Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Arcadio Huang, also Arcadius Huang or Arcade Huang (simplified Chinese: 黄嘉略; traditional Chinese: 黃嘉略; pinyin: Huáng Jiālüè; Wade–Giles: Huang Chia-lüeh, born in Xinghua, modern Putian, in Fujian, 15 November 1679, died on 1 October 1716 in Paris), was a Chinese Christian convert, brought to Paris by the Missions étrangères. He took a pioneering role in the teaching of the Chinese language in France around 1715. He was preceded in France by his compatriot Michael Shen Fu-Tsung, who visited the country in 1684.His main works, conducted with the assistance of young Nicolas Fréret, are the first Chinese-French lexicon, the first Chinese grammar of the Chinese, and the diffusion in France of the Kangxi system with two hundred fourteen radicals, which was used in the preparation of his lexicon.His early death in 1716 prevented him from finishing his work, however, and Étienne Fourmont, who received the task of sorting his papers, assumed all the credit for their publication.Only the insistence of Nicolas Fréret, as well as the rediscovery of the memories of Huang Arcadio have re-established the pioneering work of Huang, as the basis which enabled French linguists to address more seriously the Chinese language."@en }
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- Arcadio_Huang abstract "Arcadio Huang, also Arcadius Huang or Arcade Huang (simplified Chinese: 黄嘉略; traditional Chinese: 黃嘉略; pinyin: Huáng Jiālüè; Wade–Giles: Huang Chia-lüeh, born in Xinghua, modern Putian, in Fujian, 15 November 1679, died on 1 October 1716 in Paris), was a Chinese Christian convert, brought to Paris by the Missions étrangères. He took a pioneering role in the teaching of the Chinese language in France around 1715. He was preceded in France by his compatriot Michael Shen Fu-Tsung, who visited the country in 1684.His main works, conducted with the assistance of young Nicolas Fréret, are the first Chinese-French lexicon, the first Chinese grammar of the Chinese, and the diffusion in France of the Kangxi system with two hundred fourteen radicals, which was used in the preparation of his lexicon.His early death in 1716 prevented him from finishing his work, however, and Étienne Fourmont, who received the task of sorting his papers, assumed all the credit for their publication.Only the insistence of Nicolas Fréret, as well as the rediscovery of the memories of Huang Arcadio have re-established the pioneering work of Huang, as the basis which enabled French linguists to address more seriously the Chinese language.".