Herbert A. Giles (1845–1935)
Author of The Civilization of China
About the Author
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Series
Works by Herbert A. Giles
A Chinese Biographical Dictionary 10 copies
A Chinese-English Dictionary 3 copies
Gems of Chinese literature: verse 3 copies
San Tzu Ching Elementary Chinese, a little monument of Chinese culture, introducing and analyzing Chinese characters (1963) 2 copies
Select Chinese Verses 2 copies
Chaos in China 1 copy
Adversaria Sinica 1 copy
Some Truths About Opium 1 copy
Associated Works
The Washing Away of Wrongs: Forensic Medicine in Thirteenth-Century China (1247) — Translator, some editions — 22 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Giles, Herbert Allen
- Birthdate
- 1845-12-08
- Date of death
- 1935-02-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Places of residence
- Charterhouse, Somerset, England, UK
Shanghai, China
Tamsui, Taiwan
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Fort Santo Domingo, Taiwan - Education
- Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK
- Occupations
- professor
British consul - Organizations
- University of Cambridge
Members
Reviews
Historic China, and Other Sketches: -1882 by Herbert Allen Giles
a more or less loose collection of observations on China. Giles appears most irritated by what he takes as the reluctance of Chinese people to profit from empirical evidence over tradition. The chapter on the instructions to the Chinese Coroner is priceless.
This is not a scholarly book and the historical discussion does not go into great detail. This is the kind of introduction to China that a foreigner visiting the British legation of Ningbo (where Giles had been posted) could expect to receive over port and cigars. The conversational tone is however extremely charming and reveals a great love of China and its people. An extremely pleasant book to read.
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Statistics
- Works
- 40
- Also by
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- Members
- 238
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 4.2
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- ISBNs
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