The Spirit of the Chinese People

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"The Spirit of the Chinese People" was published in 1915 by Malaysian-Chinese scholar Gu Hongming. This essay collection is considered to be the first work in modern China to introduce Chinese people to westerners. Although the opinions seem dated, the book offers interesting insights into the impact of Confucianism on the Chinese people and culture.

09/01/2020

1- What is the real Chinaman

"The Spirit of the Chinese People" is a book published in 1915 by Malaysian-Chinese scholar Gu Hongming. Narrator : Manling Program Producer: Huang Rui

23 min
09/01/2020

10- Chinese Scholarship ( part 1)

This episode is part I of the article titled Chinese Scholarship, in which the author makes an attempt to examine what had already been accomplished in terms of Chinese scholarship before the 1920s. Narrator : Manling Program Producer: Huang Rui

22 min
09/01/2020

11- Chinese Scholarship ( part 2)

In Part II of the article titled “Chinese Scholarship”, Gu points out what he conceives Chinese scholarship should be. Narrator : Manling Program Producer: Huang Rui

20 min
09/01/2020

2- Chinese live a life of the heart

The book offers interesting insights into the impact of Confucianism on the Chinese people and culture, one of them being that Chinese people, as a race, are able to live the life of a child in their heart, and that is the secret of perpetual youth. Narrator : Manling Program Producer: Huang Rui

23 min
09/01/2020

3- Confucianism is a Religion

The author talks about the greatest contribution of Confucius and that it was he who gave the Chinese people the idea of a State. Narrator : Manling Program Producer: Huang Rui

23 min
09/01/2020

4- The sense of honour

Gu Hongming talks about the state religion and the family religion, and again, why the Chinese people do not feel the need for religion. Narrator : Manling Program Producer: Huang Rui

23 min
09/01/2020

5- The law of the gentleman

In the book "The Spirit of the Chinese People", Malaysian-Chinese scholar Gu Hongming talks about the moral law and the law of the gentleman in Confucianism. Although the opinions seem dated, the book offers interesting insights into the impact of Confucianism on the Chinese people and culture. Narrator : Manling Program Producer: Huang Rui

23 min
09/01/2020

6- Confucianism awakens and kindles in men

This part of the book "The Spirit of the Chinese People" talks about how Confucianism awakens and kindles within men. Narrator : Manling Program Producer: Huang Rui

23 min
09/01/2020

7- Is Chinese a difficult language?

This is one of the essays collected in "The Spirit of the Chinese People", which is titled the Chinese Language. Gu begins with a question that most foreigners who have tried to learn Chinese would ask: Is Chinese a difficult language?

23 min
09/01/2020

8- John Smith in China

This episode brings you the article titled "John Smith in China," in which Gu Hongming Talks about the difference between the East and West. Narrator : Manling Program Producer: Huang Rui

17 min
09/01/2020

9- What Makes A Great Sinologue

In the article titled "A Great Sinologue", Gu Hongming makes an attempt to estimate the quality and value of a Sinologue of his time. In discussing some selecting articles of the Sinologue’s publication, Gu points out this Sinologue who can translate Chinese sentences but cannot interpret and understand Chinese thought. Is that so? Narrator : Manling Program Producer: Huang Rui

18 min

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"The Spirit of the Chinese People" was published in 1915 by Malaysian-Chinese scholar Gu Hongming. This essay collection is considered to be the first work in modern China to introduce Chinese people to westerners. Although the opinions seem dated, the book offers interesting insights into the impact of Confucianism on the Chinese people and culture.