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1、ThehumannatureofChinesepeople--NotesonreadingRead"thehumannatureofChinese"Aboutthisbooktointroducetheauthor,theauthorofthisbookis[US]ArthurHendersonSmith,Americancongregationalclergyman,borninConnecticut,graduatedfromtheUniversityattheageof22thanrollete.In1872,27yearsofSmithandhiswifeinChina,as
2、amissionaryinTianjin,hasShandong,Hebeiandotherplaces,engagedinpreaching,disasterrelief,medicaltreatment,education,work,livinginChinafor54years."Chinesehumanity"bookisrecognizedasthetimeofChinafamilynameoftheearliestandmostdetailedworkshavebeentranslatedintoFrench,German,Japanandothercountriesin
3、theworldmakethetext,hewasrenownedfor.Thebookwasoutofthehandsofforeigners.Whatwastheevaluationofitintheliteraryworldatthattime?Mr.LuXundiedinfourteendaysagoinearnestinthe"record"(three)"wrote:"IstillwantsomeonetotranslateSmith's"Chinesetemperament"(i.e."Chinesehumanity"),thisbookasamirror,lookat
4、these,andintrospection,analysis,understandwhattosay,change,struggle,selfdoKungFu,withoutaskingforforgivenessandpraise,toprovewhatisChinese."Theremaybealotofpeoplewillhavethefollowingpoints:(1)Chinesehumanityisafterthousandsofyearsofevolutionand,asaChinesemaynotbeabletomakeacorrectevaluationandc
5、orrecttoChinesenature,nottomentionaforeignerlivinginChinafiftyyearswillbeabletoChinahumannaturepointing?(2)ifhedescribesthefacts,thatisalsothepastChina,andnowitisoflittlevalue.Nowitisofnopracticalsignificancetoreaditagain.Fortheabovetwoviews,Ihavesomepersonalviews,Ipersonallythinkthataforeignwr
6、iterbreaknotinwordstodeceivethereader,specificexamplesandhementionedareaboutsourcedescriptionsorhaveotherwritersoncesaid,fromthepastclassics,wecanunderstandhimtheistrueforindividualexamplesinthebook,althoughitisdifficulttoimagine,butwehavereasontobelievethathedescribedthecasemayoccuratthetimeof
7、theChineseis,thestoryofamicrocosmofatleastinreality;althoughitwaswrittenalongtimeagoChinese,reactionarealsoadvantagesanddisadvantagesthepastChinesereflectsthehumannature,butwhocanassertthatthisbookdoesnothaveanysignificanceinthetw
