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Leaves from My Chinese Scrapbook
MR. FREDERIC H. BALFOUR has collected from his scrapbook, kept by him as a Chinese resident and scholar, certain short essays on subjects of historical or general interest in connection with the Middle Kingdom, and these have been allowed a place in Trübner's Oriental Series. The volume, which is the latest issued of that most admirable collection of Eastern knowledge, bears the title of "Leaves from My Chinese Scrapbook," and its external appearance is not calculated to deter the reader from making closer inspection. Its contents are essentially light and amusing-rather than heavy and full of facts. In the sketch of the Empress Regent, for instance, we are shown rather the light foibles an...
Taoist Texts
From the author's Introduction: [I]t must gladden the hearts of all true students to see that some little interest is at last being taken by European writers in the beautiful philosophy of Nature preached by the founder of Taoism; the study of which, I make bold to add, cannot fail to yield rich stores of pleasure to everyone who takes it up, be he scholar, dilettante, or divine.
H. Balfour Gardiner
The first study of the life and music of Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950), a generous patron of British music.
Zhuangzi, the Divine Classic of Nan Hua
Mr. Frederic Henry Balfour was the first Sinologue to translate Zhuangzi. He was followed by Mr. Herbert Gile (1886, Zhuangzi, mystic, moralist, and social reformer) and Dr. Legge (The texts of Taoism, 1891, vols 1 and 2). H. Giles provided an analysis of this first translation in the China Review, 1883, 11:1-15 and Dr. Legge in the preface of his translation (pp. xviii). In the words of Dr. Legge, "it was no small achievement to be the first to endeavor to lift up the veil from Zhuangzi. Even a first translation, though imperfect, is not without benefit to others who come after, and are able to do better." The purpose of this reedition is to provide this first translation for historical and comparative purposes. The language and concepts used in the Zhuangzi are for me so complex and subtle that having several translations at hand is one of the steps to approach this incredibly rich esoteric text.
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Asiatic Review
Beginning in 1895, includes the Proceedings of the East India Association.
The Literary Digest
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