《中國(guó)和中國(guó)人》通過(guò)大量實(shí)例講述了中國(guó)的語(yǔ)言特點(diǎn)、劍橋圖書館所藏有關(guān)中國(guó)的圖書、中國(guó)的行政管理制度、中國(guó)與古希臘的比較、道教,以及中國(guó)的民風(fēng)和習(xí)俗。 \nThe "China Yesterday" series include a few Sinological and biographical works on the topics of Chinese history, literature, society, etc. All these works were written by foreigners and shed light on China in unique perspectives. \nWith lots of examples, China and the Chinese expounds on features of Chinese language, books about China in the Cambridge Library, Chinas administrative system, comparison between China and ancient Greece, Taoism, and Chinese folk customs.
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LECTURE I \n THE CHINESE LANGUAGE \n Its Importance— Its Difficulty— The Colloquial— Dialects—“Mandarin”— Absence of Grammar— Illustrations— Pidgin-English—Scarcity of Vocables— The Tones— Coupled Words— The Written Language— The Indicators— Picture Characters— Pictures of Ideas—The Phonetics— Some Faulty Analyses \n LECTURE II \n A CHINESE LIBRARY \n The Cambridge (Eng.) Library— (A) The Confucian Canon—(B) Dynastic History— The “Historical Record”— The “Mirror of History”— Biography— Encyclopædias— How arranged—Collections of Reprints— The Imperial Statutes— The Penal Code—(C) Geography— Topography— An Old Volume— Account of Strange Nations— (D) Poetry— Novels— Romance of the Three Kingdoms—Plays— (E) Dictionaries— The Concordance— Its Arrangement—Imperial Catalogue— Senior Classics \n LECTURE III \n DEMOCRATIC CHINA \n The Emperor— Provincial Government— Circuits— Prefectures—Magistracies— Headboroughs— The People— The Magistrate— Other Provincial Officials— The Prefect— The Intendant of Circuit (Taot‘a(chǎn)i)—Viceroy and Governor— Taxation— Mencius on “the People”— Personal Liberty— New Imposts— Combination—Illustrations \n LECTURE IV \n CHINA AND ANCIENT GREECE \n Relative Values of Chinese and Greek in Mental and Moral Training— Lord Granville— Wên T’ien-hsiang— Han Yü— An Emperor— A Land of Opposites— Coincidences between Chinese and Greek Civilisations— The Question of Greek Influence— Greek \n Words in Chinese— Coincidences in Chinese and Western Literature—Students of Chinese wanted \n LECTURE V \n TAOISM \n Religions in China— What is Tao?— Lao Tz?— The Tao Tê Ching—Its Claims— The Philosophy of Lao Tz?— -Developed by Chuang Tz?— His View of Tao— A Taoist Poet— Symptoms of Decay— The Elixir of Life— Alchemy— The Black Art— Struggle between Buddhism and Taoism— They borrow from One Another— The Corruption of \n Tao— Its Last State \n LECTURE VI \n SOME CHINESE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS \n Origin of the Queue— Social Life— An Eyeglass— Street Etiquette— Guest and Host— The Position of Women— Infanticide—Training and Education of Women— The Wife’s Status— Ancestral Worship— Widows— Foot-binding— Henpecked Husbands— The \n Chinaman a Mystery— Customs vary with Places— Dog’s Flesh—Substitutes at Executions— Doctors— Conclusion \n INDEX