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Chinese Sketches by Herbert Allen GILES (1845 - 1935)
Genre(s): Essays & Short Works

Read by: MaryAnn in English

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Preface
00:01:43 - 01 - Death of an Emperor
00:15:28 - 02 - The Position of Women
00:21:49 - 03 - Etiquette
00:27:51 - 04 - Etiquette No. II
00:32:48 - 05 - Literature
00:38:57 - 06 - Educational Literature
00:43:51 - 07 - Dentistry
00:51:05 - 08 - Medical Science
00:57:42 - 09 - Medical Science No. II
01:03:53 - 10 - Loan Societies
01:09:00 - 11 - Guilds
01:15:47 - 12 - Pawnbrokers
01:22:52 - 13 - Postal Service
01:29:10 - 14 - Slang
01:37:04 - 15 - Fortune-Telling
01:42:57 - 16 - Games and Gambling
01:50:19 - 17 - Jurisprudence
01:55:26 - 18 - Jurisprudence No. II
02:04:05 - 19 - Buddhist Priests
02:09:20 - 20 - Respect for the Written Character
02:14:55 - 21 - Superstition
02:20:31 - 22 - Natural Phenomena
02:25:47 - 23 - Celebration of the New Year
02:33:32 - 24 - The Feast of Lanterns
02:38:30 - 25 - Opium Smoking
02:48:04 - 26 - Thieving
02:55:18 - 27 - Lying
03:04:46 - 28 - Suicide
03:10:58 - 29 - Torture
03:26:02 - 30 - Feng-Shui
03:32:25 - 31 - Money
03:39:04 - 32 - A Dinner-Party
03:46:27 - 33 - Female Children
03:51:59 - 34 - Travel
03:56:58 - 35 - Predestination
04:02:24 - 36 - Journalism
04:09:02 - 37 - Funerals
04:14:12 - 38 - Inquests
04:34:02 - 39 - Inquests No. II
04:41:16 - 40 - Christianity
04:47:20 - 41 - Anti-Christian Lyrics
04:55:07 - 42 - Conclusion

Herbert Giles was in the diplomatic service in China from 1867 to 1893. His frank observations on Chinese culture and people form the basis of these short essays, published in 1876. On his retirement, he returned to England and served as the Chair of Chinese at Cambridge for 35 years.

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