Ma Jianzhong
Ma Jianzhong (Chinese: 馬建忠; pinyin: Mǎ Jiànzhōng; Wade–Giles: Ma Chien-chung; 1845 – 1900), courtesy name Meishu (Chinese: 眉叔; pinyin: Méishū), also known as Ma Kié-Tchong in French, was a Chinese official and scholar in the late Qing dynasty.
Ma was born in
Following his return to China in 1880, Ma became a member of
Ma is the author of Mashi Wentong (馬氏文通 "Basic principles for writing clearly and coherently by Mister Ma"), the first textbook of Chinese grammar written by a Chinese (there were already several grammars written by Westerners), published in 1898.[1][2] Today most scholars believe that Ma's older brother Ma Xiangbo, a famous educator and co-founder of Fudan University, also contributed to the work.[3]
Ma had been requested by Li Hongzhang, for whom he had previously worked for since 1880s to assist after the Eight-Nation Alliance stormed Beijing as part of the Boxer Rebellion[4] and died on August 4, 1900, in Shanghai.[5]
References
- Ma, Jianzhong (1998). Strengthen the Country and Enrich the People : The Reform Writings of Ma Jianzhong (1845-1900). Richmond: Curzon. ISBN 070070468X..
Footnotes
- ^ Victor H. Mair (1997), "Ma Jianzhong and the Invention of Chinese Grammar", in Chaofen Sun, ed., Studies on the History of Chinese Syntax. Monograph Series Number 10 of Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 5-26.
- ISBN 0-8264-8634-7.
- ^ See "Who's the author of Mashi Wentong?" (in Chinese)
- ^ "Ma Jianzhong".
- ISBN 9783642359163.
External links
- About Ma's study in France (in Chinese)
- A Journal to the East (東行錄), Ma's record on Korea (in Chinese)
- Alain Peyraube, "Some Reflections on the Sources of the Mashi Wentong"
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