Chinese Sketches


Lu par MaryAnn

(4.7 stars; 29 reviews)

Herbert Giles was in the diplomatic service in China from 1867 to 1893. His frank observations on Chinese culture and people form the basis of these short essays, published in 1876. On his retirement, he returned to England and served as the Chair of Chinese at Cambridge for 35 years. (4 hr 56 min)

Chapitres

Preface 1:43 Lu par MaryAnn
Death of an Emperor 13:46 Lu par MaryAnn
The Position of Women 6:21 Lu par MaryAnn
Etiquette 6:02 Lu par MaryAnn
Etiquette No. II 4:57 Lu par MaryAnn
Literature 6:10 Lu par MaryAnn
Educational Literature 4:53 Lu par MaryAnn
Dentistry 7:14 Lu par MaryAnn
Medical Science 6:37 Lu par MaryAnn
Medical Science No. II 6:11 Lu par MaryAnn
Loan Societies 5:06 Lu par MaryAnn
Guilds 6:47 Lu par MaryAnn
Pawnbrokers 7:05 Lu par MaryAnn
Postal Service 6:18 Lu par MaryAnn
Slang 7:54 Lu par MaryAnn
Fortune-Telling 5:53 Lu par MaryAnn
Games and Gambling 7:22 Lu par MaryAnn
Jurisprudence 5:07 Lu par MaryAnn
Jurisprudence No. II 8:39 Lu par MaryAnn
Buddhist Priests 5:15 Lu par MaryAnn
Respect for the Written Character 5:35 Lu par MaryAnn
Superstition 5:36 Lu par MaryAnn
Natural Phenomena 5:16 Lu par MaryAnn
Celebration of the New Year 7:45 Lu par MaryAnn
The Feast of Lanterns 4:58 Lu par MaryAnn
Opium Smoking 9:34 Lu par MaryAnn
Thieving 7:13 Lu par MaryAnn
Lying 9:29 Lu par MaryAnn
Suicide 6:12 Lu par MaryAnn
Torture 15:04 Lu par MaryAnn
Feng-Shui 6:23 Lu par MaryAnn
Money 6:39 Lu par MaryAnn
A Dinner-Party 7:23 Lu par MaryAnn
Female Children 5:32 Lu par MaryAnn
Travel 4:59 Lu par MaryAnn
Predestination 5:26 Lu par MaryAnn
Journalism 6:38 Lu par MaryAnn
Funerals 5:10 Lu par MaryAnn
Inquests 19:50 Lu par MaryAnn
Inquests No. II 7:13 Lu par MaryAnn
Christianity 6:04 Lu par MaryAnn
Anti-Christian Lyrics 7:47 Lu par MaryAnn
Conclusion 1:44 Lu par MaryAnn

Critiques

Chinese sketches


(5 stars)

I am a Vietnamese and Vietnamese culture is not much different from the Chinese. The country of China colonization of the country of Vietnam for thousand of years. Vietnamese even adopted the Chinese language until 1700 centuries when the French came colonized Vietnam and created the modern alphabetical language that the Vietnamese using today. so pretty much the Vietnamese people are adopted many if not all traditions from the Chinese. After listened to this very interesting book i realized many of the barbaric traditions still alive and well , that the Vietnamese are still practicing today that including religions!

Very interesting


(5 stars)

Fascinating British Victorian study of Chinese culture and society, and unexpectedly positive and compassionate given the historical context of Western colonialism and its accompanying racist ideology of that age. Thanks to this book, the erroneous Western propaganda on China and its people have been swept away. What is portrayed with respect is a civilized society of law and order, whose citizens are enterprising and hardworking. The reader, MaryAnn, is excellent as always. Thank you

excelente


(5 stars)

um livro que retrata de forma clara as realidades chinesas e as profundas crenças e costumes nas vidas das mulheres de outros tempos. mas é importante relembrar que apesar de "não existirem hoje", ainda presitem estas crenças familiares milenares.


(5 stars)

Typical racist garbage that white people love to produce. This rubbish (and other similar writings on non-white people) will give you an invaluable insight into the narcissistic sociopathic psychopathy of a people that were only invented 1500 years ago.