ChineseNameGuide
type: Organization
alternate name: Chinese Name Guide
description: An independent educational product for exploring Chinese names, pronunciation, characters, and cultural context.

ChineseNameGuide Public Evidence Registry
type: DataCatalog
dataset: ChineseNameGuide
dataset: Chinese Name Generator
dataset: About ChineseNameGuide
dataset: ChineseNameGuide Editorial Desk
dataset: ChineseNameGuide Journal
dataset: Chinese Character Library
dataset: Corrections and Revision Log
dataset: ChineseNameGuide FAQ
dataset: Chinese Naming Glossary
dataset: How to Choose and Verify a Chinese Name
dataset: How Chinese Names Travel Across Cultures
dataset: Sinologist Classroom Pack
dataset: A Field Guide to Sinology
dataset: China in Global History
dataset: Objects as Arguments
dataset: Religion, Lived and Written
dataset: Translation as Scholarship
dataset: Editorial and Evidence Methodology
dataset: A. C. Graham / 葛瑞汉
dataset: Arthur Waley / 韦利
dataset: Bernhard Karlgren / 高本汉
dataset: David Hawkes / 霍克思
dataset: Denis Twitchett / 崔瑞德
dataset: Édouard Chavannes / 沙畹
dataset: Henri Maspero / 马伯乐
dataset: Herbert A. Giles / 翟理斯
dataset: Jacques Gernet / 谢和耐
dataset: James Legge / 理雅各
dataset: Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat / 雷慕沙
dataset: John King Fairbank / 费正清
dataset: Jonathan Spence / 史景迁
dataset: Joseph Needham / 李约瑟
dataset: Kenneth Pomeranz / 彭慕兰
dataset: Kristofer Schipper / 施舟人
dataset: Marcel Granet / 葛兰言
dataset: Mark Elvin / 伊懋可
dataset: Martin Kern / 柯马丁
dataset: Martino Martini / 卫匡国
dataset: Matteo Ricci / 利玛窦
dataset: Michael Loewe / 鲁惟一
dataset: Miyazaki Ichisada / 宮崎市定
dataset: Naitō Konan / 内藤湖南
dataset: Nikita Bichurin / 比丘林
dataset: Patricia Buckley Ebrey / 伊沛霞
dataset: Paul Demiéville / 戴密微
dataset: Paul Pelliot / 伯希和
dataset: Peter C. Perdue / 濮德培
dataset: Philippe Couplet / 柏应理
dataset: Richard Wilhelm / 卫礼贤
dataset: Roel Sterckx / 胡司德
dataset: Roger T. Ames / 安乐哲
dataset: The Sinologist Atlas
dataset: Stanislas Julien / 儒莲
dataset: Stephen Owen / 宇文所安
dataset: Thomas Francis Wade / 威妥玛
dataset: Timothy Brook / 卜正民
dataset: Wm. Theodore de Bary / 狄百瑞
dataset: ChineseNameGuide Pricing
dataset: Random Name
dataset: Chinese Surname Library
dataset: Chinese Naming Tools
dataset: Four Pillars Name Match
dataset: Five Elements Snapshot
dataset: Chinese Name Analyzer
dataset: Name Badge Studio
dataset: Custom Name Builder
dataset: Name Passport
dataset: Tone & Rhythm

ChineseNameGuide
type: CreativeWork
description: The public entry point for recorded Chinese-name exploration.
genre: identity
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: ChineseNameGuide
abstract: ChineseNameGuide provides educational tools and reference material for exploring Chinese names, Mandarin pronunciation, characters, surnames, and cultural context. Use the English name and preferences to retrieve candidates from the recorded name and character datasets. Review each candidate's Hanzi, pronunciation, meaning, and available source details before choosing one. Continue into a focused analysis tool; saving remains optional and requires an account only at that point.

Chinese Name Generator
type: CreativeWork
description: Turn an English identity into Chinese name candidates with meanings and pronunciation.
genre: tool
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Chinese Name Generator
abstract: Chinese Name Generator is a currently enabled public tool that turn an English identity into Chinese name candidates with meanings and pronunciation. Its results are classified as data_backed; those labels keep recorded data, traditional lenses, and creative output distinct. Use the English name and preferences to retrieve candidates from the recorded name and character datasets. Review each candidate's Hanzi, pronunciation, meaning, and available source details before choosing one. Continue into a focused analysis tool; saving remains optional and requires an account only at that point.

