[86571] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
SWAT team carries this special tool. Now you can too!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lana Katelyn)
Thu Aug 11 06:38:49 2016
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:33:36 -0400
From: "Lana Katelyn" <lana_katelyn@kzjpe.com>
To: <mit-talk-mtg@charon.mit.edu>
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<p>If there is one thing more than another, after the possession of the =
thirteen classics, on which the Chinese specially pride themselves, it is /=
politeness/. Even had their literature alone not sufficed to place them far=
higher in the scale of mental cultivation than the unlettered barbarian, a=
knowledge of those important forms and ceremonies which regulate daily int=
ercourse between man and man, unknown of course to inhabitants of the outsi=
de nations, would have amply justified the graceful and polished Celestial =
in arrogating to himself the proud position he now occupies with so much sa=
tisfaction to himself. A few inquiring natives ask if foreigners have any n=
otion at all of etiquette, and are always surprised in proportion to their =
ignorance to hear that our ideas of ceremony are fully as clumsy and compli=
cated as their own. It must be well understood that we speak chiefly of the=
educated classes, and not of "boys" and compradores who learn in=
a very short time both to touch their caps and wipe their noses on their m=
asters' pocket-handkerchiefs. Our observations will be confined to members =
of that vast body of men who pore day and night over the "Doctrine of =
the Mean," and whose lips would scorn to utter the language of birds. =
And truly if national greatness may be gauged by the mien and carriage of i=
ts people, China is without doubt entitled to a high place among the childr=
en of men. An official in full costume is a most imposing figure, and carri=
es himself with great dignity and self-possession, albeit he is some four o=
r five inches shorter than an average Englishman. In this respect he owes m=
uch to his long dress, which, by the way, we hope in course of time to see =
modified; but more to a close and patient study of an art now almost monopo=
lised in Europe by aspirants to the triumphs of the stage. There is not a s=
ingle awkward movement as the Chinese gentleman bows you into his house, or=
supplies you from his own hand with the cup of tea so necessary, as we sha=
ll show, to the harmony of the meeting. Not until his guest is seated will =
the host venture to take up his position on the right hand of the former; a=
nd even if in the course of an excited conversation, either should raise hi=
mself, however slightly, from a sitting posture, it will be the bounden dut=
y of the other to do so too. No gentleman would sit while his equal stood. =
Occasionally, where it is not intended to be over-respectful to a visitor, =
a servant will bring in the tea, one cup in each hand. Then standing before=
his master and guest, he will cross his arms, serving the latter who is at=
his right hand with his left hand, his master with the right. The object o=
f this is to expose the palm--in Chinese, the /heart/--of either hand to ea=
ch recipient of tea. It is a token of fidelity and respect. The tea itself =
is called "guest tea," and /is not intended for drinking/. It has=
a more useful mission than that of allaying thirst. Alas for the red-haire=
d barbarian who greedily drinks off his cupful before ten words have been e=
xchanged, and confirms the unfavourable opinion his host already entertains=
of the manners and customs of the West! And yet a little trouble spent in =
learning the quaint ceremonies of the Chinese would have gained him much es=
teem as an enlightened and tolerant man. For while despising us outwardly, =
the Chinese know well enough that inwardly we despise them, and thus it com=
es to pass that a voluntary concession on our part to any of their harmless=
prejudices is always gratefully acknowledged. To return, "guest tea&q=
uot; is provided to be used as a signal by either party that the interview =
is at an end. A guest no sooner raises the cup to his lips than a dozen voi=
ces shout to his chair-coolies; so, too, when the master of the house is pr=
evented by other engagements from playing any longer the part of host. With=
out previous warning--unusual except among intimate acquaintances--this tea=
should never be touched except as a sign of departure. Strangers meeting m=
ay freely ask each other their names, provinces, and even prospects; it is =
not so usual as is generally supposed to inquire a person's age. It is alwa=
ys a compliment to an old man, who is justly proud of his years, and takes =
the curious form of "your venerable teeth?" but middle-aged men d=
o not as a rule care about the question and their answers can rarely be dep=
ended upon. A man may be asked the number and sex of his children; also if =
