Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin (Никита Яковлевич Бичурин) (August 29, 1777 – May 11, 1853), better known under his monastic name Iakinf (Иакинф), Iakinf Bichurin, was one of the founding fathers of Sinology. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 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 He was born to a family of Chuvash priests and studied in the Kazan seminary. Kazan (Каза́нь Казан tt Qazan) is the capital city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, and one of Russia's largest cities A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is a specialized and often live-in Higher education institution for the purpose of instructing students
In 1802 he was tonsured with the name Iakinf and sent to promote Christianity in Beijing, where he spent the next 14 years. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Tonsure is the practice of some Christian churches mystics Buddhist novices and Monks and some Hindu temples of cutting the Hair from the Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings The genuine objects of his interest were Chinese history and language. Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River ( valley in the Neolithic era He was forthwith accused of lacking religious zeal, stripped of his abbot's rank and incarcerated in the Valaam Monastery. The word abbot, meaning Father, is a title given to the head of a Monastery in various traditions including Christianity. The Valaam Monastery, or Valamo Monastery is a Stauropegic Orthodox monastery in Russian Karelia, located on Valaam, the largest island There he translated a number of ancient and medieval Chinese manuscripts, which had hitherto been unknown in Europe. In succeeding decades he published many volumes on Chinese and Mongolian history, geography, religion, statistics, and agriculture. Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River ( valley in the Neolithic era The area of what is now Mongolia has been ruled by various Nomadic empires, including the Xiongnu, the Rouran, the Xianbei, the Gökturks Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία - geografia) is the study of the Earth and its lands features inhabitants and phenomena A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture In 1837 he opened the first Chinese-language school in the Russian Empire. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya For his sinological contributions, he was elected to the Russian, German, and French Academies of Sciences. The Russian Academy of Sciences (Российская Академия Наук Rossi'iskaya Akade'miya Nau'k, shortened to PAH RAN) consists of the National The Prussian Academy of Sciences (Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften was an Academy established in Berlin on July 11 1700. The French Academy of Sciences ( French: Académie des sciences) is a Learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the
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