AN INTERESTING LECTURE.
CHINA IN ENGLISH.
LITERATURE."
Some Facts and Fancies.
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The Rer. Dr. Timothy Richard presided at a meeting of the China Society held at the Caxton Hell, Westminster, on December when the Rev. G. Currie Martin, M.A., B.D., gave a paper on "Chins in English Literature."
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the "Elisabethan voyagers, sad drive with saila and wind their and the Unknown God. In them] But anberquent authors did not ons, at least, Drake himself, osme sapy waggons light." Nons of books there are some very living | know much about Chins, nor did into touch with a Chinamin. ns will have forgotten our child-descriptions of things Chiname, they take the trouble to inform There was one that has been hood's memories of the great, and the reader geta memorable themselves for the next tundred. termed the busiest mola that romance written early in the pictures of the great scenes in years or so. The majority of the borrowed beneath those in forists eighteenth century by Daniel Peking and on the Yangte se. The writers who had touched upon lawns." This man was Rickard Delce, Robinson Crusoe, and we atmosphere is often coirrot, but the subject of China bad given Sir Harry Johnston writes in Hakluyt. Hakluyt's multifarious shall remember that towards the there is no real insight into su ounos of fact for a pound of the Daily News - riches spilled over into the hands end of that book the hero fada Chinese character. A great novel fancy. In the case of Milton, for Just as this article is being of azother and younger clergy, his way to China, and visits revealing to the English people instance, following upon that written Ge.many is supposed to Market St., from Kualalumpur.
Chop Wong Soon Kee Milkshop. man, Samael Purchas, who styled Nanking and Péking. Defoe is something of the heart of China magnificent description of Satan's have formu'ated peaos terme the fire folios be produced Bak- evidently act favourable to the would be one of the greatest gifts | voyage through Chaos and Dark through some neatral Power for Kumjoohong, from Singapore.
Hosumyow Chop Sunbing lagtas Portkamas or Parchas his Chinese, and writes of them in a that could be bestowed upon us. ness, when finally be reached the the consideration of the Allier. Kremer French Consulate, Pilgrime. The good man telia very insular and parochial spirit. Dickens only once touches on the rim of the new born world, the In all probability those terms are ue that he never travelled more à very different atmosphere ear- race, in a filthy opium den in the poet likened him to s vulture wholly inacceptable as they stand. Knox Miss Margaret S.8. than 200 miles from his two rounds ue, when we come to the opening chapter of Edwis Drood. finding his way from the Far But it is just possible that Ger. Chenan. from Tienten. Essex livinge, but he loved his gentle humour of Oliver Geld- Thackeray, so far as I know, North to the plains of Indie |many-Austria may really desirs
Loh Victoria, fr m Singapore.. work, and though he had little smith. Here, for the first time in touches it not at all, save in trig
Minshouaun c/o Fluchwansar, "To gorge the fish of lambs peace enough to consent to bear discrimination, he preserved for the middle of the twelfth century, ing verse. Booke on Chios, and
from Mandalay. some of the natural pensities and yeanling kids... de much valuable material, often do we find a grabions and imagi- Chinese affairs, accounts of travel But, on his way, lighting
which; in all conscience, should 'Batavia. doubling his predecessor's pager, native use mide by an English in Chins, studirain ber literature Ea the course of his paper Mr. but at the same time giving a literary man of his knowledge of and ideas has been written in
fallow her aggression. At any Martin said:-Were one to ask many new sources of information. China. In the Citizen of the ever increasing numbers within the ordinary educated English-From these two stor bouses World the letters are supposed to the last century, but what among man or Englishwoman for refer Englishmen learned much, and be written by a Chicere philosop them will be reckened as per ences to Chins in English litera- might bare learned far more. her, who was a native of Bossn. msnent additions tare, they would probably be ex. Their modera eum placas editicos "The Chinese," says Goldsmith, literature it is, happily, act for to English bacated i y two well-known quota- give as co excuse for leaving or are always concice, so is he me to decide. The latest and by tions are from Tennyson and examined the riches they amassed, they are simple, so is he; the no means the least signifosat is "Chinese Affx'rs.*** Cuinese are grave and sententi- from the pen of our learced and Purchas bimself has a partin- on, so is be." And then with a versatile president of this after This, in itself, belays in igorous queiat editorial notes, which at himself as at the Chinese, he only English poem known to
ent assage in one of his numer quaint ture, laughing as much coon. Cariously enough, the ance of the land to which the even now, after 300 years, has adds, " But in one particular the that is really interpretative of writer refere, for it obvicusly did, act citer into his mind that a real eting of auth. "And so," he resemblance is peculiarly striking. China is written by a man who, writee, "has it fared, with all the Chinese are often dull, so is so far as I know, has never vinite d eycle of Cathay" only amcanted Tartarian and Chinesian faite, be!" In Gibbon's Decline and that country, Happily he is still of the Society, endorsed bat Mr. dese van, she would the to sixty scare. In the Lecond cite of which we had so little know Fall there are several references liring, and his messages are of Jamieson had said in praise of Austrian Empire dissolved into China is nothing more than a geo-ledge as of Tamerlan, further to Chine, but to one characteristic stirring thoughts and energising the lecture, and seconded the its component States and Goi- graphical term: "Let observa that terrore of Tartarian armies, paragraph I may be permitted to power to those who receive them, vote of thanks. He said he many herself limited in her ter tion with extensive view survey and acme men's special occasiona devote a few moments. In dis- La hie volams of poems entitled. would like briefs to touch upon ritory to those countries of Ger- mankind from China to Peru."
