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Celaleddin Wang-Zin-Shan (1903–1961) was a Chinese-born Muslim academic, politician, diplomat and one of the pioneering figures in Sinology studies in Türkiye. After beginning his higher education at Peking University, he completed it at Istanbul University. Following senior government positions in China, Wang settled in Türkiye in 1955, where he continued his academic activities and opened Türkiye’s first Chinese restaurant, contributing to the country’s culinary culture. Early Life and Educati

Modern linguistics, when examining the origins of words, rises upon foundations laid centuries ago in the East. As Fuat Sezgin has pointed out, lexicography is not a discipline that emerged in the West; rather, it is a continuation of a field that had already been systematized in the East at an early stage.Fuat Sezgin, Arap-İslam Bilimler Tarihi, Cilt VIII: Sözlükbilim (Takriben H. 430’a Kadar), çev. Esma Tezcan (İstanbul: İBTAV Yayınları, 2022), 17. ">【1】The history of science gains meaning