A History Of Chinese Literature Herbert A. Giles

"This İs The First Attempt Made İn Any Language, İncluding Chinese, To Produce A History Ofchinese Literature.native Scholars, With Their Endless Critiques And Appreciations Of İndividual Works, Do Notseem Ever To Have Contemplated Anything Of The Kind, Realising, Nodoubt, The Utterhopelessness, From A Chinese Point Of View, Of Achieving Even Comparative Success İn Ageneral Historical Survey Of The Subject. The Voluminous Character Of A Literature Whichwas Already İn Existence Some Six Centuries Before The Christian Era, And Has Run Onuninterruptedly Until The Present Date, May Well Have Given Pause To Writers Aiming Atcompleteness. The Foreign Student, However, İs On A Totally Different Footing. It May Besaid Without Offence That A Work Which Would Be İnadequate To The Requirements Of Anative Public, May Properly Be Submitted To English Readers As An İntroduction İnto Thegreat Field Which Lies Beyond."