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Francisco Varo (October 4, 1627 – January 31, 1687) was a Spanish Dominican friar, missionary in China, and author of the second grammar of Mandarin Chinese in a western language, "Arte de la lengua mandarina" (1703). His Chinese names were Wan Fangjige (Chinese: 萬方濟各; pinyin: wàn fāngjìgè Vuán Fāng Çhí kǒ) and Wan Jiguo (Chinese: 萬濟國; pinyin: wàn jìguó).[1][2]
- ^ Francisco Varo; W. South Coblin; Joseph Abraham Levi (2000). W. South Coblin; Joseph Abraham Levi (eds.). Francisco Varo's grammar of the mandarin language, 1703: an English translation of 'Arte de la lengua Mandarina' /[edited by] W. South Coblin, Joseph A. Levi ; with an introduction by Sandra Breitenbach. Vol. 93 of Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science: Studies in the history of the language sciences (illustrated ed.). John Benjamins Pub. Co. p. xi. ISBN 90-272-4581-9. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
was also an active and energetic teacher of Chinese, and in addition to his grammar he is also known to have written Portuguese-Mandarin and Spanish- Mandarin glossaries. Varo had two Chinese names. The first of these, Wan Fangjige
(the University of Michigan) - ^ Francisco Varo's Grammar of the Mandarin Language: 1703: An English Translation of 'Arte de La Lengua Mandarina'