and travela bare given as light, cussing the trade between China Towards Democracy, Edward Goldsmith's Citizen of the World. many where German is spoken-from Shanghai. Were the person interrogated 10 Even the sun riseth in these parts and Rome, and the silk brought Carpenter has given a marvellous He was very glad to note that the with the exception of Alsace- extend his definition of English while it is not day breaks with to the West from that land, be picture of that land, and has lecturer had praised the work. It Lorraine, which would be rector- Shanghai. literature 60 68 to include
and have attained almost his says, “I refeat with some pain sought to bring it nearer to the was certainly worth being more ed to France. The Turks would America, he might quote to you noon-point before we see him; that if the importers of eilk had imagination and heart of the Eng- widely read than it was at pre- be expelled from Europe, and from Sagahizen. Bret Hart's Heathen Chices, and and worth; we are to abide in a introduced the art of printing, lish people. The general cut sent, for the purpose of studying their Asiatic territories be placed who knows how much influence black night of ignorance, if we already practised by the Chinese, nome of this examination of our English manners and customs of under the guardianship and con- Hongkong, February 9, 1917, that amusing set of verees has had welcome not what light we can the comedies of Henander and literature is to display the poor. the eighteenth century, but not trol of the Allied Powers. The on the mind of the average ms get (if we cannot get what wa the entire deasdes of Livy would mess rather than the richness of so much to obtain correct in whole of the German oversea in giving him altogether erronecus would) from so remote an east... have been perpetasted in the its acquaintance with Chins, and formation on China. Like most colonies would be divided among ment between Turkey, Balgaria, ideas about the inhabitants of the To reconcile all doabta is for me editions of the sixth century. A the strange lack of appreciation of these works, it was a curious the Allies. Farther, Germany and Rumania, in conjunction with Celestial Empire? Yes, ss I hope too hard a teske, because Catais larger view of the globe might at on the part of the literary mixture of fancy and fact, Moch would de erve to be boycotted in Parsia, Russis preponderating in to show, English readers have had and China are even still bemyet- least have promoted the improve interpreters of the wonderful of it
absolutely commerce by tariffs and other the control of these straits becamny ocmp:ratively little excuse for ed, and leave their sarreyors ment of speculative science, bat store of arterial that lies ready absurd. For instance, the very means until due reparation had of the much greater magnitude of their lack to knowledge, for there perplexed." Many of us have the Christian geography was the to their hand. They have enough name of the hero, Liea Chi been made financially to Bel- her interests. has existed for centuries in their cressed in the luxury of the surest symptom of an unbelieving history, description and trans- Alungi, was ridiculous. "Lengiam, France, Poland, Serbis, own language
very excellent Siberian express these lande cacs mind. The orthodox faith con tation to supply them with a Chi" might perhaps pass muster Montenegro, and Ramania. Sbia and Montenegro, and complete 4. Complete evacuation of Sex- accounts of China, and very jast traversed, in far more arduous fined the habitable world to one background on which their im for a real Chiness name, but why much for an ideal pesce, if the restoration of their independ estimates of some of the finer fashion, by those early pioneers. temperate zone, and represented agication sy work, even without tack on the Turkish name of Allies were victorious ecough to ence.