his father and mother are still "in the hall," i.e., alive. His w=
ife, however, should never be alluded to even in the most indirect manner. =
Friends meeting, either or both being in sedan-chairs, stop their bearers a=
t once, and get out with all possible expedition; the same rule applies to =
acquaintances meeting on horseback. Spectacles must always be removed befor=
e addressing even the humblest individual--sheer ignorance of which most im=
portant custom has often, we imagine, led to rudeness from natives towards =
foreigners, where otherwise extreme courtesy would have been shown. In such=
cases a foreigner must yield, or take the chances of being snubbed; and wh=
ere neither self-respect or national dignity is compromised, we recommend h=
im by all means to adopt the most conciliatory course. Chinese etiquette is=
a wide field for the student, and one which, we think, would well repay ex=
tensive and methodical exploration. ETIQUETTE, NO. II The disadvantages of =
ignoring alike the language and customs of the Chinese are daily and hourly=
exemplified in the unsatisfactory relations which exist as a rule between =
master and servant. That the latter almost invariably despise their foreign=
patrons, and are only tempted to serve under them by the remunerative natu=
re of the employment, is a fact too well known to be contradicted, though w=
hy this should be so is a question which effectually puzzles many who are c=
onscious of treating their native dependants only with extreme kindness and=
consideration. The answer, however, is not difficult for those who possess=
the merest insight into the workings of the Chinese mind; for just as ever=
y inhabitant of the eighteen provinces believes China to be the centre of c=
ivilisation and power, so does he infer that his language and customs are t=
he only ones worthy of attention from native and barbarian alike. The very =
antagonism of the few foreign manners and habits he is obliged by his posit=
ion to cultivate, tend rather to confirm him in his own sense of superiorit=
y than otherwise. For who but a barbarian would defile the banquet hour &qu=
ot;when the wine mantles in the cups" with a /white/ table-cloth, the =
badge of grief and death? How much more elegant the soft /red/ lacquer of t=
he "eight fairy" table, with all its associations of the bridal h=
our! The host, too, at the /head/ of his own board, sitting in what should =
be the seat of the most honoured guest, and putting the latter on his /righ=
t/ instead of his left hand! Truly these red-haired barbarians are the very=
scum of the earth. By the time he has arrived at this conclusion our nativ=
e domestic has by a direct process of reasoning settled in his mind another=
important point, namely, that any practice of the civilities and ceremonie=
s which Chinese custom exacts from the servant to the master, would be enti=
rely out of place in reference to the degraded being whom an accidental com=
mand of dollars has invested with the title, though hardly with the rights,=
of a patron. Consequently, little acts of gross rudeness, unperceived of c=
ourse by the foreigner, characterise the everyday intercourse of master and=
servant in China. The house-boy presents himself for orders, and even wait=
s at table, in short clothes --an insult no Chinaman would dare to offer to=
one of his own countrymen. He meets his master with his tail tied round hi=
s head, and passes him in the street without touching his hat, that is, wit=
hout standing still at the side of the street until his master has passed. =
He lolls about and scratches his head when receiving instructions, instead =
of standing in a respectful attitude with his hands at his side in a state =
of rest; enters a room with his shoes down at heel, or without socks; omits=
to rise at the approach of his master, mistress, or their friends, and com=
mits numerous other petty breaches of decorum which would ensure his instan=
t dismissal from the house of a Chinese gentleman. We ourselves take a prid=
e in making our servants treat us with the same degree of outward respect t=
hey would show towards native masters, and we believe that by strictly adhe=
ring to this system we succeed in gaining, to some extent, their esteem. In=
asmuch, however, as foreign susceptibilities are easily shocked on certain =
points ignored by Chinamen of no matter what social standing, we have found=
it necessary to introduce a special Bill, known in our domestic circle as =
the Expectoration Act. Now it is a trite observation that the Chinese make =
capital soldiers if they are well commanded, and what is the head of a larg=
e business establishment but the commander-in-chief of a small army? The ef=
ficiency of his force depends far more upon the moral agencies brought to b=
ear than upon any system of rewards and punishments human ingenuity can dev=
ise; for Chinamen, like other mortals, love to have their prejudices respec=
