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Édouard Chavannes

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Gender Male
Death105 years ago
Date of birth October 5,1865
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Lyon
France
Date of died January 29,1918
DiedParis
France
Chinese沙畹
Children Fernand Henri Chavannes
Current partner Alice Dor
Education École normale supérieure
BooksThe Five Happinesses: Symbolism in Chinese Popular Art
Academic advisor Henri Cordier
Marie-Jean-Léon, Marquis d'Hervey de Saint Denys
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Édouard Chavannes Life story


Émmanuel-Édouard Chavannes was a French sinologist and expert on Chinese history and religion, and is best known for his translations of major segments of Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, the work's first ever translation into a Western language.

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