The Six Scripts or the Principles of Chinese Writing by Tai Tung
A Translation by L. C. Hopkins, with a Memoir of the Translator by W. Perceval Yetts

An English translation by L. C. Hopkins of Tai T'ung's Liu Shu Ku, first published in 1881.

Tai Tung (Author), L. C. Hopkins (Translated by)

9781107605152, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 February 2012

114 pages
21.6 x 14 x 0.6 cm, 0.14 kg

First published in 1881, The Six Scripts; or, The Principles of Chinese Writing was an English translation by L. C. Hopkins (1854–1952) of Tai T'ung's Liu Shu Ku. Following Hopkins' death, a facsimile of the original translation was printed in 1954 by the Cambridge University Press, together with a memoir of the translator's life by W. Perceval Yetts and corrections and additions to the text. It is that version which is reissued here.

Memoirs of the translator W. Perceval Yetts
Facsimile of The Six Scripts, 1881
Corrections and additions
Specimen page of the first edition of Liu shu ku (circa A.D. 1320) in the National Library of Peking.

Subject Areas: Linguistics [CF]