In October 2023 I took a break from my PhD research to do a placement at the British Library. I’m taking part in a project to work on Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) of classical Chinese manuscripts from the Dunhuang collection. The British Library holds some fabulous resources for delving into Chinese history and literature and […]
Scrivener for Chinese text collections: an introduction
If you’re looking to organise your own collection of Chinese texts, Scrivener, a popular writing application, turns out to be one great option to consider. Scrivener was created as a tool for authors and researchers. It allows users to bring multiple documents together in one place and break them into small manageable sections. It has […]
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digital tools for sinology
Welcome to my new blog, where I will be looking into some aspects of digital sinology. I am currently a DPhil student at the University of Oxford. I am exploring the Zhuangzi 莊子, a classic of early Chinese literature, with a focus on the commentary of Lin Xiyi 林希逸. In the course of my research I have […]
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