The Esme 1140 for qualities displayed by its inhabit. We have books written for our the earth as an oblong surface, a visit to the magical land itself." Altangi"? Dr. Giles called enforce it. snts. This paper is a mere ballon instruction by men and women foor bundred daye journey in But what a land it is! Soon we attention to other absorbities.
Ramenis. Money indemnities to d'essai, in order to stir up inter- who have spent their lives in length, two hundred in breadth, shall not be able to find me With regard to Dickens, be said To effect such peace the Allies expanse of the Central Powers Bat we have got to face facts, all three countries (at the joint est in a subject not hitherto Chius, but we remain ignorant encompassed by the ocean, and d'eralism anywhere as we can Mr. Martin had stated that the might have to lose foar million and Britain, Russia, and France), amined, and incite some members still, and perplexed by Eastern covered by the solid crystal of the there. of thia Society better qualified problems, and many of those who firmament."
now I suppose only reference to China was found men in battle, and still maintain which shall in some measure re than myself to make faller it
things are alering with sach in the opening chapter of Edwin hage standing armies to keep a compense them for their losses. Testigations. I wish I could
rapidity that it is not easy to do Drood. Ha did not think that desperate Germany-Austria-Hun- 4. The recognition of ■ Rassina claim for the father cf English suggestion at their own doors.
is so well as six years ago. If the was literally correct, although to gary-Turkey under subservieres. Protectorate over Armenia and. poetry a knowledge of China, and For the early seventeenth century of what international intellectual cone of our friends who have the however, to that the hero of Little eight thousand millions sterling, tectorate over Syria. The Bri- practical outcome of this paper all intents and purposes is a We should have to epeid-Grest ite complete withdrawal from the Bere is a generous recognition could be that we should arouse eo. It might interest Mr. Martin, Britain chit fly-about seven or Turkish Empire. A French Prc an attempt on the part of him there was mach excuse;- but for interoauree might have accomp real literary gift to turn to China Dorrit was stated to have been and for several years let our in-tish annexation of the Sinai Penin "who left balf-fold the so the twentieth little. Let us now, lished had the West only sought for their next subject, or if some more than twenty years in China. dastries and non-war work go to sals The independence of Arabia some of the riches contained in to draw wisdom from Oriental of us wiro possess that gift would Arthur Cleans, the gentleman pieces. Intellectually, and to and its evacuation by Tarkish the pages of these two writers Priage. La another of his writ so nee it, we might be rendering in question, was cas of those great extent physically, we should forces, British Arebis being re- drawn from contemporary art of Confacias, which he reckons international Lelowship, to the Dickens was so fond of introduc- France, Belgiam, Serbis, and and the southern shores of the ingu Gibbon eulogises the family splendid service to the canes of colourless nonentities whom he ruined. At least Britain, stricted to the Adea Protectorate Haklart, for example, the meat i'lastrians in the world. uplift of the whole world, and to ing into his novels. That be Romania would be, Raseis is an- Pareian Gulf. The British eles to printed at M.cio in 1500, which
3 picturesque dialogue In this rapid survey we come next the best interests of that land and spoke of his having been in Obias conquerable and self-contained, octopy the Euphrates Delta as far
to William Cowper, in whose other accounts of what stemed Picture of China as then known.poems we had two csɛual refer people, which, next to our own, at all ser med to the speaker so far as food production is conas Bisra. Paraís to be completely evacuated by the Tarkish forces, the mythical wonder ci there far-qcaint spelling are perfectly Lamb'e delightful Chinese feat
many of the names in their ence to things Chinese. Thereof us love, best in the whole absurd. Not a single line on cerned.
world.
