Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-04-03
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Raw. s. y. Williams, IL. D., on "Chi.
ua and the Chinese" Mr.. Williams
properly introduced by the Rev.
,Ir. Northam. who stated that Mr.. Will
Iiams' TRANSACTIONS from Chinese writ
inRs and his Anglo-C Chinese Dictionary
we're ample evidence Of his fitness TO
handle the subject upon which he would
discouus. Mr.. Williams had gone 10
China forty.three years ago. when few
foreigners wore permitted to enter the
country, Mr.. Williams then made his
how. Taken ss n whole his lecture
v.s extremely interesting and enter.
aiming Hs smoke for nearly On hour
M half and Al tbe conclusion OF his
S-;".orrss III i-;.to,srs retired possessinQ
Lnovlsdos of ibe inner workings
~ ,bs Chinsse Empiro than could DO OBJ
s.,nsa sf,ar ssarcbine through many q
Ill s.is.tsa Nhrary. Only a synopsis
a.. i.c,rr. .,n i. yivsn'
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..o, em sa.a,.;.s" ..;a ,hs
III 'n. un..s 49, rnowIs
speaker. "ot when we na,. NY w..
edge a. .ne PIescns uay. nm Nv N. an.
RANK, NINA may W .esi.u =,
that has been the oes' rs;u.
any Oh them. ihose wno ~ "ua
invariably a comparison oe.Nssn
Msns,.osment Of the latter. A book
wss v,;tt.n In England by persons who
-. 49,. rs,.r to have boen In the
ssn.,,- S,ch proceeJinos aro calcu.
i.,sd ~ wo,k AN injury 10 China"
Ths conntry itself il one OF the most
,.xn,sS or n. fsea Of the globe. For
cI;ma,s ,oiI' sto.. n ia u~nriyalled. That
nortion Of Il which IL occupied by the
Chinese proper Is about l. COZ. 900 square
miles, although China may be said to
embrace as much NJ 5000, 900 square
miles. Its language Ia different from
that Of any other country. rs well as its
institutions. and the Chinese stand be-
fore us one Of tho most peculiar races
on the face Of the earth. Their records
date back COO years before the deluge;
but there II no record OF this event In
their books. They have now reached
the 4.5l3th year Of their existence as
uhtiOu. 1uo opofaaiohS 'u''y s"eH'y
ave or t~wsnty-siI dynasties arc given US.
Isolation may be ranked m The hrst
peculiar feature OF the race. For tho
greater part Of 1900 years their inaeces-
sibility has determined their isolation In
q great measure.
II is the only country. as far l know,
where q literary man takes tho prece-
dsnee OF q military man In tho grada-
ton Of officials. How their language
reached its present form Is a mystery.
II IL partly idiographic and part pho
netic. The Japanese have taken their
language from them. The books that
have been written in II are numbered by
the hundreds OF thousands. but a small
proportion now remain LOT tney were
written on frail paper mad from the
bamboo. or the bark OF The mulberry
and probably not a book Is now In sn,
istence which will reach back ovcr 4Oo
or 500 years.
A. rpucAriosAiIsrs ,,,.
The Chinese appear In q favorable nght.
Even the poor will send their children
to school six months IN year. Inc
literary men are the Leading power IN
the country. Examinations are conduct
ed In Canton every year, where lO,0oO
students gather. They each occupy dii.
fersnt cells; are furnished with writing
materials and they write their own es-
says. mostly on the nine classics wntten
by Coniucius and Mencius. ray ac,ois