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requiresurageandthatrarething;honesty;andthatstillrarerthing;anstant
questioningaind
buthehasadistinctadvantageovertheforeignobserverforheisachinese;andasa
chinese;henotonlyseesindbuthealsofeelshhisheart;andheknows
thatheblood;surginginhisveinsintidesofprideandshaischineseblood;a
steryofsteriesicalnstitutionthepastand
thefutureofchinabearerofallitspride
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第7节
andshaandofallitsgloriesandit
iniquitiestheanalogyofthefalytreasureisthereforeinpleteand
inadequate;forthatunnsself
hehasperhapsleaedtoplayenglishfootballbuthedoesnotlovefootball;hehas
perhapsleaedtoadrearicanefficiency;buthissoulrevoltsagainstefficiency;
hehasperhapsleaedtousetablenapkins;buthehatestablenapkins;andall
throughsssongs;hehears;asanovertone;theechoof
ageoldfolksongsandpastorallyribackheexplores
thebeautiesandgloriesoftheesbacktotheeast;hisorientalblood
overinghiheseestheportraitofhisfather
edressandslipsintochinese
gofortable;sopeacefulandfortable;forinhis
chinesegoestoresthecannotunderstandthee
dogllaranyre;andooditforsolonghedoesnotplay
footballanyre;either;butbeginstocultivatechinesehygiene;andsauntersalong
inthelberryfieldsandbaoogrovesandise;and
eventhisisnota”untryheenglishunderstandit;butjustanoriental
saunter;goodforthebodyandgoodforthesoulhehatestheise”
exerciseforitisaridiculousenotionhesightof
respectablegroendashingaboutinafieldforaballnosridiculous;
suprelyridioreridiculousstill;the
flannelsandeonahotsuerdayhebother
herefleself;butthenhewasyoungand
iatureandheselfitapassingfancy;andhehasnotreallythe
instinctforsportno;heisbodifferently;heisboforko
andpeace;andnotforfootballandthedogllarandtablenapkinsandefficiencyhe
sotisthinksofhielfasapig;andtheeerasadog;andthedogworries
thepig;butthepigonlygrunts;andityevenbeagruntofsatisfactionwhy;he
evenfortable;andhedoesnot
envythedogforhisllarandhisdogefficiencyandhisbitchgoddesssuccessall
healone
chapterone
thechinesepeople
inorthandsouth
inthestudyofanyperiodofliteratureorofanyepochofhistory;thefinaland
highesteffortisalpttogainaclosevieaninthatperiodor
epoch;forbehindthecreationsofliteratureandtheeventsofhistorythereisalways
theindividualeinteresttousohinksofarcusaurelius
oralue;orofafrangoisvilloninthedieval
ages;andthetisseetoneslike”the
ageofjohnson55areresuggestivetousthananalike”theeighteenthcentury
foronlybyrecallinghoheinnshefrequented;andthefriendsh
heheldnversationsdoestheperiodbeerealtousperhapsthelifeofa
lesserliterarylightorofanordinarylondonerinjohnson5stias
instructive;butanordinarylondoneruldnotbeveryinteresting;becauseordinary
peoplethroughouttheagesareallalikeherordinarypeopledrinkaleorliptons
teaisentirelyatterofsoportantdifference
been
thatjohnsonskedandthathefrequentedeighteenthcenturyinnsis;however;of
greathistoricaliortancegreatsoulsreactinapeculiarotheirsocial
environntandkeitofiortancetoustheyhavethatqualityofgeniush
affectsandisaffectedbythethingstheytouch;theyareinfluencedbythebooksthey
readandbytheentheyeintontapress
onotherlesseintheslivedtoitsfullthelifeoftheirageorgeneration;they
absorballthereistoabsorbandrespondostpoiveness
yet;indealingnncannotbeignoredancientgreece
entirelypeopledbysophoclesesandelizabethanenglandstrewn
hbansandshakespearestotalkofgreeceandonlythinkofsophoclesand
periclesandaspasiaistogetaent
itpseofthesonofsophoclesherfor
inpetencyinnaginghisfalyaffairs;andaristophanes;
allinlovehbeautyandoccupiedinthepursuitoftruth;butwho
e;venalandfickle;evenasn
atheniansperhapsthefickleathenianshelpustounderstandthedohe
athenianrepublicaschaspericlesandaspasiahelpustounderstanditsgreatness
individuallytheyarenaught;buttakenintheaggregatetheyinfluencetoaverylarge
asuretheurseofnationaleventsinthepastepoch;itybedifficultto
renstruanisalhus
butnn;andanexistsonlyasageneral
abstraindsapartfroheculturalunityhechinese
peopleasanation;thesoutheuchfrohenortheers;
inteerant;physiqueandhabits;asthediterraneansdifferfrohenordicpeoplesineuropehappily;hin;theorbitofthechineseculturetherehasnotbeen
ariseofnationalisbutonlyofprovincialisadepeace
pirepossibleforcenturiesthenhistoricaltradition;the
ofesperantoin
china;andtheculturalhogeneityachievedthroughcenturiesofsloeful
perationofacivilizationoverparativelydocileaborigines;haveachievedfor
onbrotherhoodsochdesirablenowineuropeeven
thespokenlanguagepresentsnodifficultynearlysogreatasnfrontseuropetoday
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第8节
anativeofnchuriacan;edifficulty;kehielfunderstoodin
southadepossiblebyasloionprocessand
helpedgreatlybythesystefbolofchinasunity;
thisetiskesusforgetthatracialdifferences;
differencesofblood;doexisthintheuntryatcloserangetheabstractnotionof
achinandisappearsandbreaksupintoapictureofavarietyofraces;differentin
theirstature;teerantandntalkeupitisonlyrytoputa
southenderoveorthesoldiersthatindedofthe
existingdifferencesforontheonehandatized
tosilethinkingandhardliving;tallandstalorous;
onioneatingandfunloving;ongolic
andrenservativethanthenglorationofpeoplesnearshanghaiandwho
suggestnothingoftheirlossofracialvigourtheyarethehonanboxers;the
shantungbanditsandtheierialbrigandshallthe
nativeierialdynasties;theraaterialfroecharactersofchinese
novelsofurearedrawn
doeetsadifferenttype;inuredto
easeandentallydevelopedbutphysicallyretrograde;
lovingtheirpoetryandtheirforts;sleekundergroenandslieurasthenic
en;fedonbirdsnestsoupandlotusseeds;shreedin
belleslettres;andaa
beforetheliftedfistdesiliesrossed
theyangtsehtheirbooksandpaintingsduringtheendofthechindynasty;when
chinainvaders
southinkeetsagainadifferentpeople;ialvigourisagain
ine