Paul W. Kroll, Ph.D. (1976), University of Michigan, is Professor of Chinese at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has published widely on medieval Chinese literature and cultural history.
"This is the new standard in a Chinese-English dictionary of
classical Chinese, far better than than the older dictionaries that
students have too long used. It is a “student’s dictionary” that
scholars and teachers will find necessary as well. Professor
Kroll’s long experience, combined with meticulous research and an
exceptional precision in the English lexicon, offers a range of
definitions, both primary and extended, that give the user a sense
of what the word means and how it can be used. The inclusion of the
Middle Chinese pronunciation is an immense convenience, immediately
showing the student which characters are merely graphic variations
for extended usages in a particular frame of reference. His
precision in terms of material culture and the natural world is no
less welcome." – Stephen Owen,Harvard University
"This volume is a signal contribution to the field that reflects a
truly herculean effort on the part of Professor Kroll and his
colleagues. Each entry elucidates finely grained distinctions in
meaning, with an especially impressive attention to nuances in the
English language that is crucial to making these differences clear.
For students of classical and medieval Chinese this dictionary will
be indispensable, but even seasoned scholars will find its
comprehensive and precise analyses of tremendous value." – Pauline
Yu, President, American Council of Learned Societies
"This dictionary is both helpful and unusual: besides the more
common meanings for each entry, it provides the reader with a rich
panoply of expressions from the realms of religion (Buddhism,
Daoism), medicine and materia medica, as well as cosmology and many
other fields. Extremely useful for every student of traditional
China, indispensable for the study of early and medieval China." –
Michael Lackner, Professor of Sinology, University of Erlangen,
Germany
"This reference work was worth the wait. It will be consulted by
seasoned China scholars as well as beginning learners. The
definitions of over 8000 primary characters are exact, elegantly
concise, and yet complete. […] This dictionary will revolutionize
Chinese language learning. A massive achievement, it will be a tool
that no serious student of Chinese language (Classical, Medieval,
or even Modern) should do without." – Ronald Egan, Stanford
University
"This is an extraordinarily impressive inquiry into European-Asian
difference in the early modern period which is as erudite and
meticulous as it is ambitious." – Victor Lieberman, Raoul
Wallenberg Distinguished Professor of History, University of
Michigan
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