About ChineseNameGuide
type: CreativeWork
description: Product identity, editorial ownership, and public boundaries.
genre: identity
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: About ChineseNameGuide
abstract: ChineseNameGuide presents itself as an independent educational product for exploring Chinese names, pronunciation, characters, and cultural context.

ChineseNameGuide Editorial Desk
type: CreativeWork
description: Editorial responsibility and correction ownership.
genre: identity
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: ChineseNameGuide Editorial Desk
abstract: Published editorial pages identify the ChineseNameGuide Editorial Desk as the accountable reviewer unless a separately verified author is named.

ChineseNameGuide Journal
type: CreativeWork
description: Editorial archive with explicit publication gates.
genre: content
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: ChineseNameGuide Journal
abstract: Legacy journal articles remain outside the indexable article sitemap until their claims, sources, and authorship pass the current editorial contract.

Chinese Character Library
type: CreativeWork
description: Browsable character, reading, meaning, radical, and stroke records.
genre: dataset
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Chinese Character Library
citation: Unicode Standard Annex #38: Unicode Han Database
abstract: The character library exposes recorded character data and keeps missing or ambiguous evidence visible rather than treating it as a negative quality score. Unicode documents that ideograph readings and definitions vary across language, time, place, and word context, so character records must not be treated as definitive whole-name interpretations.

Corrections and Revision Log
type: CreativeWork
description: Public corrections, withdrawals, and review-state changes.
genre: method
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Corrections and Revision Log
abstract: The legacy journal archive was removed from the indexable sitemap pending claim, source, and authorship review.

ChineseNameGuide FAQ
type: CreativeWork
description: Direct answers about name structure, evidence, scores, and product boundaries.
genre: content
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: ChineseNameGuide FAQ
citation: Unicode Standard Annex #38: Unicode Han Database
citation: Pinyin romanization guidelines: personal names
abstract: The FAQ states that pronunciation, meaning, source coverage, tone, and traditional interpretations answer different questions and are not combined into one synthetic quality score. Library of Congress Pinyin guidance writes a family name separately and joins the syllables of a multi-syllable given name for cataloging consistency. A character-level reading or English gloss does not by itself determine the pronunciation or meaning of a complete name.

Chinese Naming Glossary
type: CreativeWork
description: Controlled vocabulary for naming, language data, and evidence labels.
genre: content
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Chinese Naming Glossary
abstract: The glossary defines the principal language, naming, and evidence terms used across ChineseNameGuide.

How to Choose and Verify a Chinese Name
type: CreativeWork
description: A source-aware process from intended use to contextual review.
genre: content
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: How to Choose and Verify a Chinese Name
citation: Unicode Standard Annex #38: Unicode Han Database
citation: Pinyin romanization guidelines: personal names
abstract: The guide separates purpose, name form, surname boundary, pronunciation, character evidence, complete-name sound, and contextual review instead of collapsing them into one score. Library of Congress Pinyin guidance writes a family name separately and joins the syllables of a multi-syllable given name for cataloging consistency. A character-level reading or English gloss does not by itself determine the pronunciation or meaning of a complete name.

How Chinese Names Travel Across Cultures
type: CreativeWork
description: An editorial framework for separating origin, formation, usage, and script context.
genre: content
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: How Chinese Names Travel Across Cultures
abstract: The guide treats name origin, formation, usage, and script context as separate questions when describing cross-cultural names.

Sinologist Classroom Pack
type: CreativeWork
description: A classroom route through evidence, translation, institutions, and cross-cultural names.
genre: content
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Sinologist Classroom Pack
abstract: The classroom pack organizes twelve published scholar dossiers into an instructional route about changing evidence and scholarly practice.

A Field Guide to Sinology
type: CreativeWork
description: Orientation to the changing methods and institutions of sinology.
genre: content
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: A Field Guide to Sinology
abstract: The guide presents sinology as a changing set of language, textual, historical, material, and social-scientific practices rather than one fixed discipline.

