Excerpt from Chinese Moral Maxims It is believed that this reprint of Sir John Davis's translation, first published in 1823, of these old Chinese maxims, will be welcomed. They are nearly all familiar to us in quite diflerent forms, and it is very interesting to compare the varying moulds into which the same thought has been cast by Oriental and by European minds. A few only are characteristically Chinese and refer to conditions peculiar to that nation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of ...
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Excerpt from Chinese Moral Maxims It is believed that this reprint of Sir John Davis's translation, first published in 1823, of these old Chinese maxims, will be welcomed. They are nearly all familiar to us in quite diflerent forms, and it is very interesting to compare the varying moulds into which the same thought has been cast by Oriental and by European minds. A few only are characteristically Chinese and refer to conditions peculiar to that nation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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