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1869 Yuhang, Hangzhou, China - 1936 China. Known for: Scrolls with ink on paper calligraphy, revolutionary, philosopher.
Zhang Binglin (January 12, 1869 – June 14, 1936), also known as Zhang Taiyan, was a Chinese philologist, textual critic, philosopher, and revolutionary. His philological works include Wen Shi (??... Read full biography
Zhang Binglin (January 12, 1869 – June 14, 1936), also known as Zhang Taiyan, was a Chinese philologist, textual critic, philosopher, and revolutionary. His philological works include Wen Shi (?? "The Origin of Writing"), the first systematic work of Chinese etymology. He also made contributions to... Read full biography
Zhang Binglin (January 12, 1869 – June 14, 1936), also known as Zhang Taiyan, was a Chinese philologist, textual critic, philosopher, and revolutionary. His philological works include Wen Shi (?? "The Origin of Writing"), the first systematic work of Chinese etymology. He also made contributions to historical Chinese phonology, proposing that "the niang (?) and ri (?) initials [in Middle Chinese] come from the ni (?) initial [in Old Chinese]" (known as niang ri gui ni ????). He developed a... Read full biography
Zhang Binglin (January 12, 1869 – June 14, 1936), also known as Zhang Taiyan, was a Chinese philologist, textual critic, philosopher, and revolutionary. His philological works include Wen Shi (?? "The Origin of Writing"), the first systematic work of Chinese etymology. He also made contributions to historical Chinese phonology, proposing that "the niang (?) and ri (?) initials [in Middle Chinese] come from the ni (?) initial [in Old Chinese]" (known as niang ri gui ni ????). He developed a system of shorthand based on the seal script, called jiyin zimu (????), later adopted as the basis of zhuyin. Though innovative in many ways, he was skeptical of new archaeological findings, regarding the oracle bones as forgery. An activist as well as a... Read full biography
Zhang Binglin (January 12, 1869 – June 14, 1936), also known as Zhang Taiyan, was a Chinese philologist, textual critic, philosopher, and revolutionary. His philological works include Wen Shi (?? "The Origin of Writing"), the first systematic work of Chinese etymology. He also made contributions to historical Chinese phonology, proposing that "the niang (?) and ri (?) initials [in Middle Chinese] come from the ni (?) initial [in Old Chinese]" (known as niang ri gui ni ????). He developed a system of shorthand based on the seal script, called jiyin zimu (????), later adopted as the basis of zhuyin. Though innovative in many ways, he was skeptical of new archaeological findings, regarding the oracle bones as forgery. An activist as well as a scholar, he produced many political works. Because of his outspoken character, he was jailed for three years by the Qing Empire and pu... Read full biography
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Zhang Binglin (January 12, 1869 – June 14, 1936), also known as Zhang Taiyan, was a Chinese philologist, textual critic, philosopher, and revolutionary.
His philological works include Wen Shi (?? "The Origin of Writing"), the first systematic work of Chinese etymology. He also made contributions to historical Chinese phonology, proposing that "the niang (?) and ri (?) initials [in Middle Chinese] come from the ni (?) initial [in Old Chinese]" (known as niang ri gui ni ????). He developed a system of shorthand based on the seal script, called jiyin zimu (????), later adopted as the basis of zhuyin. Though innovative in many ways, he was skeptical of new archaeological findings, regarding the oracle bones as forgery.
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