D. C. Lau(Chinese:劉殿爵;pinyin:Liú Diànjué;Cantonese Yale:Lau Din Cheuk; 6 March 1921– 26 April 2010) was a Chinesesinologistand author of the widely read translations ofTao Te Ching,MenciusandThe Analectsand co...

Huang Xianfan(zhuang:Vangz Yenfanh;simplified Chinese:黄现璠;traditional Chinese:黄現璠;pinyin:Huáng Xiànfán;Wade–Giles:Huáng Hsiènfán) (November 13, 1899 – January 18, 1982) was aZhuangChinesehistorian,ethno...

Hsia Chih-tsing(Chinese:夏志清; January 11, 1921 – December 29, 2013), orC.T. Hsia, was a Chinese historian and literary theorist. He contributed to the introduction of modern Chinese literature to the Western world by promoting the works of once marginalized writers in the...

Yuen Ren Chao(3 November 1892 – 25 February 1982), also known asZhao Yuanren, was a Chinese-American linguist, educator, scholar, poet, and composer, who contributed to the modern study of Chinesephonologyand grammar. Chao was born and raised in China, then attended universi...

James Dyer Ball(波乃耶) (4 December 1847 in Canton, China – 22 February 1919 inLondon,England) was a Hong Kong scholar and author born inCanton. He is noted for his works on Chinese culture and for contributing to the development of the system of CantoneseRomanisation....

Florence Chia-ying YehFRSC(born July 1924), also known asYe Jiaying(Chinese:葉嘉瑩),Jialing(迦陵), and by her married nameChia-ying Yeh Chao, is a Chinese-born Canadian poet and sinologist.[1]She was a scholar ofclassical Chinese poetry. Sh...