Martin Piasek

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Martin Piasek (born June 8, 1905 in Bonese , † February 19, 1990 in Leipzig ) was a German sinologist and student of Eduard Erkes .

biography

Martin Piasek was born in 1905 as the son of a brick master in Bonese (Salzwedel district). After attending the humanistic high school in Salzwedel, he learned the profession of industrial clerk in Berlin. In February 1934 he was arrested for illegal activity for the KPD and preparation for high treason and held in various detention centers for 10 years. After the end of the war he studied Sinology and Russian in Leipzig from 1945 to 1950. In 1952 he became a research assistant at the Saxon Academy of Sciences. From 1956 to 1970 he was a lecturer in Chinese and a research assistant at the East Asian Institute of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig. In 1958 he received his doctorate in Leipzig on the subject of "Form and meaning of the Chinese character 'seal' and reflections on attempts to reinterpret this symbol".

Works

  • Chinese – German dictionary . VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie, 1961 (several new editions).
  • Elementary grammar of New Chinese. German version of the grammatical textbook of Peking University “Jy fa giau cai” [«語法 教材»]. Leipzig: Harrassowitz, 1957 (several new editions; Chinese original edition: 1953).
  • Spoken Chinese. Conversation texts with interlinear pronunciation and German translation, supplemented by phonology and minimum grammar . Leipzig: VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie, 1973.
  • Fables of ancient Chinese in modern language . Leipzig: VEB Verlag Encyclopedia, 1961.
  • Is the model of Latin grammar for the grammatical representation of the Chinese language outdated? In: Scientific journal of the Karl Marx University Leipzig X.4, pp. 603–615.
  • Form and meaning of the Chinese character "seal" and considerations on attempts to reinterpret this character . Dissertation, Leipzig 1958.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heidelberg University: 100 East German PhD-dissertations on China ; Retrieved July 12, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Piasek, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sinologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonese
DATE OF DEATH 19th February 1990
Place of death Leipzig