China in Global History
type: CreativeWork
description: A thematic route through transregional and comparative approaches.
genre: content
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: China in Global History
abstract: This guide groups source-reviewed dossiers around approaches that place China in comparative, connected, or global history.

Objects as Arguments
type: CreativeWork
description: A thematic route through archaeology, art, manuscripts, and material evidence.
genre: content
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Objects as Arguments
abstract: This guide groups source-reviewed dossiers around material objects used as historical and scholarly evidence.

Religion, Lived and Written
type: CreativeWork
description: A thematic route through textual and lived religious traditions.
genre: content
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Religion, Lived and Written
abstract: This guide groups source-reviewed dossiers around the study of religious texts, institutions, and practice.

Translation as Scholarship
type: CreativeWork
description: A thematic route through translation as scholarly method.
genre: content
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Translation as Scholarship
abstract: This guide groups source-reviewed dossiers around translation as an interpretive and scholarly practice.

Editorial and Evidence Methodology
type: CreativeWork
description: The publication, evidence-grade, and interpretation rules used by the site.
genre: method
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial and Evidence Methodology
abstract: The editorial method separates recorded data, traditional interpretation, and creative suggestion, and prevents D- and E-grade claims from being published as verified facts.

A. C. Graham / 葛瑞汉
type: CreativeWork
description: A. C. Graham is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning language and philology, social history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 21
abstract: A. C. Graham is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in language and philology, social history.

Arthur Waley / 韦利
type: CreativeWork
description: Arthur Waley is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning translation, literature, language and philology. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 16
abstract: Arthur Waley is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in translation, literature, language and philology.

Bernhard Karlgren / 高本汉
type: CreativeWork
description: Bernhard Karlgren is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning literature, language and philology, history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 15
abstract: Bernhard Karlgren is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in literature, language and philology, history.

David Hawkes / 霍克思
type: CreativeWork
description: David Hawkes is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning translation, literature. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 23
abstract: David Hawkes is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in translation, literature.

Denis Twitchett / 崔瑞德
type: CreativeWork
description: Denis Twitchett is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 24
abstract: Denis Twitchett is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in history.

Édouard Chavannes / 沙畹
type: CreativeWork
description: Édouard Chavannes is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning translation, religion and philosophy, language and philology, history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 7
abstract: Édouard Chavannes is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in translation, religion and philosophy, language and philology, history.

Henri Maspero / 马伯乐
type: CreativeWork
description: Henri Maspero is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning religion and philosophy, history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 7
abstract: Henri Maspero is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in religion and philosophy, history.

Herbert A. Giles / 翟理斯
type: CreativeWork
description: Herbert A. Giles is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning literature, religion and philosophy, language and philology, history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 10
abstract: Herbert A. Giles is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in literature, religion and philosophy, language and philology, history.

Jacques Gernet / 谢和耐
type: CreativeWork
description: Jacques Gernet is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning religion and philosophy, language and philology, science and technology, social history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 7
abstract: Jacques Gernet is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in religion and philosophy, language and philology, science and technology, social history.

James Legge / 理雅各
type: CreativeWork
description: James Legge is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning translation, literature, religion and philosophy. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 9
abstract: James Legge is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in translation, literature, religion and philosophy.

Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat / 雷慕沙
type: CreativeWork
description: Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning literature, language and philology, history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 7
abstract: Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in literature, language and philology, history.

John King Fairbank / 费正清
type: CreativeWork
description: John King Fairbank is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning history, science and technology, global connections, social history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 19
citation: The Life of John King Fairbank
citation: Fairbank's Chinese name and Liang Sicheng
abstract: John King Fairbank is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in history, science and technology, global connections, social history. 费正清 is the Chinese-language form documented by the cited name-specific source. Bestowed by Liang Sicheng; documented in biographical accounts of the Fairbanks in China. John King Fairbank lived 1907—1991.

