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Also Known As Sinitic languages • Han languages

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Key People

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Yan Fu
Chinese scholar
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Lu Xun
Chinese writer
Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Buddhist monk
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Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk
Guo Moruo
Guo Moruo
Chinese scholar
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Li Zhizao
Chinese mathematician and astronomer
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Xia Yan
Chinese author
Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang
Chinese author
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Arthur David Waley
British translator
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Bian Zhilin
Chinese poet and translator
Xu Guangqi
Xu Guangqi
Chinese official
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Robert Morrison
British missionary
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Kumarajiva
Buddhist scholar
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Klabund
German writer
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Sir Thomas Francis Wade
British diplomat
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H.A. Giles
British scholar

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