Antoine Bazin
Born
Antoine-Pierre-Louis Bazin

26 March 1799
DiedJanuary 1863
NationalityFrench
Occupationsinologist

Antoine-Pierre-Louis Bazin, or A. P. L. Bazin (26 March 1799 – January 1863) was a French sinologist born in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt. He was the brother of dermatologist Pierre-Antoine-Ernest Bazin (1807-1878).[1]

Bazin studied at the Collège de France, where he was a pupil of Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788-1832) and Stanislas Julien (1797-1873). Beginning in 1840 he was a professor of Chinese at the École des langues orientales.[2] During his career, he also served as assistant director of the Société Asiatique.[3] He contributed numerous articles to the Journal asiatique and published translations of Yuan dynasty plays.[4]

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  1. ^ Angel Pinot, "Antoine-Pierre-Louis Bazin," in François Pouillon, ed., Dictionnaire des orientalistes de langue française, pp. 65-66.
  2. ^ Kaske, p. 72.
  3. ^ Sociétés savantes de France
  4. ^ Pinot, p. 66
  5. ^ Birch, p. xvii.
  6. ^ Kubin, Wolfgang. Das traditionelle chinesische Theater: vom Mongolendrama bis zur Pekinger Oper. Walter de Gruyter, 2009. ISBN 3598245432, 9783598245435. p. 293.
  7. ^ Tian, Min, p. 40.
  8. ^ Liu, Wu-chi, p. 99.