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- 1845 (Création/Production)
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handwritten
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Notice biographique
Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff (Charles Gutzlaff), was a German Lutheran missionary to the Far East, one of the first Protestant missionaries in Bangkok, Thailand (1828) and Korea (1832). He was also the first Lutheran missionary to China. He was a magistrate in Ningpo and Chusan and the second Chinese Secretary of the British administration in Hong Kong.
Histoire archivistique
The list was supplied at the request of Colonel William Henry Sykes for the preparation of an article, On a Catalogue of Chinese Buddhistical Works, for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol:9, 1848.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
The list was received from Gutzlaff for the use of William Henry Sykes.
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Portée et contenu
'List of the Principal Budhistical works from the Pali in Chinese character by Mt Gutzlaff' - a list of works with titles in both Chinese and English, and with some description of the manuscripts, compiled by Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff in 1845. The manuscript bears a note: "this has been copied by a native of Japan is incorrect in orthography" in the same hand that has added annotations and title to the manuscript.
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Language of material
- anglais
- chinois
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The associated article On a Catalogue of Chinese Buddhistical Works, can be found in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol:9, 1848.