John DeFrancis is a Chinese language professor emeritus and researcher at the University of Hawaii who wrote a number of Chinese instructional texts (his Readers series is particularly well regarded) in the 60's and 70's. Although some of his spoken language texts are now considered to be outdated, he remains a figurehead in Chinese language and linguistic research. His most famous work is The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy, in which the common misconceptions of the language are debunked and several other topics disseminated. Chinese (written) language (pinyin: zhōngw n) written in Chinese characters The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; Pinyin: H nyǔ, Hu yǔ, or Zhōngw n) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ... Jean Charlots mural called Commencement is featured at Bachman Hall, the administrative center of the University of Hawai`i System. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

He is the editor of the "ABC" series of Chinese-English dictionaries.

Works

• Volumes by John DeFrancis in the Yale Language Series

• Beginning Chinese
• Character Text for Beginning Chinese
• Beginning Chinese Reader (Parts I and II) No it isnt!!!
• Intermediate Chinese
• Character Text for Intermediate Chinese
• Intermediate Chinese Reader (Parts I and II)
• Advanced Chinese
• Character Text for Advanced Chinese
• Advanced Chinese Reader
• Annotated Quotations from Chairman Mao

• More Writings by John DeFrancis

• • In the Footsteps of Genghis Khan (University of Hawaii Press, 1993)
  • Visible Speech: The Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems (University of Hawaii Press, 1989)
  • The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy (University of Hawaii Press, 1986)
  • Colonialism and Language Policy in Vietnam (Mouton, 1977)
  • Things Japanese in Hawaii (University Press of Hawaii, 1973)
  • Chinese-English Glossary of the Mathematical Sciences (American Mathematical Society, 1964)
  • Chinese Social History, by E-tu Zen and John DeFrancis (American Council of Learned Societies, 1956)
  • Bibliography on Chinese Social History, by E-tu Zen and John DeFrancis (Far Eastern Publications, 1952)
  • Talks on Chinese History (with Elizabeth Jen Young) (Far Eastern Publications, 1952)
  • Report of the Second Round Table Meeting on Linguistics, Language Teaching Monograph Series on Languages and Linguistics, No. 1 (Georgetown University press, 1951)
  • Nationalism and Language Reform in China (Princeton University Press, 1950)
  • Chinese Agent in Mongolia, translated from the Chinese of Ma Ho-t'ien (Johns Hopkins Press, 1949)

• As Editor of Supplementary Readers for Intermediate Chinese Reader series (Far Eastern Publications, Yale University, 1976):

• • Volume I: The White Haired Girl by Chi-Yu Ho
  • Volume II: The Red Detachment of Women by Chi-Yu Ho
  • Volume III: Episodes From the Dream of the Red Chamber by Louise H. Li
  • Volume IV: Sun Yat-sen by Yung Teng Chia-Yee
  • Volume V: Wu Sung Kills a Tiger by Yung Teng Chia-Yee

In a general sense, a series is a related set of things that occur one after the other or are otherwise connected one after the other. ... Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... The White Haired Girl (Chinese:白毛女; pinyin: Bái Máo Nǚ) is an opera and ballet by Yan Jinxuan to a Chinese libretto. ... Red Detachment of Women (红色娘子军, pinyin hongse niangzi jun) is a Chinese ballet which premiered in 1964. ... Dream of the Red Chamber (Traditional Chinese: 紅樓夢; Simplified Chinese: 红楼梦; pinyin: hóng lóu mèng), also known as A Dream of Red Mansions or The Story of the Stone and Chronicles of the Stone (Chinese: 石頭記; pinyin: shí tóu jì) is one of the masterpieces of Chinese fiction and... Sun Yat-sen (孫逸仙, November 12, 1866–March 12, 1925) was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader who had a significant role in the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty. ... Wu Song was a hero in the Water Margin, one of the four most famous classical works of Chinese literature. ...

External links

• John DeFrancis biography at Wenlin Institute
• Contents and an excerpt from The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy
• John DeFrancis page from the University of Hawai'i