No. 1 of Vol. XV of the China Reziew, the number for July-August 1886, is rather more objective than the previous i-sue, and therefore more interesting 10 the general reader; for take a genni thought, is apt te 1 producta, first article is a review of Dr. Legge's by Dr. Chalmers. readi ly recognised ax facile ators of the man who vei is productions; and Dr. 6 axfer course of ysis of the Li Chi itsd that of examining Dr. Legge'e translation. Dr. Chalmera' cvaracterisntion of the book itself is accurate, if not very elegantly expressed. The Li Chi," he says, © while latest, the longest, and the lumber-ime decidedly the ductive of all the Chinese Classics." As to the m chanical executim of this new edition of it, we note with horror that opted a new trans'iteraj and we quite agree remark: " probably in unanimously refuse the new in n collection of treatises by thirty or forty writers who all lived i the book itself or four cen-
It whole field of inman life in China; and how stable secivty had become alrendy in China two thousand years ago is shown by the fact that its title is generally The Book of Cere-every mut ut the CI 1 from oradly to his grave having ite appro-prescribed for it, of our knowledge of the Confucian religion, as it is called, though Confucius would probably hare been the Seat to deny that he wes a religious teacher at all, There are here and there veins of i fact, it reflects the reli of China as it was at and before the time of ite compilation, China had atta such a pitch of civilisation twant, turies and more ago that wereed that wore taught reading, writing, arithmetic, music, puvtry, d chary, and chariotedriving." vt off much more easily; they had only to learn the art of plowing speech and to be docile and obedient, to handle the hempen fibres,""
other words, to sew,—and the like, The Chinese had their amusements too. Hunting, archery an the game of pitehpot, pitd 10 & pot, are mentioned chess was known and practised, ili dug-racing, acting, and gamble which was a bad business." "Dri Was eric bat sual win Chalmers conclu the future of reproduction with some sentences on that are well worth In conclusion we may ask, is there any hope for the future of China wi his incubus of ancient rubbish upon Yes, a glori hope. Ie lies in @ powerful reaction, which in sure to come, against ritual and worship antiquity me antiquity, and in favour of the five ight we now have, these virtues may be called humanity (love), righteousness, reli-i id faith, With humanity we have seen commi must go down; 'j faith' must go up. sale of indulgences must be denounced more credible way of salvation must be pro: ed. China to accept Christianity and Earopean civilisation as a boon from us and thank us for it, Wa have, all thin dere, nowcely deserved it, preaching of C'iatianity nied 3 some ce Verte, and irritates the nation in general; the integrity of Europeans provoke a few to emulation, and weakens tle power of corrupt general; while every ce, peace or war, of unfair dealing and seeking on ote part, gives pleasure to the national mind, because it gives opportu nity for the retort, physician heal thyself,' or aloe for the vain boast that with all our advancement the knowledge of the live carinal virtues belongs to ar. Bub the total effect of Europ heat upon China can ultimately be nothing short of a thorough row from centuries of torpor is thoroughly she will have power and discernment giv her to work round tothe adoption in her own way of all our test ideas. In th it we may depend upon it, China sure of us just it become us, a8 we briza the Cli religion above everything else, to commend it to the adoption of the Cuinese not in word only but in deed and in truth, Dr. Chalmers' review is followed by the first part of a notices by E, R. Kichler of a temporary of Cunfuoius, mentioned than once by the master himself, Pezo-Chfan, Pri for of Ching, B8L-52L BE. Confucius said of him that he had thy four characteristics of @ superior in his conduct of himself, he was humble; in serving periers, he was respectful 5 the people, he was kind; in ordering the people, he was st." Under his Govecument, the State vf Ching enjoyed an order and security like that of England under Alfred, or Iceland under Brien Borombe, as celebrated 1 Moore's © Rech and race were the gems she wore for we read that, "when he had governed Chaig for eighteen years, end had punished three men xnd put to death two others, the peach and plum trees sent their branches over the road, but nobody made a fence round them; nail might be lost by traveller, but kit up." We shall look forward to another portion of this of life in China 2,500 years hich follows, ness and Tartars, Tibetans, etc.,"
to the general, and even the rinologne can have little pleasure in reading a paper which is such a jumble of En, words avd Chinese characters as thi Mr. G. Taylor readable ace of Heroes and Villaiva in Chineve Fiction. An article on "Enigmatic parallelisws of the Canton Dialect" will amuse the geners] reader as well as the student of Chinese: the love of the Chiese for metaphors uld analogies is well displayed in the examples given. The cabdriver in Punch who told the omnibus oon ductor that he could make a better man out of ati old strawberry-pottle, has his representative in Canton who declares such a vaurien to be made of three catties of paper and two of bamboo." The gem of the number is Mr, Parker's pretended apology for his Notes to Mr. Giles, The mock humid lity with which Mr. Parker prostrates himself before his assailant, is delightful. should be grateful to Mr. Giles," he says, he would constitute himself my aunotator and commentator in general, and reduce the whole series to intelligible form, explaining what I mean, or ought to mean; animadverting upon the flippancy of my style; censuring me for my superficiality, rashness, gemmeousness'; and, ort, giving me, after my seventeen years of study, a respectably prominent place in hia Chamber of Horrors, along ich excellent company as the mur-of the Chinese language, Beal, Chalmers, Legge, Watters, etc."
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