Mashi Wentong

 ( 1898 Non-fiction Books ) 

Mashi Wentong (, English: Ma's Grammar) is the first grammar of the Chinese language written by a Chinese scholar, Ma Jianzhong, who published it in 1898.Pan, Wenguo & Tham, Wai Mun. (2007:page83). Contrastive Linguistics: History, Philosophy and Methodology. London: Continuum. .Victor H. Mair (1997), "Ma Jianzhong and the Invention of Chinese Grammar", in Chaofen Sun, ed., Studies on the History of Chinese Syntax. Monograph Series Number 10 of Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 5-26. Although the "germination of modern linguistics in China"Pan, Wenguo & Tham, Wai Mun. (2007:page4). Contrastive Linguistics: History, Philosophy and Methodology. London: Continuum. . is attributed to this book, Mashi Wentong was criticized by critics such as Chen ChengzeChen, Chengze. (1922:page11) Guowenfa Caochuang (A Preliminary Grammar of Chinese), reprinted in 1982, Beijing: Commercial Press. and Li JinxiLi, Jinxi. (1933:page13) Bijiao Wenfa (Comparative Grammar), revised in 1973, reprinted in 1986, Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju. as imitating Western grammar and imposing the Western grammatical tradition on Chinese.Pan and Tham. (2007:page101). Contrastive Linguistics: History, Philosophy and Methodology. London: Continuum. .