Edwin G. Pulleyblank
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Edwin George Pulleyblank FRSC (born August 7, 1922 in Calgary
, Alberta
, Canada
) is a sinologist and professor emeritus of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia
. He is known for his studies of the historical phonology
of Chinese
.
Pulleyblank was educated at the University of Alberta
(BA, 1942) and the University of London
(PhD in Chinese, 1951).
He worked at the School of Oriental and African Studies
at the University of London
, 1948–53, as professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge
, 1953–66, and professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia
, 1966–87.
Calgary
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, Alberta
Alberta
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, Canada
Canada
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) is a sinologist and professor emeritus of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
. He is known for his studies of the historical phonology
Phonology
Phonology is, broadly speaking, the subdiscipline of linguistics concerned with the sounds of language. That is, it is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning in any spoken human language, or the field of linguistics studying this use...
of Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
.
Pulleyblank was educated at the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
(BA, 1942) and the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
(PhD in Chinese, 1951).
He worked at the School of Oriental and African Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London...
at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, 1948–53, as professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, 1953–66, and professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
, 1966–87.
Selected works
- The Background of the Rebellion of An Lu-shan, London, UK: Oxford University Press. 1955.
- Chinese History and World History: An inaugural lecture, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 1955.
- Historians of China and Japan, Edited with W.G. Beasley. London, UK: Oxford University Press, 1961.
- "The Consonantal System of Old Chinese", Asia Major 9 (1962) pp. 58–144, 206–265.
- Middle Chinese: A Study in Historical Phonology, Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press. 1984. ISBN 978-0-7748-0192-8.
- Studies in Language Origins. Vol. I., ed by Jan Wind, Edwin G. Pulleyblank, Eric de Grolier and Bernard H. Bichakjian, Amsterdam and Philadelphia, PA: Benjamins, 1989.
- A Lexicon of Reconstructed Pronunciation in Early Middle Chinese, Late Middle Chinese and Early Mandarin, Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-7748-0366-3.
- A Chinese text in Central Asian Brahmi script: New evidence for the pronunciation of Late Middle Chinese and Khotanese, With R. E. Emmerick. Rome: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente. 1994.
- Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar, Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-7748-0541-4.
- “The Roman Empire as known to Han China." A review article on The Roman Empire in Chinese Sources. D. D. Leslie and K. H. J. Gardiner. Rome (1996). Review by Edwin G. Pulleyblank. JAOS 119.1 (1999), pp. 71-9.
- Lexicon of Reconstructed Pronunciation in Early Middle Chinese, Late Middle Chinese and Early Mandarin. UBC Press. Vancouver.
- "The Nomads in China and Central Asia in the Post-Han Period," in: Hans Robert ROEMER (Hg.), History of the Turkic Peoples in the Pre-Islamic Period. Histoire des Peuples Turcs à l’Époque Pré-Islamique. (2000). Philologiae et Historiae Turcicae Fundamenta Tomus Primus. Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag, S. pp. 76–94. (Philologiae Turcicae Fundamenta; III)
- Essays on Tang and pre-Tang China, Aldershot, UK, and Burlington, VT, USA: Ashgate. 2001. ISBN 978-0-86078-858-4.
- Central Asia and Non-Chinese Peoples of Ancient China. Aldershot, UK, and Burlington, VT, USA: Ashgate. 2002. ISBN 978-0-86078-859-1.