T’oung Pao founded in 1890, is the first international journal of sinology

Sinology

Sinology in general use is the study of China and things related to China, but, especially in the American academic context, refers more strictly to the study of classical language and literature, and the philological approach...

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It was originally named T’oung Pao ou Archives pour servir à l’étude de l’histoire, des langues, la geographie et l’ethnographie de l’Asie Orientale (Chine, Japon, Corée, Indo-Chine, Asie Centrale et Malaisie). It is published by the Leiden publisher E. J. Brill.

The first co editors-in-chief were Henri Cordier

Henri Cordier

Henri Cordier was a French linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, editor and Orientalist. He was President of the Société de Géographie in Paris.-Early life:...

 and Gustav Schlegel. Famous editors of the journal have included Paul Pelliot

Paul Pelliot

Paul Pelliot was a French sinologist and explorer of Central Asia. Initially intending to enter the foreign service, Pelliot took up the study of Chinese and became a pupil of Sylvain Lévi and Édouard Chavannes....

 and Edouard Chavannes

Édouard Chavannes

Édouard Chavannes was a French sinologist.He is best known for his translations from Sima Qian's Shiji , sections of the Hou Hanshu relating to the 'Western Regions', the Weilüe, his studies of Han dynasty stone carvings Édouard Chavannes (Chinese: ) (1865–1918) was a French sinologist.He is best...

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"T'oung Pao" means "promulgation" or "announcement" in Chinese.

External links

• The journal's entry at Brill's site
• T'oung Pao, Vol. I, first issue, 1890.
  • Some early volumes of the journal on archive.org (through volume 21, dated 1922);