Chin-Chin Or, The Chinaman at Home

Chin-Chin; Or, The Chinaman at Home

The friendly welcome accorded by the English Public to my Chinese Painted by Themselves has encouraged me to publish this translation of my last work. Old Epicurus summed up his philosophy in pleasures well understood. The peoples of the world, all epicureans in a certain measure, amused themselves before him, and have amused themselves since, each after his own fashion. I do not think I shall displease the people of the Country often called Merry England in bringing to their notice The Chinaman at Home. [vi] [vii] Our pleasures are not such as to shock modesty; they are simple and honest, as becomes an ancient nation, which has left the age of youthful follies long behind it, has due self-respect, and knows how to amuse itself decently. In my book, Chinese Tales, I endeavoured to show the minor details of the life of my compatriots, whose political and social customs I have described in my other book, The Chinese Painted by Themselves. The object of this new book is to give a picture of our private amusements and of our small public ftes. It belongs, accordingly,[viii] to anthropological literature, describing as it does a series of ethnological phenomena, games, ceremonies, and ftes, which, however much they may resemble those to be seen in all other countries, have, nevertheless, a special character in each country. This character depends largely on the national conceptions of the people under consideration. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 58371
Author: Tcheng, Ki-tong
Release Date: Nov 28, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Translator: Sherard, Robert Harborough, 1861-1943