The Spirit of the Chinese People

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The Spirit of the Chinese People

"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.

Episodes

  1. 01/09/2020

    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

  2. 01/09/2020

    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

  3. 01/09/2020

    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

  4. 01/09/2020

    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

  5. 01/09/2020

    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

  6. 01/09/2020

    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

  7. 01/09/2020

    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

  8. 01/09/2020

    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

  9. 01/09/2020

    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

  10. 01/09/2020

    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

  11. 01/09/2020

    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.

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