Episodes

  • 14 - Chapter 14. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.

    14 - Chapter 14. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Feb 15 2026
    14 - Chapter 14. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy.
    This series of lectures, published as “China and the Chinese”, was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended for the specialist, more to urge a wider and more systematic study of China and its culture, and to encourage new students into the field.
    While many of the observations are just as relevant today, others will remind us how much China has changed since the period of the Manchu Qing dynasty in which he wrote.
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    25 mins
  • 13 - Chapter 13. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.

    13 - Chapter 13. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Feb 15 2026
    13 - Chapter 13. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy.
    This series of lectures, published as “China and the Chinese”, was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended for the specialist, more to urge a wider and more systematic study of China and its culture, and to encourage new students into the field.
    While many of the observations are just as relevant today, others will remind us how much China has changed since the period of the Manchu Qing dynasty in which he wrote.
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    24 mins
  • 12 - Chapter 12. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.

    12 - Chapter 12. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Feb 15 2026
    12 - Chapter 12. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy.
    This series of lectures, published as “China and the Chinese”, was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended for the specialist, more to urge a wider and more systematic study of China and its culture, and to encourage new students into the field.
    While many of the observations are just as relevant today, others will remind us how much China has changed since the period of the Manchu Qing dynasty in which he wrote.
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    12 mins
  • 11 - Chapter 11. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.

    11 - Chapter 11. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Feb 15 2026
    11 - Chapter 11. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy.
    This series of lectures, published as “China and the Chinese”, was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended for the specialist, more to urge a wider and more systematic study of China and its culture, and to encourage new students into the field.
    While many of the observations are just as relevant today, others will remind us how much China has changed since the period of the Manchu Qing dynasty in which he wrote.
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    32 mins
  • 10 - Chapter 10. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.

    10 - Chapter 10. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Feb 15 2026
    10 - Chapter 10. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy.
    This series of lectures, published as “China and the Chinese”, was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended for the specialist, more to urge a wider and more systematic study of China and its culture, and to encourage new students into the field.
    While many of the observations are just as relevant today, others will remind us how much China has changed since the period of the Manchu Qing dynasty in which he wrote.
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    33 mins
  • 09 - Chapter 9. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.

    09 - Chapter 9. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Feb 15 2026
    09 - Chapter 9. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy.
    This series of lectures, published as “China and the Chinese”, was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended for the specialist, more to urge a wider and more systematic study of China and its culture, and to encourage new students into the field.
    While many of the observations are just as relevant today, others will remind us how much China has changed since the period of the Manchu Qing dynasty in which he wrote.
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    25 mins
  • 08 - Chapter 8. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.

    08 - Chapter 8. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Feb 15 2026
    08 - Chapter 8. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy.
    This series of lectures, published as “China and the Chinese”, was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended for the specialist, more to urge a wider and more systematic study of China and its culture, and to encourage new students into the field.
    While many of the observations are just as relevant today, others will remind us how much China has changed since the period of the Manchu Qing dynasty in which he wrote.
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    22 mins
  • 07 - Chapter 7. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.

    07 - Chapter 7. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Feb 15 2026
    07 - Chapter 7. China and the Chinese by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935) spent several years as a diplomat in China and in 1897 was appointed Cambridge University’s second professor of Chinese. His published works cover Chinese language and literature, history and philosophy.
    This series of lectures, published as “China and the Chinese”, was given at Columbia University in 1902, to mark the establishment of a Chinese professorship there. The lectures were not intended for the specialist, more to urge a wider and more systematic study of China and its culture, and to encourage new students into the field.
    While many of the observations are just as relevant today, others will remind us how much China has changed since the period of the Manchu Qing dynasty in which he wrote.
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    24 mins