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296:, a Catholic Chinese convert, in cataloging the French royal collection of works in Chinese and compiling a Chinese dictionary. One day, Fourmont was discovered copying Huang's work, and after Huang's death there was suspicion that Fourmont had not given Huang adequate credit. Huang died in 1716, and Fourmont immediately appropriated his work for himself. He completed Huang's catalogue and published it in Paris in 1737 as 524: 281: 375:
Meditationes Sinicae: In Quibus 1. Consideratur Linguae Philosophicae Atque Universalis Natura Qualis Esse, Aut Debeat, Aut Possit. : 2. Lingua Sinarum Mandarinica Tum in Hieroglyphis Tum in Monosyllabis Suis ... Ostenditur : 3. Datur Eorumdem Hieroglyphorum Ac Monosyllaborum Atque Inde
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Nouvelle Edition, Augmentée De La Vie De L'auteur, & D'une Table Alphabétique Des Matieres (A Paris, chez De Bure l'aîné, quai des Augustins, à l'Image S. Paul. M. DCC. XLVII., 1747).
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Characterum Linguae Sinicae Omnium ... Lectio & Intellectio ... : 4. Idque Omne, Progressu a Libris Mere Europaeis (De Sinica Tamen) Ad Libros Mere Sinicos, Facto
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Reflexions Sur L'origine, L'histoire Et La Succession Des Anciens Peuples, Chaldeens, Hebreux, Pheniciens, Egyptiens, Grecs, &C., Jusqu'au Tems De Cyrus
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Lingua Sinarum Mandarinicae Hieroglyphicae Grammatica Duplex, Latine Et Cum Characteribus Sinensium. Item Sinicorum Regiae Bibliothecae Librorum Catalogus
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Linguae Sinarum mandarinicae hieroglyphicae grammatical duplex patine et cum characteribus Sinensium
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Notes Pour Servir À L'histoire Des Études Chinoises En Europe, Jusqu'à L'époque De Fourmont L'aîné
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Etienne Fourmont, 1683–1745 : Oriental and Chinese Languages in Eighteenth-Century France.
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Incense at the Altar: Pioneering Sinologists and the Development of Classical Chinese Philology
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Etienne Fourmont, 1683–1745: Oriental and Chinese Languages in Eighteenth-Century France.
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Examen Pacifique De La Querelle De Madame Dacier Et De Monsieur De La Motte Sur Homere.
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Traduction du commentaire du Rabbin Abraham A ben Esra sur l'Ecclésiaste
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and published grammars on the Arabic, Hebrew, and Chinese languages.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
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Réflexions critiques sur les histoires des anciens peuples
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Les Racines De La Langue Latine, Mises En Vers François
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who did careful and influential work on the nature of
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Catalogus Codicum Manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Regiae
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This work is simply a copy of 846:École française d'Extrême-Orient 522: 455:, édition Arthaud, Paris, 1985. 265:in Paris and afterwards in the 516:References and further reading 194: 164: 1: 292:appointed Fourmont to assist 890:Fellows of the Royal Society 571:. American Oriental Series 222:who served as professor of 921: 335:, in 1738 a member of the 843: 432:"Fourmont, Étienne"  209: 205: 171: 148: 144: 140: 105: 567:Honey, David B. (2001). 555:The Birth of Orientalism 159:Traditional Chinese 704:George Soulié de Morant 617:Cordier, Henri (1886). 545:Encyclopædia Britannica 438:Encyclopædia Britannica 337:Royal Society of London 333:Academy of Inscriptions 323:He became professor of 667:Historical sinologists 590:Leung, Cécile (2002). 350:in the Royal College. 285: 714:Post-1900 sinologists 451:Danielle Elisseeff , 283: 261:, he studied at the 900:French orientalists 885:Christian Hebraists 875:People from Herblay 792:Pierre-Étienne Will 773:Current sinologists 905:French sinologists 804:Jean-Philippe Béja 780:Léon Vandermeersch 623:. Leiden?: Brill?. 286: 271:Oriental languages 239:Chinese characters 852: 851: 786:Jacques Pimpaneau 698:Édouard Chavannes 692:Séraphin Couvreur 553:App, Urs (2010). 540:Fourmont, Étienne 420:, pp. 20–21. 329:Collège de France 304:). He also wrote 228:Collège de France 213: 212: 201: 200: 182:Standard Mandarin 135:Collège de France 107:Scientific career 16:(Redirected from 912: 822:François Jullien 686:Stanislas Julien 680:Étienne Fourmont 652: 645: 638: 629: 624: 586: 558: 549: 528: 526: 525: 510: 493: 487: 477: 471: 465: 456: 449: 443: 442: 434: 427: 421: 415: 267:Collège Montaigu 216:Étienne Fourmont 197: 196: 173: 167: 166: 74: 48: 46: 33:Étienne Fourmont 29: 21: 18:Etienne Fourmont 920: 919: 915: 914: 913: 911: 910: 909: 855: 854: 853: 848: 839: 768: 745:Paul Demiéville 709: 662: 656: 616: 583: 566: 552: 538:, ed. (1911). 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Index

Etienne Fourmont
Herblay
Val-d'Oise
France
Paris, France
French
Collège Mazarin
Arabic
Hebrew
Chinese
Collège de France
Traditional Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Orientalist
Arabic
Collège de France
sinologist
Chinese characters
Arcadius Huang
Herblay
Argenteuil
Collège Mazarin
Collège Montaigu
Oriental languages

Louis XIV
Arcadius Huang
Memoires of the Academy of Inscriptions
Francisco Varo

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