Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected With China

James Dyer Ball

ISBN 10: 1330014243 / ISBN 13: 9781330014240

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Print on Demand. This extensive book is a comprehensive guide to some of the main topics of Chinese culture, history, and everyday life. The author, with their great experience in China, captures the essence of this ancient civilization in a way that is both engaging and informative. The book covers a vast array of subjects, including the abacus, which has been used by Chinese merchants for centuries, traditional Chinese medicine, and the role of acupuncture in it. It delves into the fascinating world of Chinese adoption practices and explores the complex relationship between the Chinese agricultural practices and the survival of its vast population throughout history. The book is a rich resource for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of this captivating country. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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• Titolo: Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected With China
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1330014243
• ISBN 13: 9781330014240
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Modern History of Asia

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Excerpt from Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected With China

Nearly forty years spent in China have given the author many opportunities of observing and studying the Chinese in almost every aspect of their life and character, and, while indebted to other writers as well, he has largely availed himself of these personal observations and experiences in the production of this book.

The first appearance of Mr Basil Hall Chamberlain's 'things Japanese' gave rise to the idea of 'things Chinese,' until now, in the words of that author in the Preface to his Fourth Edition of 'things Japanese' (for edition after edition of it and 'things Chinese' have been issued nearly parz' passu), 'in the un likely event of anyone instituting a minute comparison between this edition and its predecessor, he would find minor alterations innumerable - here a line erased, there a paragraph added, or again a figure changed, a statement qualified, a description or a list brought up to date, even a score (or two or more) of completely new articles inserted. But take it altogether, the book remains the same as heretofore.' So the same may be said of this Fourth Edition of 'things Chinese.' A word here, a line there, now a clause, then a term struck out, a phrase deleted, or sentence altered - all have had their share in making it necessary to put the word 'revised'

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.