| The Origin of the Chinese People is a classic treatise on the history of the Chinese people, recording and analyzing in a breathtaking sweep the various facets of their complex civilization – philosophy, political, structure, education, economy, language and literature, manners and even clothing.
The author’s keen observations of and penetrating insights into the causal factors, of dynastic change, interdependence of ethics and politics or the holistic nature of education lend compelling support to his original conclusion that the Chinese people are autochthonous, their script and every form of the civilization indigenous.
Relying solely on painstaking examination of authentic Chinese records, the study begins with the smi-mythical age (46 BC) and ends with the Han Dynasty. The many illustrations of former rulers and sages are reproduced from ancient sculptures. The exhaustive survey on the evolution of the Chinese script, complete with superd plates, alone merits this book an esteemed place in the reader’s library.
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