Jonathan Spence / 史景迁
type: CreativeWork
description: Jonathan Spence is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning literature, history, global connections. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Jonathan D. Spence, renowned scholar of Chinese civilization
citation: Shi Jing Qian's vision of China
abstract: Jonathan Spence is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in literature, history, global connections. 史景迁 is the Chinese-language form documented by the cited name-specific source. Bestowed by Fang Chao-ying; the account is preserved in a published interview. Jonathan Spence lived 1936—2021.

Joseph Needham / 李约瑟
type: CreativeWork
description: Joseph Needham is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning science and technology, global connections, social history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 18
abstract: Joseph Needham is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in science and technology, global connections, social history.

Kenneth Pomeranz / 彭慕兰
type: CreativeWork
description: Kenneth Pomeranz is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning global connections, social history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 31
abstract: Kenneth Pomeranz is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in global connections, social history.

Kristofer Schipper / 施舟人
type: CreativeWork
description: Kristofer Schipper is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning religion and philosophy. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 25
abstract: Kristofer Schipper is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in religion and philosophy.

Marcel Granet / 葛兰言
type: CreativeWork
description: Marcel Granet is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning translation, literature, religion and philosophy, history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 14
abstract: Marcel Granet is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in translation, literature, religion and philosophy, history.

Mark Elvin / 伊懋可
type: CreativeWork
description: Mark Elvin is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning history, material culture, science and technology, global connections. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 27
abstract: Mark Elvin is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in history, material culture, science and technology, global connections.

Martin Kern / 柯马丁
type: CreativeWork
description: Martin Kern is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning literature. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 32
abstract: Martin Kern is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in literature.

Martino Martini / 卫匡国
type: CreativeWork
description: Martino Martini is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning history, material culture. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
abstract: Martino Martini is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in history, material culture.

Matteo Ricci / 利玛窦
type: CreativeWork
description: Matteo Ricci is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning religion and philosophy, language and philology, history, material culture. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
abstract: Matteo Ricci is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in religion and philosophy, language and philology, history, material culture.

Michael Loewe / 鲁惟一
type: CreativeWork
description: Michael Loewe is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning religion and philosophy, history, material culture. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 22
abstract: Michael Loewe is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in religion and philosophy, history, material culture.

Miyazaki Ichisada / 宮崎市定
type: CreativeWork
description: Miyazaki Ichisada is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning history, global connections, social history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 11
abstract: Miyazaki Ichisada is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in history, global connections, social history.

Naitō Konan / 内藤湖南
type: CreativeWork
description: Naitō Konan is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning history, social history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 11
abstract: Naitō Konan is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in history, social history.

Nikita Bichurin / 比丘林
type: CreativeWork
description: Nikita Bichurin is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning translation, language and philology. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 6
abstract: Nikita Bichurin is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in translation, language and philology.

Patricia Buckley Ebrey / 伊沛霞
type: CreativeWork
description: Patricia Buckley Ebrey is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning religion and philosophy, history, material culture, social history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 28
abstract: Patricia Buckley Ebrey is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in religion and philosophy, history, material culture, social history.

Paul Demiéville / 戴密微
type: CreativeWork
description: Paul Demiéville is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning literature, religion and philosophy, language and philology. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 17
abstract: Paul Demiéville is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in literature, religion and philosophy, language and philology.

Paul Pelliot / 伯希和
type: CreativeWork
description: Paul Pelliot is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning religion and philosophy, language and philology, history, global connections. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 13
abstract: Paul Pelliot is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in religion and philosophy, language and philology, history, global connections.

Peter C. Perdue / 濮德培
type: CreativeWork
description: Peter C. Perdue is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning history, global connections, social history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 29
abstract: Peter C. Perdue is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in history, global connections, social history.

Philippe Couplet / 柏应理
type: CreativeWork
description: Philippe Couplet is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning translation, religion and philosophy, history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
abstract: Philippe Couplet is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in translation, religion and philosophy, history.

Richard Wilhelm / 卫礼贤
type: CreativeWork
description: Richard Wilhelm is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning translation, religion and philosophy. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 12
abstract: Richard Wilhelm is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in translation, religion and philosophy.

Roel Sterckx / 胡司德
type: CreativeWork
description: Roel Sterckx is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning religion and philosophy, language and philology, history, science and technology. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 33
abstract: Roel Sterckx is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in religion and philosophy, language and philology, history, science and technology.

