Proverbs and Common Sayings from the Chinese: Together with Much Related and Unrelated Matter, Interspersed with Observations on Chinese Things-In-General (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Smith, Arthur Henderson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330206835 ISBN 13 : 9781330206836

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

With the exception of the last fifty pages, this volume consists of material published in the Chinese Recorder, from 1882 to 1885. A bout 1,900 Phrases, Proverbs, Couplets, Odes, etc., are explained, but few of which, so far as the writer is aware, have been previously published. The hundred pages devoted toP uns and other Linguistic Diversions, embracing more than 300 examples, open into an expansive territory, hitherto singularly neglected. TiT hose who have not examined the proverbial sayings of the Chinese are surprised at the richness of the language in this respect. The inquiry has been often made where so many proverbs are to be found, and the suggestion occasionally hazarded that the author made them up out of his own head. Those most acquainted with the resources of the colloquial will best understanij how unnecessary is such a theory. Only a small part of the ample materials available has been here presented. In several instances unauthorized characters, or authorized characters in unauthorized senses, have been allowed to stand, since there seemed to be no better way to express the colloquial idea. To the articles as originally published there was for a great length of time appended an invitation to any reader who observed in them errors of fact, or mistranslations, to communicate them to the author, who promised to be duly grateful. To this suggestion no attention was ever paid by any human being. This might be accounted for either on the supposition that there were no readers, that there were no mistakes, or that such readers as there were preferred to attend to their own terrestrial concerns, and, as the Chinese adage runs, allow the sick man to furnish his own perspiration. In so wide a field as is covered by this volume, it is indeed certain that there must be many errors, due, as Dr Johnson said of lone of his false definitions, 1o pure igno
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330206835
• ISBN 13: 9781330206836
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 420