ted, and fear of shame and dread of ridicule are as deeply ingrained in the=
ir natures as in those of any nation under the sun. They have a horror of b=
lows, not so much from the pain inflicted, as from the sense of injury done=
to something more elevated than their mere corporeal frames; and a friend =
of ours once lost a good servant by merely, in a hasty fit, /throwing a soc=
k at him/. We therefore think that, considering the vast extent of the Chin=
ese empire and its innumerable population, all of whom are constructed ment=
ally more or less on the same model, their language and customs are deservi=
ng of more attention than is generally paid to them by foreigners in China.=
LITERATURE It is an almost universally-received creed that behind the suic=
idal prejudices and laughable superstitions of the Chinese there is a myste=
rious fund of solid learning hidden away in the uttermost recesses--far bey=
ond the ken of occidentals--of that /terra incognita/, Chinese literature. =
Sinologues darkly hint at elaborate treatises on the various sciences, impa=
rtial histories and candid biographies, laying at the same time extraordina=
ry stress on the extreme difficulty of the language in which they are writt=
en, and carefully mentioning the number (sometimes fabulous) of the volumes=
of which each is composed. Hence, probably, it results that few students v=
enture to push their reading beyond novels, and remain during the whole of =
their career in a state of darkness as to that literary wealth of China whi=
ch enthusiasts delight to compare with her unexplored mines of metal and co=
al. Inasmuch, however, as it is not absolutely necessary to read a book fro=
m beginning to end to be able to form a pretty correct judgment as to its v=
alue, so, many students who are sufficiently advanced to read a novel with =
ease and without the help of a teacher, might readily gain an insight into =
a large enough number of the most celebrated scientific or historical works=
to enable them to comprehend the true worth of the whole of this vast lite=
rature. For vast it undoubtedly is, though our own humble efforts to apprai=
se it justly, in comparison of course with the other literatures of the wor=
ld, brought upon us in the first hours of discovery that some years of assi=
duous toil had been positively thrown away. Sir W. Hamilton, if we recollec=
t rightly, said that by so many more languages as a man knows, by so many m=
ore times is he a man--an apophthegm of but a shallow kind if all he meant =
to convey was that an Englishman who can speak French is also a Frenchman b=
y virtue of his knowledge of the colloquial. The opening up of new fields o=
f thought through the medium of a new literature, is a result more worthy t=
he effort of acquiring a foreign language than sparkling in a /salon/ with =
the purest imaginable accent; and herein Sir W. Hamilton counted without Ch=
inese. The greater portion of the "Classics," cherished tomes to =
which China thinks even now she owes her intellectual supremacy over the re=
st of the world, is open through Dr Legge's translation to all Englishmen, =
and those who run may read, weighing it in the balance and determining its =
status among the ethical systems either of the past or present. Had we foun=
d as much that is solid in other departments of Chinese literature, as ther=
e is mixed up with the occasional nonsense and obscurity of the Four Books,=
our protest would have taken a milder form; as it is, we think it right to=
condemn any and all random assertions which tend to strengthen in the mind=
s of those who have no opportunity of judging, the belief that China is pos=
sessed of a vast and valuable literature, in which, for aught any one knows=
to the contrary, there may lie buried gems of purest ray serene. Can it be=
supposed that, if true, nothing of all this has yet been brought to light?=
There have been, and are now, foreigners possessing a much wider knowledge=
of Chinese literature than many natives of education, but, strange to say,=
such translations as have hitherto been given to the world have been chief=
ly confined to plays and novels! We hold that all those whom tastes or circ=
umstances have led to acquire a knowledge of the Chinese language have a gr=
eat duty to perform, and this is to contribute each something to the scanty=
quota of translations from Chinese now existing. Let us see what the poets=
, historians, and especially the scientific men of China have produced to j=
ustify so many in speaking as they have done, and still do speak, of her bu=
lky literature. Many, we think, will be deterred by the grave nonsense or c=
hildish superstitions which they dare not submit to foreign judges as the r=
esult of their labours in this fantastic field; but to withhold such is to =
leave the public where it was before, at the mercy of unscrupulous or craze=
d enthusiasts.</p>=20
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