The Civilization of China
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The book is The Civilization of China by Herbert A. Giles, Professor of Chinese in the University of Cambridge. The preface says the aim of this work is to suggest a rough outline of Chinese civilization from the earliest times down to the present period of rapid and startling transition. The contents list names, among others, chapters called THE FEUDAL AGE, LAW AND GOVERNMENT and RELIGION AND SUPERSTITION.
The Yellow River, which runs on nearly parallel lines of latitude except for a great loop to the north, has long been known as China's Sorrow and has been responsible for enormous loss of life and property. The text says that, as to the novel, the long story with a worked-out plot, it is not really a local product and seems to have come along with the Mongols from Central Asia, when they conquered China in the thirteenth century.
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- Author
- Herbert Allen Giles
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 98
- Language
- English
- Genre
- History
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