CONTENTS FOREWORD INTRODUCTION PREFACE Part One: BASES PROLOGUE Chapter One THE CHINESE PEOPLE I. NORTH AND SOUTH II. DEGENERATION III. INFUSION OF NEW BLOOD IV. CULTURAL STABILITY V. RACIAL YOUTH Chapter Two THE CHINESE CHARACTER I. MELLOWNESS II. PATIENCE III. INDIFFERENCE IV. OLD ROGUERY V. PACIFISM VI. CONTENTMENT VII. HUMOR VIII. CONSERVATISM Chapter Three THE CHINESE MIND I. INTELLIGENCE II. FEMININITY III. LACK OF SCIENCE IV. LOGIC V. INTUITION VI. IMAGINATION Chapter Four IDEALS OF LIFE I. CHINESE HUMANISM II. RELIGION III. THE DOCTRINE OF THE GOLDEN MEAN IV. TAOISM V. BUDDHISM Part Two: LIFE PROLOGUE TO PART TWO Chapter Five WOMAN'S LIFE I. THE SUBECTION OF WOMEN II. HOME AND MARRIAGE III. IDEAL OF WOMANHOOD IV. EDUCATION OF OUR DAUGHTERS V. LOVE AND COURTSHIP VI. THE COURTESAN AND CONCUBINAGE VII. FOOTBINDING VIII. EMANCIPATION Chapter Six SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE I. ABSENCE OF THE SOCIAL MIND II. THE FAMILY SYSTEM III. NEPOTISM, CORRUPTION AND MANNERS IV. PRIVILEGE AND EQUALITY V. SOCIAL CLASSES VI. THE MALE TRIAD VII. THE FEMALE TRIAD VIII. THE VILLAGE SYSTEM IX. "GOVERNMENT BY GENTLEMEN" Chapter Seven LITERARY LIFE I. A DISTINCTION II. LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT III. SCHOLARSHIP IV. THE COLLEGE V. PROSE VI. LITERATURE AND POLITICS VII. LITERARY REVOLUTION VIII. POETRY IX. DRAMA X. THE NOVEL XI. INFLUENCE OF WESTERN LITERATURE Chapter Eight THE ARTISTIC LIFE I. THE ARTIST II. CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY III. PAINTING IV. ARCHITECTURE Chapter Nine THE ART OF LIVING I. THE PLEASURES OF LIFE II. HOUSE AND GARDEN III. EATING AND DRINKING IV. THE END OF LIFE Appendix I. CHINESE DYNASTIES Appendix II. A NOTE ON THE SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF CHINESE NAMES