Roger T. Ames / 安乐哲
type: CreativeWork
description: Roger T. Ames appears in the extended index for work in religion and philosophy.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 35
citation: Translating Chinese philosophy on its own terms
abstract: Roger T. Ames is represented in the reviewed source as a scholar working in religion and philosophy. 安乐哲 is the Chinese-language form documented by the cited name-specific source. Ames explained the name and its Analects allusion in an interview.

The Sinologist Atlas
type: CreativeWork
description: A two-level research index of cross-cultural names and the history of sinology.
genre: dataset
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: The Sinologist Atlas
abstract: The Atlas contains 112 research index records and exposes 38 source-reviewed dossiers as indexable person pages.

Stanislas Julien / 儒莲
type: CreativeWork
description: Stanislas Julien is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning translation, literature, religion and philosophy, language and philology. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
abstract: Stanislas Julien is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in translation, literature, religion and philosophy, language and philology.

Stephen Owen / 宇文所安
type: CreativeWork
description: Stephen Owen appears in the extended index for work in literature.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 35
citation: Stephen Owen, Tang Prize laureate, dies
citation: Stephen Owen on his self-chosen Chinese name
abstract: Stephen Owen is represented in the reviewed source as a scholar working in literature. 宇文所安 is the Chinese-language form documented by the cited name-specific source. Self-chosen; directly explained by Owen in a recorded interview. Stephen Owen lived 1946—2026.

Thomas Francis Wade / 威妥玛
type: CreativeWork
description: Thomas Francis Wade is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning language and philology. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 10
abstract: Thomas Francis Wade is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in language and philology.

Timothy Brook / 卜正民
type: CreativeWork
description: Timothy Brook is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning history, material culture, global connections. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 30
abstract: Timothy Brook is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in history, material culture, global connections.

Wm. Theodore de Bary / 狄百瑞
type: CreativeWork
description: Wm. Theodore de Bary is a major figure in the history of Chinese studies, with work spanning religion and philosophy, social history. This dossier distinguishes the person's scholarship from what can—and cannot—yet be verified about the Chinese name.
genre: person
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Editorial dossier reference 20
abstract: Wm. Theodore de Bary is represented in the source dossier as a major figure in religion and philosophy, social history.

ChineseNameGuide Pricing
type: CreativeWork
description: Current commercial availability and waitlist state.
genre: identity
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: ChineseNameGuide Pricing
abstract: The live pricing page is the authoritative first-party source for whether paid access is open and which offers are currently available.

Random Name
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description: Browse classic, modern, and neutral ideas when you want an unexpected starting point.
genre: tool
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Random Name
abstract: Random Name is a currently enabled public tool that browse classic, modern, and neutral ideas when you want an unexpected starting point. Its results are classified as data_backed; those labels keep recorded data, traditional lenses, and creative output distinct. Choose a length or style filter, or leave the controls neutral for a broad sample. The service draws from recorded candidate names and returns pronunciation and meaning data when available. Treat every draw as a starting point and use the analysis tools to inspect ambiguity or missing records.

Chinese Surname Library
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description: Browsable surname records, including verified compound-surname routes.
genre: dataset
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Chinese Surname Library
abstract: The surname library exposes recorded surname forms and keeps compound surnames distinct from single-character surnames when the underlying record supports that boundary.

Chinese Naming Tools
type: CreativeWork
description: Directory of currently enabled tools and their access states.
genre: tool
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Chinese Naming Tools
abstract: The tools directory is generated from the registry used for routes, availability, access level, result classification, and SEO state.

Four Pillars Name Match
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description: Explore a clearly labeled traditional BaZi lens for a name and birth chart.
genre: tool
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Four Pillars Name Match
abstract: Four Pillars Name Match is a currently enabled public tool that explore a clearly labeled traditional BaZi lens for a name and birth chart. Its results are classified as traditional; those labels keep recorded data, traditional lenses, and creative output distinct. Confirm a local civil date, optional time, and IANA timezone before calculating the limited Four Pillars chart. Derive stems, branches, Day Master, and element counts, omitting the hour pillar when time is unknown. Compare recorded name-element labels with the chart as a traditional entertainment lens, without predictions.

