Rui Li
List of John Benjamins publications in which Rui Li is involved.
2024 The connection between the Thesaurus rarissimus (Marsh 111) and the Dictionnaire Chinois & François (1670), the first printed Chinese dictionary in Europe The History of Chinese Linguistics in East and West, Zwartjes, Otto (ed.), pp. 273–298 | Article
The Dictionnaire Chinois & François appended to La Chine illustrée (1670) was the first printed Chinese-European dictionary, but its authorship and sources remain unknown. This article investigates this printed Chinese-French dictionary and argues that an anonymous manuscript dictionary (Ms… read more
2024 The encounter of English and Chinese lexicographical traditions: A genealogical study of Wilhelm Lobscheid’s English and Chinese Dictionary (1866–1869) The History of Chinese Linguistics in East and West, Zwartjes, Otto (ed.), pp. 330–363 | Article
The publication of Wilhelm Lobscheid’s (1822–1893) English and Chinese Dictionary, with the Punti and Mandarin Pronunciation (1866–1869) marked a turning point in the history of English-Chinese lexicography. This article traces the genealogy of Lobscheid’s English and Chinese Dictionary by… read more
2022 From Mandarin to Cantonese Lexicography: A genealogical study of Robert Morrison’s Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect (1828) Historiographia Linguistica 49:2/3, pp. 235–266 | Article
The Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect, compiled by Robert Morrison (1782–1834) and published in 1828 in Macao, was the first bilingual dictionary of Cantonese in a Western language. This article traces the genealogy of the Vocabulary by examining Morrison’s sources. It is shown how Morrison… read more
2018 A remarkable compilation shift: A genealogical study of Medhurst’s Chinese and English Dictionary (1842–1843) Historiographia Linguistica 45:3, pp. 263–288 | Article
During his work on his Chinese and English Dictionary (1842–1843) Walter Henry Medhurst (1796–1857) dramatically changed his compilation strategy by shifting from depending almost exclusively on Robert Morrison’s (1782–1834) Chinese-English dictionary, Zidian 字典 (1815–1823) to depending on… read more