China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles 6 Audio CD Unabridged English

Description: China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy. This series of lectures, published as “China and the Chinese”, was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended for the specialist, more to urge a wider and more systematic study of China and its culture, and to encourage new students into the field. While many of the observations are just as relevant today, others will remind us how much China has changed since the period of the Manchu Qing dynasty in which he wrote Lecture I - The Chinese Language Lecture II - A Chinese Library Lecture III - Democratic China Lecture IV - China and Ancient Greece Lecture V - Taoism Lecture VI - Some Chinese Manners and Customs Read by David Barnes Approx. Play Time: 4 hours 29 minutes THIS CD WILL PLAY IN ANY CD PLAYER INCLUDING YOUR CAR

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