Chinese characteristics Download Chinese Characteristics (1890 PDF) by Arthur Henderson Smith — a classic sociological study of late‑Qing China, examining customs, social behavior, and cultural traits through the lens of a missionary observer. A va…
The analects of Confucius The Discourses of Confucius, commonly known as the Analects, no student of Chinese, least of all the missionary, can afford to neglect. I n this brief treatise is revealed to us, more or less fully, the mind of Chinas mos…
A history of Chinese literature A history of Chinese literature b yHerbert Allen Giles This s the first attempt made in any language, including Chinese, to produce a history of Chinese literature. Native scholars, with their endless critiques and a…
The wisdom of the Chinese: their philosophy in sayings and proverbs In the Western world someone has said: * Confucius invented wisdom," and when you find sayings of his like this one — "When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and…
Who's who in China; biographies of Chinese leaders Who's who in China This edition of Who's Who in China, the fifth to be issued since 1918, contains the biographical sketches of more than 1,500 of the best-known men and women of China.…
The wisdom of the Chinese: their philosophy in sayings and proverbs In the Western world someone has said: * Confucius invented wisdom," and when you find sayings of his like this one — "When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and…
China the mysterious and marvellous CHINA, after resisting change for forty centuries, is at last changing. An oriental republic has supplanted an ancient oriental monarchy. The old dragon of dynastic misrule is dead, and an age-old subject race …
