Mashi Wentong ( Chinese: 馬氏文通; pinyin: Mǎshì Wéntōng, English: Ma's Grammar) is the first grammar of the Chinese language written by a Chinese scholar, Ma Jianzhong, who published it in 1898. [1] [2] Although the "germination of modern linguistics in China" [3] is attributed to this book, Mashi Wentong was criticized by critics such as Chen Chengze [4] and Li Jinxi [5] as imitating Western grammar and imposing the Western grammatical tradition on Chinese. [6]
Mashi Wentong ( Chinese: 馬氏文通; pinyin: Mǎshì Wéntōng, English: Ma's Grammar) is the first grammar of the Chinese language written by a Chinese scholar, Ma Jianzhong, who published it in 1898. [1] [2] Although the "germination of modern linguistics in China" [3] is attributed to this book, Mashi Wentong was criticized by critics such as Chen Chengze [4] and Li Jinxi [5] as imitating Western grammar and imposing the Western grammatical tradition on Chinese. [6]