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The Spirit of the Chinese People China Plus
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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.
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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