FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
PART ONE BASES
PROLOGUE
Chapter One THE CHINESE PEOPLE
Ⅰ.NORTH AND SOUTH
Ⅱ.DEGENERATION
Ⅲ.INFUSION OF NEW BLOOD
Ⅳ.CULTURAL STABILITY
Ⅴ.RACIAL YOUTH
Chapter Two THE CHINESE CHARACTER
Ⅰ.MELLOWNESS
Ⅱ.PATIENCE
Ⅲ.INDIFFERENCE
Ⅳ.OLD ROGUERY
Ⅴ.PACIFISM
Ⅵ.CONTENTMENT
Ⅶ.HUMOR
Ⅷ.CONSERVATISM
Chapter Three THE CHINESE MIND
Ⅰ.INTELLIGENCE
Ⅱ.FEMININITY
Ⅲ.LACK OF SCIENCE
Ⅳ.LOGIC
Ⅴ.INTUITION
Ⅵ.IMAGINATION
Chapter Four IDEALS OF LIFE
Ⅰ.CHINESE HUMANISM
Ⅱ.RELIGION
Ⅲ.THE DOCTRINE OF THE GOLDEN MEAN
Ⅳ.TAOISM
Ⅴ.BUDDHISM
PART TWO LIFE
Chapter FIVe WOMANS LIFE
Ⅰ.THE SUBJECTION OF WOMEN
Ⅱ.HOME AND MARRIAGE
Ⅲ.IDEAL OF WOMANHOOD
Ⅳ.EDUCATION OF OUR DAUGHTERS
Ⅴ.LOVE AND COURTSHIP
Ⅵ.THE COURTESAN AND CONCUBINAGE
Ⅶ.FOOTBINDING
Ⅷ.EMANCIPATION
Chapter Six SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE
Ⅰ.ABSENCE OF THE SOCIAL MIND
Ⅱ.THE FAMILY SYSTEM
Ⅲ.NEPOTISM， CORRUPTION AND MANNERS
Ⅳ.PRⅣILEGE AND EQUALITY
Ⅴ.SOCIAL CLASSES
Ⅵ.THE MALE TRIAD
Ⅶ.THE FEMALE TRIAD
Ⅷ.THEVILLAGE SYSTEM
Ⅸ."GOVERNMENT BY GENTLEMEN"
Chapter SeVen LITERARY LIFE
Ⅰ.A DISTINCTION
Ⅱ.LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT
Ⅲ.SCHOLARSHIP
Ⅳ.THE COLLEGE
Ⅴ.PROSE
Ⅵ.LITERATURE AND POLITICS
Ⅶ.LITERARY REVOLUTION
Ⅷ.POETRY
Ⅸ.DRAMA
X.THE NOVEL
ⅪINFLUENCE OF WESTERN LITERATURE
Chapter Eight THE ARTISTIC LIFE
I.THE ARTIST
II.CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
Ⅲ.PAINTING
IV.ARCHITECTURE
Chapter Nine THE ART OF LIVING
I.THE PLEASURES OF LIFE
II.HOUSE AND GARDEN
ⅢI.EATING AND DRINKING
IV.THE END OF LIFE
THE SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF
CHINESE NAMES
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