Herbert A. Giles (1845–1935)
Auteur van The Civilization of China
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Fotografie: Published courtesy of the Australian National University Library which holds the entire Giles Family Archive
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Werken van Herbert A. Giles
A Chinese Biographical Dictionary 10 exemplaren
A Chinese-English Dictionary 3 exemplaren
Gems of Chinese literature: verse 3 exemplaren
Confucianism and its rivals 3 exemplaren
San Tzu Ching Elementary Chinese, a little monument of Chinese culture, introducing and analyzing Chinese characters (1963) 2 exemplaren
Select Chinese Verses 2 exemplaren
Chaos in China 1 exemplaar
Adversaria Sinica 1 exemplaar
Some truths about opium, by Herbert A. Giles 1 exemplaar
Quips from a Chinese jest-book 1 exemplaar
Some Truths About Opium 1 exemplaar
Slang From Historic China And Other Sketches 1 exemplaar
Chinese Without a Teacher: Being a Collection of Easy and Useful Sentences in the Mandarin Dialect, With a Vocabulary… (2016) 1 exemplaar
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studo 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Giles, Herbert Allen
- Geboortedatum
- 1845-12-08
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1935-02-13
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Charterhouse, Somerset, England, UK
Shanghai, China
Tamsui, Taiwan
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Fort Santo Domingo, Taiwan - Opleiding
- Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK
- Beroepen
- professor
British consul - Organisaties
- University of Cambridge
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Historic China, and Other Sketches: -1882 door Herbert Allen Giles
a more or less loose collection of observations on China. Giles appears most irritated by what he takes as the reluctance of Chinese people to profit from empirical evidence over tradition. The chapter on the instructions to the Chinese Coroner is priceless.
This is not a scholarly book and the historical discussion does not go into great detail. This is the kind of introduction to China that a foreigner visiting the British legation of Ningbo (where Giles had been posted) could expect to receive over port and cigars. The conversational tone is however extremely charming and reveals a great love of China and its people. An extremely pleasant book to read.
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- 40
- Ook door
- 4
- Leden
- 233
- Populariteit
- #96,932
- Waardering
- 4.1
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 93
- Talen
- 3