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* ARTHUR H, SMITH, P. D. LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS TUNG CHOU PAGODA NEAR PEKING. MEMORIAL AKCH. NATIVE CHILDREN IN COURTYARD TURTLE MONUMENT. Chinese Characteristics BY Arthur H. Smith Twenty-two Years a Missionary of the American Board in China Fifth Edition, Revised, with Illustrations NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO Fleming H. Revell Company Publishers of Evangelical Literature Copyright, 1894, BY FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 7 INTRODUCTION 9 I. FACE 16 II. ECONOMY 19 III. INDUSTRY 27 IV. POLITENESS 35 V. THE DISREGARD OF TIME 41 VI. THE DISREGARD OF ACCURACY 48 VII. THE TALENT FOR MISUNDERSTANDING 58 VIII. THE TALENT FOR INDIRECTION 65 IX. FLEXIBLE INFLEXIBILITY 74 X. INTELLECTUAL TURBIDITY 82 XI. THE ABSENCE OF NERVES 90 XII. CONTEMPT FOR FOREIGNERS 98 XIII. THE ABSENCE OF PUBLIC SPIRIT 107 XIV. CONSERVATISM 115 XV. INDIFFERENCE TO COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE 125 XVI. PHYSICAL VITALITY 144 XVII. PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE 152 5 6 CONTENTS CHAPTER PACK XVIII. CONTENT AND CHEERFULNESS 162 XIX. FILIAL PIETY 171 XX. BENEVOLENCE 186 XXI. THE ABSENCE OF SYMPATHY 194 XXII. SOCIAL TYPHOONS 217 XXIII. MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPECT FOR LAW . . . 226 XXIV. MUTUAL SUSPICION 242 XXV. THE ABSENCE OF SINCERITY 266 XXVI. POLYTHEISM, PANTHEISM, ATHEISM 287 XXVII. THE REAL CONDITION OF CHINA AND HER PRESENT NEEDS 314 GLOSSARY 331 INDEX 333 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.* TUNG-CHOU PAGODA, NEAR A MEMORIAL ARCH.. .- frontispiece. NATIVE CHILDREN IN COURTYARD TURTLE MONUMENT FACING PAGE A CHINESE KITCHEN, SHOWING METHOD OF PREPARING FOOD ... 19 PASSENGER BOAT ON THE PEI Ho, NORTH CHINA 30 CARPENTERS SAWING LARGE TIMBER 44 CHINESE PERFORMERS IN STAGE DRESS 54 A PEKING CART 60 CHINESE CARD-PLAYERS 70 THE EMPRESS DOWAGER OF CHINA 98 A CHINESE BARBER 118 ENGINE WORKS AND YARD AT HANYANG 122 A MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILY IN WINTER DRESS 127 INTERIOR O