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China and the Chinese

by Herbert Allen Giles

EN·~4 hours·17 chapters

Chapters

17 total

CHINA AND THE CHINESE

0:01

HERBERT ALLEN GILES, LL.D.

0:26

PREFACE

3:01

LECTURE I - THE CHINESE LANGUAGE

0:02

CHINA AND THE CHINESE - THE CHINESE LANGUAGE

34:14

LECTURE II - A CHINESE LIBRARY

0:02

A CHINESE LIBRARY

38:50

LECTURE III - DEMOCRATIC CHINA

0:02

DEMOCRATIC CHINA

37:04

LECTURE IV - CHINA AND ANCIENT GREECE

0:02

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Produced by R. Cedron, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2006-03-20

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18021

Subjects

Taoism Chinese literature China -- Social life and customs Chinese language DS

About the author

Herbert Allen Giles

1845–1935

A pioneering British sinologist, diplomat, and translator, he helped shape how generations of English-speaking readers approached Chinese language and literature. Best known for the Wade–Giles romanization system, he also brought classical Chinese stories and ideas to a wide audience.

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