Henri Maspero (December 15, 1882 - March 17, 1945) was a French sinologist, today particularly remembered for his pioneering works on Taoism. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Sinology in general use is the study of China and things related to China but especially in the American academic context refers more strictly to the study of classical language Taoism (pronounced /ˈdaʊɪzəm/ or /ˈtaʊɪzəm/ also spelled '''Daoism''') refers to a variety of related Philosophical and Religious traditions
After studies in history and literature, in 1905 he joined his father (Egyptologist Gaston Maspero) in Egypt, and later published the study Les Finances de l'Egypte sous les Lagides. Gaston Camille Charles Maspero ( June 23, 1846 &ndash June 30, 1916) was a French Egyptologist. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. After returning to Paris in 1907, he studied the Chinese language under Édouard Chavannes and law at Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Édouard Chavannes (1865 - 1918 was a French Sinologist. He is best known for his translations from Sima Qian 's Shiji ( The Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO is located in Paris, France In 1908, he went to Hanoi, studying at the École française d'Extrême-Orient. Hanoi ( Vietnamese: Hà Nội Hán Tự: 河[[wikt 内|内]], estimated population 3398889 (2007, is the Capital of Vietnam The École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO is a French institute dedicated to the study of Asian societies
In 1918 he succeeded Chavannes in the Chair of Chinese at the Collège de France. The Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment ( Grand établissement) located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement He published his monumental La Chine Antique in 1927. During the following years he replaced Marcel Granet for the chair of Chinese civilisation at Sorbonne, directed the department of Chinese religions at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, and was selected a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Marcel Granet (1884&ndash1940 was a French Sociologist, Ethnologist and Sinologist. École pratique des hautes études is a University in Paris, France. The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres is a French Learned society devoted to the Humanities, founded in February 1663
Accused by the occupying German force of involvement with the French Resistance he was interned in Buchenwald concentration camp during the Second World War, where he died. The French Resistance is the collective name used for the French Resistance movements which fought against the Nazi German Buchenwald concentration camp (German Konzentrationslager or 'KZ' Buchenwald) was a Nazi concentration camp established on the Ettersberg (Etter Mountain near World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
Besides his pioneering works on Chinese history and religions, he also made great contributions to historical Chinese phonology for his works Le dialecte de Tch'ang-ngan sous les T'ang (1920) and Préfixes et dérivation en chinois archaïque (1930). Historical Chinese phonology deals with reconstructing the sounds of Chinese from the past
His Le Taoïsme et les religions chinoises was published in 1971 as volume II of his Mélanges posthumes. It was published in English (as translated by Frank A. Kierman, Jr. ) in 1981 under the title Taoism and Chinese Religion, in 9 Books:-
- Book I : "Chinese Religion in Its Historical Development"
- Book II : "The Mythology of Modern China"
- Book III : "The Society and Religion of the Ancient Chinese and of the Modern Tai"
- Book IV : "How Buddhism was Introduced into China"
- Book V : "Taoism in Chinese Religious Beliefs of the Six Dynasties Period"
- Book VI : "The Poet Hsi K'ang and the Club of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove"
- Book VII : "An Essay on Taoism in the First Centuries A. D. ", in 4 parts :-
- Part 1 : "Individual Religious Life and the Search for Immortality"
- Part 2 : "Taoist Communities and Public Worship"
- Part 3 : "Taoism and the Beginnings of Buddhism in China"
- Part 4 : "The Origins and Development of the Taoist Religion up to the Han Period"
- Book VIII : "How to Communicate with the Taoist Gods"
- Book IX : "Methods of "Nourishing the Vital Principle" in the Ancient Taoist Religion", in 3 parts :-
- Part 1 : "Breathing Techniques"
- Part 2 : "Methods of Uniting Yin and Yang to Nourish the Vital Principle"
- Part 3 : "Gymnastics, Tao-yin"
See also
- François Maspero, his son, writer and famous editor
External links
- Some of his works are available free online courtesy of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
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