between 1889 and 2009 in English and held by 447 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East by Herbert Allen Giles ( Book )
44 editions published between 1878 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 406 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The travels of Fa-hsien (399-414 A.D.), or Record of the Buddhistic kingdoms by Faxian ( Book )
42 editions published between 1923 and 2011 in English and held by 384 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The sayings of Chuang Chou by Zhuangzi ( Book )
26 editions published between 1906 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 379 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ideal for students and scholars alike, this edition of Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) includes the complete Inner Chapters, extensive selections from the Outer and Miscellaneous Chapters, and judicious selections from two thousand years of traditional Chinese commentaries, which provide the reader access to the text as well as to its reception and interpretation. A glossary, brief biographies of the commentators, a bibliography, and an index are also included

Confucianism and its rivals; lectures delivered in the University Hall of Dr. Williams's Library, London, October-December, 1914 by Herbert Allen Giles ( Book )
38 editions published between 1797 and 1979 in English and held by 376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles ( Book )
35 editions published between 1902 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 371 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University's second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy. This series of lectures, published as "China and the Chinese", was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended for the specialist, more to urge a wider and more systematic study of China and its culture, and to encourage new students into the field. While many of the observations are just as relevant today, others will remind us how much China has changed since the period of the Manchu Qing dynasty in which he wrote

China and the Manchus by Herbert Allen Giles ( Book )
22 editions published between 1912 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 356 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An introduction to the history of Chinese pictorial art by Herbert Allen Giles ( Book )
31 editions published between 1905 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Great religions of the world ( Book )
11 editions published between 1901 and 2010 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Historic China, and other sketches by Herbert Allen Giles ( Book )
15 editions published between 1882 and 2010 in English and held by 133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

San tzu ching : elementary Chinese by Yinglin Wang ( Book )
20 editions published between 1963 and 1984 in English and Chinese and held by 131 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Seven songs, medium to high voice and piano by Charles Tomlinson Griffes ( )
1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 128 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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