THE SPIRIT OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE, WITH: AN ESSAY ON EN FRANCE

The Spirit of the Chinese People, With: An Essay on Civilization and Anarchy (Classic Reprint) Hung-Ming Ku Auteur: Hung-Ming Ku Editeur: Forgotten Books Broché: 192 pages paperback Publication: 06/08/2012 Dimensions: 22,86 x 15,24 x 2,29 Publier en: Anglais Languages d'origine: Anglais Help ? Chinese civilisation. Now in order to estimate the value of a civilisation, it seems to me, the question we must finally ask is not what great cities, what magnificent houses, what fine roads it has built and is able to build; what beautiful and comfortable furniture, what clever and useful implements, tools and instruments it has made and is able to make; no, not even what imstitutions, what arts and sciences it has invented: the question we must ask, in order to estimate the value of a civilisation, is, uhat type of humanity, what kind of men and women it has been able to produce, In fact, the man and woman, the type of human beings which a civilisation produces, it is this which shows the essence, the personality, so to speak, the soul of that civilisation. Now if the men and women of a civilisation show the essence, the personality and soul of that civilisation, the language which the men and women in that civilisation speak, shows the essence, the personality, the soul of the men and women of that civilisation. The French say of literary composition, Le style, cest Vhomiiu. I have therefore taken these three thinga, the Real Chinaman, the Chinese woman and the Chinese language, as the subjects of the first three essays in this volume to illustrate the spiiit and show the value of the Chinese (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Les clients ayant achet? cet article ont ?galement achet? Mot Clef: Nonfiction Education Education Theory