@article{oai:nichibun.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000391, author = {METAILIE, Georges}, journal = {Nichibunken Japan review : bulletin of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies}, month = {Jan}, note = {The terminology of modern botany in Chinese texts is very different in books published during the nineteenth century and those published after. This fact cannot be explained when considering only the botanical literature in China. One must look at what happened in Japan since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Doing so, one realizes the mutual influences that Chinese and Japanese botanists have had on each other and, eventually, one cannot but acknowledge that the dramatic change which occurred in Chinese botanical writings at the beginning of this century is mainly due to Chinese terms which are actually loanwords borrowed from the Japanese.}, pages = {241--249}, title = {Sources for Modern Botany in China during Qing Dynasty}, volume = {4}, year = {1993} }