Friedrich Hirth (Sinologist)
Friedrich Hirth (born April 16, 1845 in Graefentonna , Saxony-Gotha , † January 10, 1927 in Munich ) was a German-American sinologist and historian .
Life
He studied in Leipzig , Berlin , and Greifswald (dissertation 1869). From 1870 to 1897 he was in the service of the Chinese maritime customs. In 1902 he was appointed to the newly established Chair of Chinese at Columbia University in New York City . In 1898 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg .
The painter Rudolf Hirth du Frênes and the writer Georg Hirth were his brothers.
The majority of the Hirth collection of the Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage is in Krakow .
Fonts
- China and the Roman Orient: Researches into their Ancient and Medieval Relations as represented in old Chinese Records. 1885.
- Ancient Porcelain: A Study in Chinese Mediœval Industry and Trade. 1888.
- Text-Book of Documentary Chinese. 2 volumes. 1885-1888.
- Chinese studies. Volume 1. 1890.
- The countries of Islam according to Chinese sources. 1895.
- About foreign influences in Chinese art. 1896.
- China under the sign of progress. Reprint from: German monthly for all contemporary life. Duncker, Berlin 1902, pp. 511-535.
- Chinese views on bronze drums. ( MSOS. I, 7). Harrassowitz, Leipzig 1904.
- Scraps from a Collector's Note-book, Being Notes on Some Chinese Painters of the Present Dynasty, with Appendices on Some Old Masters and Art Historians. 1905.
- Syllabary of Chinese sounds. 1907.
- The Ancient History of China. 1908.
- Mr. Kingsmill and the Hiung-nu. Reprint from: JAOS. 30, 1. Harrassowitz, Leipzig 1910, pp. 32-45.
- with William Woodville Rockhill : Chau Ju-kua : His work on the Chinese and Arab trade in the 12th and 13th centuries, entitled Chu-fan-chi . First publication: St. Petersburg 1911; Reprint: Ch'eng-wen Publishing, Taipei 1967. Reprint: 1977.
- The Story of Chang K'ien , China's Pioneer in Western Asia: Text and Translation of Chapter 123 of Ssi-Ma Ts'ien's Shi-Ki. 1917.
- Native Sources for the History of Chinese Pictorial Art. 1917.
- The Ancient History of China. To the End of the Chou Dynasty. 1923.
- Via a Chinese conversation lexicon. In: Zs. F. Book lovers. 9.
literature
- Eduard Erkes : Friedrich Hirth. Obituary. In: Artibus Asiae. Vol. 2, No. 3. 1927, pp. 218-221.
- Festschrift for Friedrich Hirth on his 75th birthday April 16, 1920. Berlin 1920.
- Hirth Anniversary Volume. Probsthain, London 1923 ( Asia Major : Introductory Volume).
- Rolf wedding slip: Hirth, Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 238 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
Commons : Friedrich Hirth - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Friedrich Hirth - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Friedrich Hirth in the catalog of the German National Library
- bibliography
Individual evidence
- ^ Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1724. Friedrich Hirth. Russian Academy of Sciences, accessed November 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirth, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American sinologist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graefentonna , Saxe-Gotha |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1927 |
| Place of death | Munich |