Chias or her wonderful people is no need to enlarge on Charios
Of course, it may well come to and to by under the joint protec off lands that with far greater recognisable. As we turn over
escaped his lip from the first this-this awful end of our com-torate of Britain and Russia, bat page to the last. Dr. Gilen went fortable nineteenth century exist with no discrimination in its prolability furnished cur poet the pages we find in Gaspar day on the diecovery of Roast Pig,
on to say that his real purpose in ence. If Germany stands out for customs duties against any other with the foundations of this tale. Crez's Treaties on Chios a won B.oke there is an interesting rose to propose a very hearty Tote of those present a small book giam or over France, we have no
bat in Leigh Hani's World of Already travellers had been busy derfally foccinating piolare of
Mr. George Jamieson, O.M.G., rising was to bring to the notice any control whatever over Bel-nation. in Far Eastern lands-Odoris of Canton, which, in many of its sage: "Chins, tir, is a very of thanks to the lecturer for his published in the reign of Qeen recourse but to go on fighting to lisy and sa Italian Protecto 5. The counion of the Trentino Pordenone (1330) and other details, would still serve as a good use of the word unknown, bat erudite paper. With great in Atae, in 1711 entitled "Antill she is exhausted, even if we, rste crer Seathera Albanis. Italy
unknown place to an ons more famous, including the hert account. These rich atores did who is zot intimate with it as the dastry, he said Mr. Martin, it Account of the Trade in India" too, are bied white. But suppose to be allowed to anner Rhodes known of all, Marco Polo. The not seem to be drawn on to land of tes, and chins, and whole range of English literature was the vague term applied to this in her last chance of emerg- is to be any change in the politic teemed, had travelled through the by Charles Lockyer. "India" ing Germany sleo realises that and the Dodecanese; and if there latter is particularly poor in his greet un extent as we should sup- accounts of China proper, bat cas or other of the versions of his pose by rabuɛquent writers. It Kolons, and pagodas, and matand culled from it here and there the Far East in those days, and ing from a world war with any al future of Ospras we might
darias, and Confacias, azd book was doubtless known to his masaire learning, has many
is true that Robert Burton, with conical caps, and people with extrao:s beating on Chins. The that was perhaps the reason why material for recovery and recon-member that before it was many English readers, and, any: shrewd references to China in little names, little eyes, and little paper began with an socount of the work seemed to have been straction? She may-it is just seized by Tarkoy it belonged to how, tales from his pages would Anatomy. He praises them for feet, who sit in little bowers, how certain interesting tales of overlooked by students of China. possible-be wise encugh to Venice
Chias had been preserved to us. Two chapters were taken up recognise the virtue of not driv be widely familiar. It is there not allowing many bachelors to drinking little caps of lea and
In the Elizabethan period, when almost entirely by a description ing Ler Allied enemies to das remain a British Protectorate.
6. Egypt, of course, would fore, earpriting that among the live in their midst. He quotes poet, Thomas Moore, derives great comme: ofal and maritime of Canton, and it appeared to be peration. Necessity is the mother
writing little odes? One other great Elzabethans we have no the Jesuit Father Riccius (appar-fius from Chinese beauties in the after the discovery of the New had been produced to that day. British history before now have with the exception of German 7. None of the German colonies development was proceeding, the most excellent account that of invention. Other crises in would be restored to Germany, more frequent referance to ently bie msin sathority) on Cathay. In the splendid verre of that flourishing commonwealth couplet From Persian eyes of World and the road to the Far or for as long as centary after seen the moment of supreme East Africa; but with the reser- Marlowe's Tamarine the Great of China. Be in fall, of admira-fall and fawn-like ray, To the Est, when travellers were bring. wards. Dr. Giles then gave agony bring forth its Neleon or rations above mentioned Germany we look for it in rain Ia hison, we shall find Thomas Bat our great poets have not yelling back stories of distant lande, number of quotations from this its Wellington, its Drake or its might deɛ! as she pleased with
mall half-shot glances of Cathay." sweep of the world, and his Carlyle was at a later time, of turned to China for inspiration, quiet clergymsa living in Buffolk the British Museum. grandiloquent speeches as to what their method of choosing magie What would not Browning have
it so happened that there was a book, which, we understand, is at Marlborough, its Pitt or Canning, the Torkish dominion. Tarkay he has or what he longs to contrates, Later in the seventeenth made of it? The inscrutablenatare who, although he had never made
How, therefore, about discuss has so wished it. Far bs it from quer. Cathay is never mentioned
The Chairman observed that he ing peace on terma like those? century we have Sir Thomas of much in the deepest Chinese
as to pity the Tarks if they find a voyage in his life, was interest-took it they had already thankad 1. The complete evacuation of the Germans bard mastere. yet the colour and splendoar ofit Browce writing a paragraph from } character it would take a master ed in the voyages of others. He Mr. Martin for bis lecture. Thay Belgiam and Frarce. An indem- | would bare suited his genius, which we can gather that he he like him to unravel. In Carlyle gathered round him these trs might also thank Dr. Giles for nity of £103,000,000 from Ger-Jagainst the trade of the Central 8. No discrimination to be made had be only known. Why did Fot Shakespeare with some hope of discovering in China Heroes we find him sympathising vellers, and got them to tell him the excellent appendix which he many to Belgium, and another Powers in the castoms houses of
bis the origin of language. universal mind and gift to turn second great national poet, John with Chinese methods, as if they their stories and to lend him their bad given them. He would like 100,000,000 from Great Britain the Allier.
