chapter 29
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
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