RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE HUMANITIES
1935, to August 31, 1938. The grant carries on
a plan initiated by the American Council of
Learned Societies through aidfrom the Foundation
in 1933.
This plan was drafted to enable Americanstudents
to pursue their advanced studies on Far
Eastern subjects under guidance, so that they
may make the most advantageous use of the
Chinese and Japanese collections at the Library
of Congress. Those admitted to training are persons
who have had at least two years of residence
in the Orient and possess a basic knowledge
of either Chinese or Japanese. The
director is
aided by native assistants who are under term
appointments. The general project for training
in Chinese is the preparation of at least 2,500
biographies of eminent Chinese living during the
past three centuries. This cooperative effort is
intended to produce the first reference work of
such character in a Western language. Other
activities of individual scholars are the translating
of Chinese documents on agriculture, medicine,
and historical subjects; preparing an English
version of a Japanese chronological history;
and translating contemporary papers for government
departments. During the past year twenty
Americans, Chinese, and Japanese have been
working together in these related enterprises. It
is assumed that most of the workers at this
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