The Six Scripts or the Principles of Chinese Writing by Tai Tung: A Translation by L. C. Hopkins, with a Memoir of the Translator by W. Perceval Yetts - Softcover

Tung, Tai

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107605156 ISBN 13: 9781107605152

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

First published in 1881, The Six Scripts; or, The Principles of Chinese Writing was an English translation by L. C. Hopkins (1854–1952) of Tai T'ung's Liu Shu Ku. Following Hopkins' death, a facsimile of the original translation was printed in 1954 by the Cambridge University Press, together with a memoir of the translator's life by W. Perceval Yetts and corrections and additions to the text. It is that version which is reissued here.

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Book Description

First published in 1881, The Six Scripts; or, The Principles of Chinese Writing was an English translation by L. C. Hopkins (1854-1952) of Tai T'ung's Liu Shu Ku. This edition also includes a memoir of the translator's life by W. Perceval Yetts and corrections and additions to the text.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107605156
• ISBN 13: 9781107605152
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 114