Five Elements Snapshot
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description: Explore traditional Wu Xing associations without treating missing elements as deficiencies.
genre: tool
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Five Elements Snapshot
abstract: Five Elements Snapshot is a currently enabled public tool that explore traditional Wu Xing associations without treating missing elements as deficiencies. Its results are classified as traditional; those labels keep recorded data, traditional lenses, and creative output distinct. Look up each character's reviewed Five Elements (Wu Xing) mapping and its method version. Count only mapped characters; disputed or missing mappings remain unknown and lower confidence. Describe the resulting distribution as a traditional association without diagnosing a personal deficiency.

Chinese Name Analyzer
type: CreativeWork
description: Review character meanings, readings, data coverage, and potential ambiguity.
genre: tool
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Chinese Name Analyzer
abstract: Chinese Name Analyzer is a currently enabled public tool that review character meanings, readings, data coverage, and potential ambiguity. Its results are classified as data_backed; those labels keep recorded data, traditional lenses, and creative output distinct. Normalize the Hanzi, confirm the surname boundary, and let you choose a reading when a character is polyphonic. Join recorded character, surname, pronunciation, stroke, and meaning data into separate evidence-backed dimensions. Keep missing or ambiguous records visible as warnings instead of replacing them with a synthetic overall score.

Name Badge Studio
type: CreativeWork
description: Turn a name, pinyin, and meaning into a shareable cultural keepsake.
genre: tool
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Name Badge Studio
abstract: Name Badge Studio is a currently enabled public tool that turn a name, pinyin, and meaning into a shareable cultural keepsake. Its results are classified as creative; those labels keep recorded data, traditional lenses, and creative output distinct. Load or edit the name, pinyin, meaning line, and optional English name used by the artwork. Render the badge from deterministic templates so Hanzi placement and export dimensions remain predictable. Create a standard branded PNG publicly, or use Pro for premium layouts, HD, unbranded, and print options.

Custom Name Builder
type: CreativeWork
description: Choose a surname and one or two given-name characters deliberately.
genre: tool
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Custom Name Builder
abstract: Custom Name Builder is a currently enabled public tool that choose a surname and one or two given-name characters deliberately. Its results are classified as data_backed; those labels keep recorded data, traditional lenses, and creative output distinct. Search the real surname and character records rather than a browser-only sample list. Select a surname and one or two given-name characters while reviewing their recorded readings and meanings. Open the completed name in Analyzer or Tone & Rhythm for source coverage and pronunciation checks.

Name Passport
type: CreativeWork
description: Bring the analyses you choose into a calm, printable name record.
genre: tool
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Name Passport
abstract: Name Passport is a currently enabled public tool that bring the analyses you choose into a calm, printable name record. Its results are classified as data_backed, traditional; those labels keep recorded data, traditional lenses, and creative output distinct. Choose only the modules you want to include, then run those deterministic analyses for the current name. Label every section as Data-backed, Traditional lens, or Creative interpretation and retain its method version. Preview and print the HTML document; an optional enabled AI layer may add prose but cannot alter the facts.

Tone & Rhythm
type: CreativeWork
description: See Mandarin tone contours, sound repetition, and the traditional Ping and Ze pattern.
genre: tool
date modified: 2026-07-22
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
citation: Tone & Rhythm
abstract: Tone & Rhythm is a currently enabled public tool that see Mandarin tone contours, sound repetition, and the traditional Ping and Ze pattern. Its results are classified as data_backed, traditional; those labels keep recorded data, traditional lenses, and creative output distinct. Use the confirmed pinyin readings to derive numbered tones and stable visual contours. Check repeated tones, neighboring initials and finals, and likely reading friction as separate observations. Show level and oblique tones (Ping and Ze) as a traditional lens, not as a scientific quality score.

ChineseNameGuide
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Chinese Name Generator
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

About ChineseNameGuide
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

ChineseNameGuide Editorial Desk
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

ChineseNameGuide Journal
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Chinese Character Library
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Unicode Standard Annex #38: Unicode Han Database
type: CreativeWork
publisher: Unicode Consortium
date modified: 2026-07-22

Corrections and Revision Log
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

ChineseNameGuide FAQ
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Pinyin romanization guidelines: personal names
type: CreativeWork
publisher: Library of Congress
date modified: 2026-07-22

Chinese Naming Glossary
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

How to Choose and Verify a Chinese Name
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

How Chinese Names Travel Across Cultures
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Sinologist Classroom Pack
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

A Field Guide to Sinology
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

China in Global History
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Objects as Arguments
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Religion, Lived and Written
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Translation as Scholarship
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Editorial and Evidence Methodology
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Editorial dossier reference 21
type: CreativeWork
publisher: tandfonline.com
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 16
type: CreativeWork
publisher: libraries.ou.edu
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 15
type: CreativeWork
publisher: www1.ihp.sinica.edu.tw
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 23
type: CreativeWork
publisher: cuhk.edu.hk
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 24
type: CreativeWork
publisher: princeton.edu
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 7
type: CreativeWork
publisher: college-de-france.fr
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 10
type: CreativeWork
publisher: lib.cam.ac.uk
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 9
type: CreativeWork
publisher: bu.edu
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 19
type: CreativeWork
publisher: fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
date modified: 2026-07-21

The Life of John King Fairbank
type: CreativeWork
publisher: Harvard University
date modified: 2026-07-21

Fairbank's Chinese name and Liang Sicheng
type: CreativeWork
publisher: People.cn
date modified: 2026-07-21

Jonathan D. Spence, renowned scholar of Chinese civilization
type: CreativeWork
publisher: Yale News
date modified: 2026-07-21

Shi Jing Qian's vision of China
type: CreativeWork
publisher: Times Higher Education
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 18
type: CreativeWork
publisher: nri.cam.ac.uk
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 31
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ceas.uchicago.edu
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 25
type: CreativeWork
publisher: brill.com
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 14
type: CreativeWork
publisher: college-de-france.fr
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 27
type: CreativeWork
publisher: chl.anu.edu.au
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 32
type: CreativeWork
publisher: mkern.scholar.princeton.edu
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 4
type: CreativeWork
publisher: cambridge.org
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 3
type: CreativeWork
publisher: cambridge.org
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 22
type: CreativeWork
publisher: clarehall.cam.ac.uk
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 11
type: CreativeWork
publisher: cambridge.org
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 6
type: CreativeWork
publisher: real.mtak.hu
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 28
type: CreativeWork
publisher: history.washington.edu
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 17
type: CreativeWork
publisher: omnia.college-de-france.fr
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 13
type: CreativeWork
publisher: college-de-france.fr
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 29
type: CreativeWork
publisher: history.yale.edu
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 5
type: CreativeWork
publisher: cambridge.org
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 12
type: CreativeWork
publisher: china-institut.uni-frankfurt.de
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 33
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ames.cam.ac.uk
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 35
type: CreativeWork
publisher: projects.writing.upenn.edu
date modified: 2026-07-21

Translating Chinese philosophy on its own terms
type: CreativeWork
publisher: People's Daily Overseas Edition
date modified: 2026-07-21

The Sinologist Atlas
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Editorial dossier reference 8
type: CreativeWork
publisher: cambridge.org
date modified: 2026-07-21

Stephen Owen, Tang Prize laureate, dies
type: CreativeWork
publisher: Central News Agency
date modified: 2026-07-21

Stephen Owen on his self-chosen Chinese name
type: CreativeWork
publisher: Central News Agency
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 30
type: CreativeWork
publisher: history.ubc.ca
date modified: 2026-07-21

Editorial dossier reference 20
type: CreativeWork
publisher: magazine.columbia.edu
date modified: 2026-07-21

ChineseNameGuide Pricing
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Random Name
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Chinese Surname Library
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Chinese Naming Tools
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Four Pillars Name Match
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Five Elements Snapshot
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Chinese Name Analyzer
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Name Badge Studio
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Custom Name Builder
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Name Passport
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22

Tone & Rhythm
type: CreativeWork
publisher: ChineseNameGuide
date modified: 2026-07-22