Author: Hirth, Friedrich
Title: The Ancient History of China to the End of the Chóu Dynasty
Description: New York, NY, Columbia University Press, 1908. 1941 Peking reprint. Softcover. Tan wraps with black text. 383 pp. No illus, but a fold-out map at the end. 1941 Chinese reprint of original 1908 edition by Fredrich Hirth. "When, in 1813, about the time of the battle of Leipzig, patriotic cares preyed upon his soul, Germany's great poet, Goethe, took refuge in the history of China. The novelty of the study and the very diversity of the subject had, we may conclude from his own words,* a salutary effect on his mind. The century, or nearly so, which has elapsed since the time when Chinese subjects were the Ultima Thule in that wide range of scientific industry characteristic of one of the world's most universal minds has wrought a wonderful change in public interest. Political events have brought China to the front ; and the Western world is now more than ever bent on studying the civilization of that once-neglected empire — unfortunately often with ill success. It is the universal complaint among Westerners — and those who have had the longest experience in studying Orientals are the most ready to admit the fact — that we shall scarcely ever become as familiar with the Chinese as we are with nations nearer to ourselves in race and culture. This complaint will probably never cease to be justified, but it may be considerably attenuated." - from preface by Hirth. Good- wraps with some staining, wrinkles, discoloration, spine with crack down center and some pieces at edges flaking away, untrimmed pages - complete materials, excellent reference copy .

Keywords: Asian Art ; Chinese History ; ; General Art - Asian


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