at lesst had ventured on Plato's hips loge. Thus he collected to congratulate the Society on the to Belgium. (Twenty days' war These terms are far from being ocver noms of Chins's rearete? altogether aunoticed in his epis
Milton, did not allow China to go plan of making kinge philosoph-stories of the whole world, among work they were doing. As the expenditure!)
ideal, especially in the eyes of One can only suppose that, in He has a metaphor descriptive of er and philosophers kinge. As In that way references to China Alliates between Great Britain occupied Russian territory, and not to fight in the trenches or on which a few referred to Chips, Japan Society had resulted in an 2. Restoration to Bassin of all those arm-chair patriols who have epite of all that had been writter, the ins of sin and death from is the case with cur great poet, were preserved which otherwise and Japan, he hoped that at no to Austris of all territory occupied the high seas, no traveller had told anything of the month of bell, and driving 60 with our great novelists
Moreover, they China's history, and there was no thither all they met. As when one has taken China for a back-would at 167 ben available, distant date the Chips Socisty by Rassis, on the understanding are like the Sibyllice Books: only and Hakluyt's accounta were would result in an Ailianos bs that the three Powera most con- to be offered now, and to be with. choose. As it is, the inhabitants two poler winds, blowing adveran ground, or has endeavoured to fortunately fres from a great desi | twoen Britain and Chine (Ap-|cerned are to erect between them drawn if refused; and if the
upon the Oranien Bes, together and life, Obviously the long and of the imagination which chir plause.)
interpret as to Chinese thought| of China were for Shakespeare drive mountains of ios, that stop intimate connection of India with actorised other writers' denotip]
anabrolutely independent Poland, Allies then reap the reward of Mr. Arthur Diory referred who shall not foolude any their sacrifiom and #forts in the imagined way beyond Pat
eastward to the rich England gave that land a better that Gaspar da Cresa description the meeting by the presence of exian distriols of Galicia, which
tians. The speaker considered the honour which had been dans Lithuanian territory or the Bath-farther prosecuting the war. Osthaian
Bat if on terma like sbese wo Cambalu opportunity, but China waits in const." of the land, we had surely met it (Peking) is termed by him the the realm of fiction her equival of Canton was still a very good Dr. Timothy Richard. He need shall be joined with Little Easis could stop the war we could in the Faery Queene. Once he Best of Cathaian Can" and ania to Kipling, Flora Annie e, recalling soones, which were ay no more than that. All who and the Bassian Empire.
apply ourselves to reenperation, familiar to most of them. Thai, had the interests of China at seemed all but on the verge of thaj one farther reference shows he icele, and other lesser light incidentally, was another source heart knew what Dr, Timothy Russia is absolutely guaranteed Soally conquer Germany and 3. Some arrangement by which remembering that we shall only discovery. Indeed, the hour was knew little about the solidity of Japan has ven more fortune of information which by the in- Richard name meent to China, the freedom for her ships of the keep her in her proper, place by at hand when that new knowled⚫ Paking saris: should to within everyone'si
"On the barren blased a trail in the Human destry of this unpretentious what he had done for China, and Dardanelies and Bonghoras education, discipline, and social reach. These were the days of plainucißericans, where Chineses Cobweb, the Eternal. Eriontas clergyman had been preserved. what he was still doing,
posibly an înternational arrange-' reform.,
Comba can bold" to familiarise
of Cathay. In spite of the efforts
live within their own cities are
blind to the riches and wealth of
torn to a brief examination of
Lives.
his countrymen with the wonders
of Prof. Skente to prove Chaccer's Squire's Tale is indebt- ad to Marco Polo, I feel constrain-
giv.a ed to say that more carefal and impartial stady has forced us to abandon the idea. There were.
all things to account-not die
dramatic situation for him to
Only synonyme of cheating and chicanery. Oh, the pity of it Had Spenser known of the riches
representa a wonderfully accurate
and
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