This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...Everything depends on maintaining a perfect balance between the two principles represented by the " White Tiger" and the "Azure Dragon," who guard the approaches of every dwelling and whose opposing influences have to be nicely adjusted by the well-paid professors of the magic arts. In social life appearance, outward ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...Everything depends on maintaining a perfect balance between the two principles represented by the " White Tiger" and the "Azure Dragon," who guard the approaches of every dwelling and whose opposing influences have to be nicely adjusted by the well-paid professors of the magic arts. In social life appearance, outward show, "face," as it is called, is everything, and the essential point the observance of the "eleventh commandment." The question is never of facts but always of form, and Mr. A. H. Smith, who has best treated this subject, adds that the most telling qualities of the Chinese in their competition with other races are "a matchless patience and forbearance under wrongs and evils beyond cure, a happy temperament, no nerves, and a digestion like that of an ostrich." Although an extremely courteous people among themselves, an unpleasant trait is their attitude of aggressive superiority displayed towards strangers. "After the courteous, kindly Japanese, the Chinese seem indifferent, rough, and disagreeable, except the well-to-do merchants, who are bland, complacent, and courteous. Their rude stare, and the way they hustle you in the streets and shout their 'pidjun' English at you is not attractive" (Mrs. Bishop). The Oceanic Or Malayan Mongols In their Oceanic domain the Mongol peoples collectively called Malayans range from Madagascar through Malaysia to Formosa, but are found in compact masses chiefly in the Malay Peninsula, in Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Lombok, Billiton, Bangka, Nias, the Spice Islands, and the Philippines. Even here they have mingled in many places with other races, such as the Negritos in the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines, Papuans in Flores and the other ...
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