Séraphin Couvreur
French Jesuit missionary and sinologist (1835–1919) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Séraphin Couvreur (Chinese: 顧賽芬; pinyin: Gù Sàifēn; EFEO Chinese transcription: kóu sái fēn; 14 January 1835 – 19 November 1919) was a French Jesuit missionary to China, sinologist, and creator of the EFEO Chinese transcription. The system devised by Couvreur of the École française d'Extrême-Orient was used in most of the French-speaking world to transliterate Chinese until the middle of the 20th century, after what it was gradually replaced by pinyin.
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