Chinese Sketches

Chinese Sketches

Herbert Allen Giles
Χώρα Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο
Γλώσσα EN
Επεισόδια 1
Τελευταίο 27.08.2026

Herbert Giles, a British diplomat in China from 1867 to 1893, shares his candid observations on Chinese culture and people in these short essays originally published in 1876. After retiring, he returned to England and became the Chair of Chinese at Cambridge for 35 years.

Επεισόδια

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