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Herbert A Giles
Modern sinology – the study of things Chinese –may trace its roots back centuries to Marco Polo, Byzantium and even Imperial Rome, but to a great extent it was built…
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Title: Chinese Sketches.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest research libraries holding over 150…
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Title: From Swatow to Canton: overland.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s largest research libraries…
It is a very common thing now-a-days to meet people who are going to China, which can be reached by the Siberian railway in fourteen or fifteen days. This brings…
Herbert Allen Giles
The Civilization Of China from Herbert Allen Giles. British diplomat, sinologist, and professor of Chinese language (1845-1935).
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
Chuang Tzu was to Lao Tzu, the author of Tao Te Ching, as Hui-neng, the sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism, was to Bodhidharma, and in some respects St.Paul to Jesus…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
Reproduction of the original: A History of Chinese Literature by Herbert A. Giles
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
The problem of the universe has never offered the slightest difficulty to Chinese philosophers. Before the beginning of all things, there was Nothing. In the lapse of ages Nothing coalesced…
This collection of Chinese prose showcases some of the most beautiful and timeless works of ancient literature. The book provides a fascinating insight into Chinese culture and history, with the…
The Hibbert Lectures, Second Series, Lectures Delivered in the University Hall of Dr. Williams Library, London. Oct.-Dec. 1914.
On some Translations and Mistranslations in Dr. Williams’ Syllabic dictionary of the Chinese Language is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879. Hansebooks is editor of the…
(LARGE PRINT EDITION) The Hibbert Lectures, Second Series, Lectures Delivered in the University Hall of Dr. Williams Library, London. Oct.-Dec. 1914.
This collection explores monetary institutions linking Europe and the Americas in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.
Herbert A. Giles
Designed primarily as a key to an understanding of the terms and terminology employed in Anglo-Chinese society at the turn of the twentieth century. Subjects as diverse as the origin…
It is said that no fewer than thirty thousand adherents were executed before the trouble was finally suppressed; from which statement it is easy to gather that under whatever form…
The Chinese people reverence above all things literature and learning; they hate war, bearing in mind the saying of Mencius, There is no such thing as a righteous war; we…
An individual’s perceptive survey of Chinese society, economics, law and science in the late 19th century
In Two Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we…
Arcana Saitica - briefly discussed in three essays on the masonic tracing boards is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879. Hansebooks is editor of the literature…
Presents the second series of the Hibbert Lectures, which were delivered in the University Hall of Dr Williams Library, London, during Oct-Dec, 1914.
"Confucianism and Its Rivals" by Herbert A. Giles offers a comprehensive exploration of the rich tapestry of Chinese religions, spanning the dominance of Confucianism and Taoism to the historical role…
China and the Manchus by Herbert A. Giles was first published in 1912 as part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series. The volume presents a historical account…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Herbert Allen Giles (8 December 1845 - 13 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at Cambridge University for 35 years. Giles was…
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Songling Pu
Chinese Ghost Stories - Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, is a collection of 164 Classical Chinese stories compiled by Pu Songling.
These hair-raising tales focus on the everyday life…
