Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes
French diplomat (1759–1845) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes (French: [ɡiɲ]; 1759–1845) was a French merchant-trader, ambassador and scholar, born in Paris. He was the son of French academician and sinologue, Joseph de Guignes. He learned Chinese from his father, and then traveled to China where he stayed for the next 17 years and returned to France in 1801.[1]