China as Described by Great Writers; - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1360772413 ISBN 13 : 9781360772417

Editeur : Wentworth Press, 2016

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A nother artist, Mortimer Mempes, writes :T he traveller inC hina is impressed with the vastness of its extent, the fertility of its various countries, the grandeur of its rivers, the beauty and boldness of its bridges, the strength of its city walls, the contrast of wealth or squalor in the cities, the untiring industry of the people. A more detailed knowledge compels admiration for their proficiency in arts and crafts. It is manifestly impossible in a book of this size to give a detailed description of eighteen provinces covering a million and a half square miles in which there are no less than four thousand walled cities! I have, therefore, had to limit my selections to a few of the best-known places and leave the rest to general articles. The inhabitants of the Flowery Kingdom are almost less known than the country itself. Like everything else in this curious country, their character is paradoxical and hard for theW esterner to comprehend. Not comprehending, he is naturally lacking in sympathy. In this topsy-turvy land one of the obstacles to mutual understanding is the relation of man to his ancestors and the spiritual world. The whole of Chinese life revolves around this. One of the authors quoted in this book notes :T he Chinaman obviously believes that a mans soul is immortal and that its welfare has the very closest connection with the welfare of his descendant.
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Preface POPULAR opinion with regard to China is rapidlj changing as this strange world is becoming better known. En now, it may be almost termed an untravelled country, although of late years the tourist and artist have been extending their adventures farther afield. Mr. Liddell, who, in his beautiful book China: its Marvil and Mystery (L ondon, 1909), has given many delightful pictures with both pen and brush, says :C hina is such a vast country, and holds such wealth of beauty and interest that an artist might spend years and then only have taken the cream from each place. .I venture to think that if Europeans could but see more pictures, realistically painted, of the natural and created beauties of that great Empire, they would form a better opinion, not only of the country, but of the civilization and very high artistic sense of the people. .. My visit to Japan was but a short one, ... but I could not help comparing the two countries artistically, very much (from my point of view) in favour of China, which, with increased facilities for travelling, will become a great holiday ground for, at any rate, the wealthier traveller.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wentworth Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1360772413
• ISBN 13: 9781360772417
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 488
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne