Jiang Xiaowan | |
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 Photoed by Aurel Stein in his publication | |
| Born | 蒋孝琬 |
| Died | 1922 [1] [2] |
Jiang Xiaowan was the interpreter who accompanied Aurel Stein on his expedition to Dunhuang in 1907 and enabled Stein to secure the purchase of ancient manuscripts, [3] including the Diamond Sutra, the world's oldest dated printed text.
| Jiang Xiaowan | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蔣孝琬 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蒋孝琬 | ||||||||
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| Title | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蔣師爺 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蒋师爷 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Lawyer Jiang | ||||||||
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Jiang Xiaowan was his given name. His courtesy name according to Aurel Stein was Chiang Yin-Ma; [3] however the Chinese characters of this name was not recorded. [1]
Jiang was more often referred to as Chiang Ssu-Yeh [4] (Wade–Giles) or Jiang Siye [2] (Pinyin),which was likely the mistranscription of Chinese :蔣師爺;lit.'Lawyer Jiang'. [1] Ssu-yeh was a title at the time indicating the person had learned traditional Chinese law. [5]
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蒋孝琬（？~1922），湖南（一说湖南湘阴）人 ... 字"yin-ma"，汉字不明 ... 俗称"蒋师爷"
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When Stein and Jiang Xiaowan [i.e. Chiang Ssu-yeh] arrived at Dunhuang in Guangxu 33 (1907), the Magistrate of Dunhuang was Wang Zonghan, namely Wang Tao-lao-ye recorded in the relevant work by Stein.
The people actually learned in Chinese law were the so-called ssu-yeh.
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