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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 observation...
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Preface – Lecture 1 – The Chinese Language 02.01.2026 45:27
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Lecture 2 – A Chinese Library 01.01.2026 46:14
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Lecture 3 – Democratic China 31.12.2025 43:56
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Lecture 4 – China and Ancient Greece 30.12.2025 42:22
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Lecture 5 – Taoism 29.12.2025 43:15
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Lecture 6 – Some Chinese Manners and Customs 28.12.2025 47:55
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