Yuan Renlin

Yuan Renlin (Chinese: 袁仁林), styled Zhenqian (振千), was a Qing dynasty linguist. He was from Sanyuan county, Shaanxi province, and lived in the early 18th century.[1]

Yuan is best known for his work Xu zi shuo (虚字说), a 68–page study of grammatical particles. The work is full of careful and original observations on the grammatical functions of both individual grammatical particles and combinations of these. The attention Yuan Renlin paid to combinations of grammatical particles is remarkable for its time.[2] Yuan had a profound influence on the authors of the first proper grammar of Literary Chinese, Ma Jianzhong and his brother Ma Xiangbo.

References

  1. ^ When the West meets the East: Early Western Accounts of the Languages of the Sinosphere and their Impact on the History of Chinese Linguistics. Harrassowitz Verlag. 2023. ISBN 978-3-447-12065-4.
  2. ^ van Ess, Hans (2005). "Argument and Persuasion in the First Chapter of "Huainanzi" and its Use of Particles". Oriens Extremus. 45: 255–270. ISSN 0030-5197.


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