Antoine-Pierre-Louis Bazin, or A. P. L. Bazin (26 March 1799 – January 1863) was a French sinologist born in

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. He was the brother of

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Pierre-Antoine-Ernest Bazin Pierre-Antoine-Ernest Bazin (20 February 1807 – 14 December 1878) was a French physician and dermatologist born in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt. His brother, Antoine-Pierre-Louis Bazin (1799-1863), was a noted Sinologist. In 1828 he started work as ...

(1807-1878). Bazin studied at the

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, where he was a pupil of

Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (5 September 1788 – 2 June 1832) was a French sinologist best known as the first Chair of Sinology at the Collège de France. Rémusat studied medicine as a young man, but his discovery of a Chinese herbal treatise ...

(1788-1832) and Stanislas Julien (1797-1873). Beginning in 1840 he was a professor of Chinese at the ''

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''. During his career, he also served as assistant director of the ''

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''. He contributed numerous articles to the ''

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'' and published translations of

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plays.

Works

* ''Théâtre Chinois; Ou, Choix De Pièces De Théâtre, Composées Sous Les Empereurs Mongols, Traduites Pour La Première Fois Sur Le Texte Original, Précédées D'une Introduction Et Accompagnées De Notes.'' (Paris: Imprimerie royale, 1838)
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* ''Notice du ″ Chan-Haï-King″, cosmographie fabuleuse attribuée au grand Yu'' (1840). * Kao, Ming. '' Le Pi-Pa-Ki: Ou, L'histoire Du Luth: Drame Chinois De Kao-Tong-Kia Représenté À Péking, En 1404 Avec Les Changements De Mao-Tseu.'' (Paris: Impr. royale, Histoire Du Luth., 1841). ISBN
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* ''Rapport fait à la Société Asiatique sur une chrestomathie chinoise publiée à Ning po en 1846'' (1848) * ''Le Siècle des Youên, ou Tableau historique de la littérature chinoise, depuis l'avènement des empereurs mongols jusqu'à la restauration des Ming'' (1850) * ''Recherches sur les institutions administratives et municipales de la Chine'' (1854) * ''Recherches sur l'origine, l'histoire et la constitution des ordres religieux dans l'Empire chinois'' (1856
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* ''Grammaire mandarine, ou Principes généraux de la langue chinoise parlée'' (1856) * ''Notice historique sur le Collège médical de Péking, d'après le ″Taï-thsing-hoeï-tièn″'' (1857) * ''Mémoires sur l'organisation intérieure des écoles chinoises'' (1859) *''Ho-Han-Chan ou La Tunique Confrontée''.Tian, Min, p
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- Translation of Zhang Guobin (). ''

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'' ''He hanshan'' (). The title of this play has also been translated as "Joining the Shirt".Liu, Wu-chi, p. 99.

References

*Birch, Cyril. "Introduction: ''

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'' as Southern Drama." In: K'ung, Shang-jen. Translators: Chen, Shih-hsiang and Harold Acton. Collaborator: Birch, Cyril. ''The Peach Blossom Fan'' (''T'ao-hua-shan'').

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, 1976. . *''Das traditionelle chinesische Theater Vom Mongolendrama bis zur Pekinger Oper'' (Volume 6 of ''Geschichte der chinesischen Literatur'', Wolfgang Kubin, , 9783598245404).

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, 2009. , 9783598245435. *Kaske, Elisabeth. ''The Politics of Language in Chinese Education: 1895 - 1919''.

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, 2008. , 9789004163676. * Liu, Wu-chi,
The Common Man as a Dominant Theme in Yüan Drama
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1969. p. 92-101. Document in English, with two-page extract in Traditional Chinese. *Tian, Min. ''The Poetics of Difference and Displacement: Twentieth-Century Chinese-Western Intercultural Theatre''.

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, June 1, 2008. , 9789622099074.

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