Chinese Sketches


Gelesen von 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)

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

Bewertungen

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.