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The aim of this work is to suggest a rough outline of Chinese civilization from the earliest times down to the near present period of rapid and startl...
The Glossary was designed primarily as a key to an understanding of the terms and terminology employed in Anglo-Chinese society at the turn of the twe...
From the ancient pantheon of gods whose edicts could only be divined using oracle bones to the later, more organized systems of Taoism and Confucianis...
"China and the Chinese" consists of a number of Lectures that were delivered during March, 1902, at Columbia University, in the city of New York. They...
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Taken in its widest sense, the term includes Mongolia, Manchuria, Eastern Turkestan, Tibet, and the Eighteen Provinces, the whole being equivalent to ...
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Reproduction of the original: A History of Chinese Literature by Herbert A. Giles...
Turning now to China, the famous House of Sung, the early years of which were so full of promise of national prosperity, and which is deservedly assoc...
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The classic collection of eerie and fantastic Chinese stories of the supernatural
Long considered a masterpiece of the eerie and fantastic, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of supernatural-themed tales compiled fr...
"Confucianism and Its Rivals" by Herbert A. Giles offers a comprehensive exploration of the rich tapestry of Chinese religions, spanning the dominance...
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1877 Edition....
In English Verse
A Delightful article by Mr. H. A. Giles on " Chinese Poetry in English Verse" appears in the Nineteenth Century. He begins by reminding us that "for m...
In the Mandarin Dialect
"A Dictionary of Colloquial Idioms in the Mandarin Dialect" by Herbert A. Giles of H.B.M. Consular Service." Shanghai A. H. de Carvalho: 1873." This w...
Philosophical Theory of the Universe.-The problem of the universe has never offered the slightest difficulty to Chinese philosophers. Before the begin...
Published in 1905, this is a history and description of ancient religions in China. Includes Confucianism, Taoism, Materialism, Buddhism and more....
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
The religions of ancient China are widely disparate; this particular little work was meant mainly as travelers' literature (and was part of a spiritua...
On some Translations and Mistranslations in Dr. Williams' Syllabic dictionary of the Chinese Language is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the ori...
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OUR diplomatic and consular agents are never doing better work than when they are making us acquainted with the manners and customs, the literature an...