A list of sinologists around the world, past and present. Sinology is commonly defined as the academic study of China primarily through Chinese language, literature, and history, and often refers to Western scholarship. Its origin "may be traced to the examination which Chinese scholars made of their own civilization."
The field of sinology was historically seen to be equivalent to the application of philology to China, and until the 20th century was generally seen as meaning "Chinese philology" (language and literature). Sinology has broadened in modern times to include Chinese history, epigraphy, and other subjects.
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
- Dimitri Kitsikis (born 1935) Professor of International Relations and Geopolitics at the University of Ottawa
Hungary
India
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Moldova
- Nicolae Milescu – Moldavian writer, traveler, geographer, and diplomat who was named ambassador of the Russian Empire to Beijing in 1675. He submitted to the Foreign Ministry three volumes of notes of his travels through Siberia and China and later Travels through Siberia to the Chinese borders.
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Philippines
Qatar
Russia
Singapore
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Venezuela
Notes
- ^ Kistner, Otto (1869). "Full title of Essai sur la langue et la littérature chinoises". Buddha and his doctrines: a bibliographical essay. London: Tübner & Co. p. 27.
- ^ See Chan/Zen Studies in English: The State Of The Field by Bernard Faure Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
References
- Honey, David B. (2001). Incense at the Altar: Pioneering Sinologists and the Development of Classical Chinese Philology. New Haven: American Oriental Society. ISBN 0940490161.
- Zurndorfer, Harriet, "A Brief History of Chinese Studies and Sinology," in Zurndorfer, Harriet (1999). China Bibliography: A Research Guide to Reference Works About China Past and Present]. Honolulu: Brill; reprinted, University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 9004102787.