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  IstherethennotruthinKiplingsfamousdictumthatEastisEastaisWest?Ofcoursethereis.Whenyoudealwithplusequal,thereislittleornodiffereisonlywhenyouetoproblemsasaplusbequalcthatthereisagreatdealofdiffereweea.Buttobeabletosolvetheequationaplusbequalcbetweea,ohaverealaptitudefhermathematics.Themisfortuheworldto-dayisthatthesolutionoftheequationaplusbequalFarEasternproblems,isinthehandsofJohnSmithwhonotonlyrulestheBritishEmpire,butisanallyoftheJapaion,_JohnSmithwhodoesnotuandtheelementsevenofalgebraicalproblems.Thesolu-*eseemployedbyfnfirmsinatobeageweenthemandesemerts.

  tionoftheequationaplusbequalcbetweeaisaveryplexanddifficultproblem.Forinittherearemanyunknownquantities,notonlysuchastheEastoffuciusaofMr.KangYu-weiandtheViceroyTuanFang,butalsotheWestofShakespeareaheaofJohnSmith.Indeedwhenyouhavesolvedyouraplusbequalcequationproperly,youwillfindthatthereisverylittlediffereweeoffuciusaofShakespeareahe,butyouwillfindagreatdealofdiffereweeheWestgethescholar,aoftheRev.ArthurSmith.LetmegiveacreteillustrationofwhatImean.

  TheRev.ArthurSmith,speakingofesehistories,says:_

  "esehistoriesareantediluvian,notmerelyitemptstogobacktededgeofzerooftimeforapointofdeparture,butierminablelengthofthesluggishandturbidcurrentwhichcarriesonitsbosomnotonlythemightyvegetationofpastages,butwood,hayandstubblepastallreing.arelativelytimelessracecouldeitherposeorreadsuchhistories:heesememorycouldstorethemawayinitscapaciousabdomen!"

  ushearDr.Leggeonthesamesubject.Dr.Legge,speakingofthestandarddynastichistoriesofa,says:

  "Nonationhasahistoryshlydigested;andonthewholeitistrustworthy."

  Speakingofanreateseliterarycolle.Dr.Leggesays:_"Theworkwasnotpublished,asIoncesupposedbyImperialauthority,butuhesuperintendendattheexpense(aidedbyotherofficers)ofYuenYun,GoverneneralofKwangtungandKwahethyearofthelastreign,ofKien-lung.Thepublicationofsoextensiveaworkshoublicspiritandzealforliteratureamongthehighofficialsofawhichshouldkeepfor-

  eignersfromthinkingmeanlyofthem."

  TheabovetheniswhatImeanwhenIsaythatthereisagreatdealofdiffereoweeabutalsobetweege,thescholarreciateandadmirezealforliterature,aoftheRev.ArthurSmithwhoisthebelovedofJohnSmithina.

  AGREATSINOLOGUE

  Dontfettobeagentlemanofsense,-whileyoutrytobeagreatscholar;

  Dontbeeafool,whileyoutrytobeagreatscholar.

  fuciusSayings,Ch:VI.II.

  IhavelatelybeenreadingDr.Giles"AdversariaSinica,"andinreadingthem,wasremindedofasayingofanotherBritishsulMr.Hopkinsthat"whenfnresidentsinaspeakofamanasasinologue,theygenerallythinkofhimasafool."

  Dr.Gileshasthereputationofbeingagreatesescholar.sideringthequantityofworkhehasdohatreputationisnotundeserved.ButIthinkitisnowtimethatashouldbemadetoaccuratelyestimatethequalityandrealvalueileswork.

  InonerespectDr.Gileshastheadvantageoverallsinologuespasta,_hepossessestheliterarygift:hewritegoodidiomatiglish.ButoherhandDr.Gilesutterlylacksthephilosophisightandsometimesevenonsense.Hetranslateesesentences,butheotinterpretanduandesethought.Inthisrespect.Dr.Gileshasthesamecharacteristicsastheeseliterati.fuciussays,"Whenmenseducationorbooklearnihebetteroftheirnaturalqualities,theybeeliterati."

  Totheeseliterati,booksandliteraturearemerelymaterialsforwritingbooksandsotheywritebooksuponbooks.Theylive,moveandhavetheirbeinginaworldofbooks,havingnothingtodowiththeworldofrealhumaneveroccurstotheliteratithatbooksandliteratureareooahestudyofbooksandliteraturetothetruescholarisbutthemeanstoeointer-

  pret,tocriticise,touandhumanlife.

  MatthewArnoldsays,"Itisthroughtheapprehensioherofallliterature,_theeoryofthehumanspirit,_orofasinglegreatliteraryworkasaectedwhole,thatthepowerofliteraturemakesitselffelt."ButinallthatDr.Gileshaswritten,thereisnotasiencewhichbetraysthefactthatDr.Gileshasceivedoreveoceivetheeseliteratureasaectedwhole.

  ItisthiswantofphilosophisightinDr.Gileswhichmakeshimsohelplessinthearraofhismaterialsinhisbooks.Takeforinstancehisgreatdiary.Itisinnosenseadiaryatall.ItismerelyacolleofesephrasesaeranslatedbyDr.Gileswithoutanyattemptatsele,arra,orderormethod.Asadiaryforthepurposesofthescholar.Dr.GilesdiaryisdecidedlyoflessvaluethaheolddiaryofDr.Williams.松语文学www.16sy.coM免费小说阅读