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1 online resource (1206 pages) |
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Sinica Leidensia Ser |
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Sinica Leidensia Ser
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; List of Maps and Figures; Abbreviations ; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1; The Origins of Dutch Sinology; Historical and Legal Context; The Need for a University Chair for Chinese; A Regional Government Report from Batavia; The Banka Case and Other Arguments; Hoffmann's Report (1853); Hoffmann's Earliest Students; The Beginning of Sinology and Japanology as an Academic Study; Plans and Preparations in Batavia; Chapter 2; Hoffmann's Students (1854-1865); Teaching a Scientist: De Grijs (1854-1855) |
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The First Student-Interpreters for Chinese: Francken (1855-1857), Schaalje (1855-1859), and Schlegel (1854-1857) A Japanese Intermezzo: Buddingh, Groeneveldt (both 1858-1861) and De Breuk (1858-1864); Student Life and Studies; An Extraordinary Student of Japanese: St. Aulaire (1859-1861); An Unexpected Reversal: From Japan to China; Competition for the Last Chance: Meeter (1862-1865); Hoffmann's Later Students: Vissering, Maclaine Pont, and Serrurier; Hoffmann's Teaching Methods; Writing and Pronunciation; Grammars and Dictionaries; Textbooks: Books of Sayings |
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Natural History, Short Stories, and the Four Books Chinese Books in Leiden; Japanese Studies; Chapter 3; Studying in China (1856-1867); Pioneers in Canton; The Choice of Dialect: Cantonese or Hokkien?; The First Students in Amoy; Living in the Vice-Consulate in Amoy; A Grandiloquent Newspaper Report and Its Denial; The Elimination of Mandarin Studies; Graduation and Appointment of the First Interpreters; Financial Problems in Amoy; The Chinese Storyteller; Schlegel and Francken as Interpreters in Amoy in 1860; From Amoy to Canton; Student Life in Amoy in 1862-1863 |
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Studying the Hakka Dialect The Last Two Students: De Breuk and Meeter; Study Methods; Teachers and Chinese Names; Learning to Speak Hokkien; Learning to Speak Other Dialects; Studying Written Chinese; Translations by De Grijs; The Students' Libraries; Chapter 4; Contributions to Science; De Grijs Collecting Flora; Schlegel Collecting Fauna; Buddingh Collecting Fauna; Chapter 5; De Grijs and the Sino-Dutch Treaty of Tientsin (1863); The Need of a Treaty with China; Preparing for the Embassy; In Tientsin; The Negotiations; De Grijs' Visit to Peking |
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Travel to Holland and back to China The Exchange of Ratifications; Later Developments for De Grijs; Chapter 6; Chinese Teachers/Clerks in the Indies; The Origin of the Teacher System; The First Teachers; A Raise in Salary for the Teachers; The Quality of the Teachers; The Discharge of Teachers; Reports on the Need of a Teacher/Clerk; The Final Regulation of the Teacher System (1866); The Teachers Tan Siu Eng and Jo Hoae Giok; Later Developments; Engaging a Second Language Teacher; Chapter 7; Studying Chinese in Batavia and China (1864-1877); A New Training Programme (1864-1867) |
| Notes |
The Examination System and the Choice of Dialect (1868-1870) |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sinologists -- Netherlands -- History -- 19th century
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Education.
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Sinologists.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Study and teaching -- Netherlands -- History -- 19th century
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China.
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Netherlands.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004339637 |
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9004339639 |
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