Worth, Pres De Stroud, Gloucestershire, Le 19 D6c

NÉCROLOGIE

JOSEPH ,EDKINS % Yo-s6. Le R6v. Joseph EDKINSest mort a Chang-Hai le 23 avril 1905. Né à Nails· worth, pres de Stroud, Gloucestershire, le 19 d6c. 1823, il fut envoy6 par la London Missionary Society, et il arriva a Hong-kong le 2 juillet et a Chang-Haï le 2 sept. 1843; en 1861, ii se rendit h T'ien-tsin puis, en mai 1863, à Pe-king; fatigue par il etait entr6 en dec. 1880, dans les Douanes Imperiates Ma- ritimes, comme Assistant, 4 Chang-Hai. II 6tait B.A., Londres, 1843 D.D. Hon., Londres 1875 et run des membres d'honneur de la Royal Asiatic Society. 11 m'est impossible de donner ici une bibliographie complete de tous les travaux publi6s par Edkins pendant sa longue existence; Is partie la plus originale, mais non la moins discutable, de ses travaux, est relative a ses recherches snr l'origine de la langue chinoise et la grammaire comparee 1); China's Place in Philology fit beaucoup de bruit lors de son apparition en 1871; ce qu'il a fait peut-?tre de plus utile sont ses grammaires et ses vocabulaire$2); ii a Agale- ment 6crit sur les po?tes chinois'); son manuel de la Religion en Chine a eu plusieurs AditionS 4); il s'est occup6 aussi du Bouddhisme 5), du Taoisme G) et m6me de symbolisme le grand philosophe de la Chine ne pouvait le laisser indifferent *); 1'etbnographie 9), la géographie 1°), les anciennes ralations de la Chine 11), la Cor6e 12) ont tour à tOl1r sollicité 1'esprit curieux d'Edkins qui a touch6 a toutes les branches de la sinologie et s'est occupe de toutes les questions relatives a t'Empire Chinois 13). Ce fut un grand travailleui- dont I'œuvre 6parse et in6gale aurait gagn6 beaucoup a etre ex6cut6e avec plus de reflexion, d'6tude et moins de rapidita. Il a manqu6 aussi 4 Edkins le contrule de la science d'Europe qui oblige le savant vivant en Asie a apporter plus de critique et de defiance dans ses travaux. , , _ . H. C.

1) An account of Sanscrit and Mongoliancharacters found in Chinese Books: By the Rev. Joseph Edkins, Shanghae.- Read before the Society,24th January 1855. (Tram. China Br. R. As. Soc , Pt. V, Art. V, pp. 101-108). - Examples of Mongol and European common words. By the Rev. Joseph Edkins. (The f?hcenix,II, March 1872, pp. 149-160). 360

- Connectionof Chineseand Hebrew. By Rev. J. Edkins. (Chin. Rec., III, pp. 202- 205, 32j-327; IV, pp. 23, 48, 74, 102, 123, 182, 215, 245, 279, 287). - China's Place in Philology: an Attempt to show that the languagesof Europe and Asia have a common origin. By Joseph Edkins, B.A., of the London MissionarySociety, Peking; ... London :Triibner, 1871, in-8, pp. xzm-403. - The Tartar Languagescompared with Chinese. By the Rev. Joseph Edkins, B.A., Peking. (The Phoeuiz,I, 1870, pp. 5-6, 12-14). - The Evolution of the Chinese Languageas exemplifyingthe Origin and Growth of Human Speech, by Joseph Edkins, D.D. 1887. (.7our. Peking Oriental Society,Vol. 11, N. 1, 1887, pp. l-91, une table). - The Evolution of the Hebrew Languageby Joseph Edkins, D.D. Author of "Evo- lution of the Chinese language","China's Place in Philology","Chinese Buddhiam", etc. London- Triibner and Co., 1889, in-8, pp. tg-150. - Effect of Nomad Life on the growth of Language.By John Edkins, D.D. (Imlu.f' .4.,. Quart. Review,Oct. 1891, pp. 288-304). - - Influence of Chinese Dialectson the Japanesepronunciation of the ChinesePart of the Japanese Language. By J. Edkins. Soc..lapan, Vol. VIII, Pt. IV, Dec. 1880, pp. - Contributionsto the History of the Japanese Transcriptionof ChineseSounds. By Joseph Edkins. (16id., Vol. IX, Pt. 11, Aug. 1881, pp. 107-124). - Connectionof Japanese with the adjacent ContinentalLanguages. By J. Edkins,D.D. Peking. [Read Dec. 15, 1886.] (Ibid., XV, Pt. I, Jane 1887, pp. 96-102). - On the old Japanese Vocabulary.By Joseph Edkins, D.D. [Read 22 Jan. 1890.] (Ibid., XVIII, Pt. I, Apri1 1890,pp.'87-103). - ChineseRoots. By J. Edkins.(China Review,Xill, pp. 387-398). - Chinese Roots. By J. Edkins. XIV, pp. 67-80, 135--46; XV, pp. 288-95, 347 - 357 ; XVI, pp. 31-39). - Sixteen ChineseRoots. By J. Edkins.(Ibid., XVI, pp. 241-242). - Accadianand Chinese.By Joseph Edkins. (Ibid., XV, pp. 295 -298). , ' - Examplesof Etymology.By J. Edkins. (Ibid., XV, pp. j70-372). - Etymology.By J. Edkins. (16id., XVIII, No. 6, p. 376). - The PhysiologicBasis ofEtymology. By J. Edkins. (Ibid.,XVIII, No. 6, pp. 376-77). - The of and AsiaticWords. By-Dr. Edkins. (Ibid., XX, No. I, Identity European ° pp. ' 53 -7). - The State of the ChineseLanguage at the time of the inventionof Writing. By the Rev. J. Edkins, D.D. (Trans. of the SecOIldSession of the Int. Congoof Orier?lalistsheld in Londonin sept. 1874. Edited by Robert K. Douglas London,Trubner, 1876, in-8, pp. 98-l19).. - On the SyllabicSpelling. By Joseph Edkins. (China Review,V 11, pp. 73 -74). - Notes on some ChineseWords. By J. Edkins. (Ibid., XI, pp. 248 -252, 3L3-318). - The Chineseold Language.By Joseph Edkins. (Ibid., XIII, pp. 1-5). - Note in reference to Mr. Parker's article on the old Language.By J. Edkins. (Ibid., XIII, pp. 297-298). , - ChineseWord studies. By Joseph Edkins. (lbid., XIII, pp. 3z4-331). - Phonetic value of a Circle or Oval. By ,J. Edkins. XIV, pp. 212-21:i ,