Article: China-Literatur in der Universitatsbibliothek Leipzig, 1500-1939: Eine systematische Bibliographie.(Book review)

China-Literatur in der Universitatsbibliothek Leipzig, 1500-1939: Eine systematische Bibliographie. Two volumes. By THOMAS JANSEN, with the assistance of Gabriele Schlesinger, Richard Teschke, and Katharina Zinn. Leipzig: LEIPZIGER UNIVERSITATSVERLAG, 2003. Pp. 523, 409. [euro] 98.

On June 1, 1878, Hans Georg Conon von der Gabelentz (1840-1893) was appointed Supernumerary Professor of East Asian Languages at the University of Leipzig, marking the beginning of professional Sinology in the German-speaking realm. Von der Gabelentz, justly famous for his magnificent Chinesische Grammatik mit Ausschluss des niederen Stiles und der heutigen Umgangssprache (1881), was ...

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