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notsubjeesyoluldbe
readindifferentdialectsorevenlanguages,asthesignofthe
christiancrossuldbepronouncedcrossinenglishandcroixinfrench
thishasaveryclosebearingontheunityofchineseculturethroughouttheold
eirereiortantthanthat,theuseofthecharactersdethereadingofthe
nfucianclassicspossibleafterthelapseofathousandyearstheideathatthe
nfucianclassicsuldhavebeeunreadableinthesixthcenturyofourerais
extrelyintriguing,andoneistetedtoothe
trendousrespehadthathappened
actually,thechinesecharactersundereofthe
buingofbooksbychinshihhuang,andtodaynfucianscholarsaresplitinto
tps,onebelievingintheclassictextsin”ancientscripts”e,andtheother
believinginthe”descripts”hholarswho
hadttedtheory,andsurvivedtheshortlivedchindynasty
nevertheless,frohattionhereisantinuityofing,h
aparativelyuniortantevolutionoffor,ustlargelyacuntforthe
hypnoticpoinds
istrueoftheentireliteraryheritage,
especiallythatingafterthehandaysachineseschoolboyanreadan
authorofahundredyearsagould,bythatverytraining,readhethirteenth,
tenthorsendesensethatadeartistcanappreciate
thevenusdeloeeaseasheappreciatesrodinheinfluenceof
theclassicheritagehavebeensopoindhavebeenso
nservativeandhepast,hadthatpastbeenlessreadilyunderstood
onewonders
yetinanotherheuseofthecharactershelpedinthecreationofafairlystable
literarylanguage,quitedifferentfrohespokenlanguage,andrathertoodifficultfor
theaveragesastericscripturallythe
changesandidioofalivinglanguage,thelanguageofbols,bybeing
lessdependentuponsounds,aandgraaritdid
nothavetoobeythelae,ithaditslawsof
strusulatedbyliteraryaccidentsfrohe
etohaveanindependentrealityofitsown,
subjectreorlesstoliteraryfashions
astion,thisdiscrepancybetheliterarylanguageandtheliving
languageoftheagebecagreaterandgreater,untiltodaythestudyoftheancient
languageis,inpointofpsyilartothe
leaingofaforeigntongueforthechinesepeoplethelawsofordinary
sentencestructuredifferbetheliteraryandthespokenlanguage,sothatone
cannoterelysubstitutingcertainancientwordsfor
thedeplephraselikethreeouncessilvershouldbesyntactically
changedintosilverthreeouncesandodechinesesayneversaw
it}9theancientidioequiresthenstructionneveritsaheaccusativeobject
beingregularlyplaodechinese
sitthesaidioticblundersaswhenenglish
schoolboyssayjevoisvousinleaingfrenchjustasinleaingaforeignlanguage
averyextensiveacquaintancehthatlanguageisnecessarybeforeonecanreally
stertheordinaryidio,sointhepracticeofingancientchinese,yearsoforal
repetitionandreadingofsterpiecesnienyearsarerequiredbeforeone
canefairlypresentableancientchineseandjustasveryfeceedin
reallysteringaforeignlanguagesoinrealityveryfeholarssucceed
inatiost
ofushavetoputupnd
easilyenough,butothertongue
theuseoftheentpossiblereover,the
independensoundgreatlyaccelerateditsnosyllabicquality
actually,bisyllabichespokenlanguagecanberepresentedbya
nosyllabiakesthe
aningalreadyquiteclearthus,inthespokenlanguagelao
hu”oldtiger”todistingui**aurallyfrodozenothera,butining,the
uchre
nosyllabicthanthespokenlanguage,sinceitsbasisisvisualandnotaural
frohisextrenosyllabishendevelopedanextretersenessofstyle,
itatedinthespokenlanguagehouttheriskofunintelligibility,
buthecharacteristicbeautyofchineseliteraturethusinchinawehavea
treofexaetre,sayingprobablyas
chastheenglish
language,orinanyspokenlanguageyof
yleoitsfinest
nuanceinsoundvalueandissurcharged,asiteaningaseticulous
poets,chineseasteryofthis
eansextresteryinthechoiceofearosea
literarytraditionfocingeasocialtraditionandfinallya
ntalhabitofthechinese
thensequentdiffiitationofliteracyin
china,itationofliteracyintuchangedthe
ionofchinesesocietyandthe
... </P></TD>
notsubjeesyoluldbe
readindifferentdialectsorevenlanguages,asthesignofthe
christiancrossuldbepronouncedcrossinenglishandcroixinfrench
thishasaveryclosebearingontheunityofchineseculturethroughouttheold
eirereiortantthanthat,theuseofthecharactersdethereadingofthe
nfucianclassicspossibleafterthelapseofathousandyearstheideathatthe
nfucianclassicsuldhavebeeunreadableinthesixthcenturyofourerais
extrelyintriguing,andoneistetedtoothe
trendousrespehadthathappened
actually,thechinesecharactersundereofthe
buingofbooksbychinshihhuang,andtodaynfucianscholarsaresplitinto
tps,onebelievingintheclassictextsin”ancientscripts”e,andtheother
believinginthe”descripts”hholarswho
hadttedtheory,andsurvivedtheshortlivedchindynasty
nevertheless,frohattionhereisantinuityofing,h
aparativelyuniortantevolutionoffor,ustlargelyacuntforthe
hypnoticpoinds
istrueoftheentireliteraryheritage,
especiallythatingafterthehandaysachineseschoolboyanreadan
authorofahundredyearsagould,bythatverytraining,readhethirteenth,
tenthorsendesensethatadeartistcanappreciate
thevenusdeloeeaseasheappreciatesrodinheinfluenceof
theclassicheritagehavebeensopoindhavebeenso
nservativeandhepast,hadthatpastbeenlessreadilyunderstood
onewonders
yetinanotherheuseofthecharactershelpedinthecreationofafairlystable
literarylanguage,quitedifferentfrohespokenlanguage,andrathertoodifficultfor
theaveragesastericscripturallythe
changesandidioofalivinglanguage,thelanguageofbols,bybeing
lessdependentuponsounds,aandgraaritdid
nothavetoobeythelae,ithaditslawsof
strusulatedbyliteraryaccidentsfrohe
etohaveanindependentrealityofitsown,
subjectreorlesstoliteraryfashions
astion,thisdiscrepancybetheliterarylanguageandtheliving
languageoftheagebecagreaterandgreater,untiltodaythestudyoftheancient
languageis,inpointofpsyilartothe
leaingofaforeigntongueforthechinesepeoplethelawsofordinary
sentencestructuredifferbetheliteraryandthespokenlanguage,sothatone
cannoterelysubstitutingcertainancientwordsfor
thedeplephraselikethreeouncessilvershouldbesyntactically
changedintosilverthreeouncesandodechinesesayneversaw
it}9theancientidioequiresthenstructionneveritsaheaccusativeobject
beingregularlyplaodechinese
sitthesaidioticblundersaswhenenglish
schoolboyssayjevoisvousinleaingfrenchjustasinleaingaforeignlanguage
averyextensiveacquaintancehthatlanguageisnecessarybeforeonecanreally
stertheordinaryidio,sointhepracticeofingancientchinese,yearsoforal
repetitionandreadingofsterpiecesnienyearsarerequiredbeforeone
canefairlypresentableancientchineseandjustasveryfeceedin
reallysteringaforeignlanguagesoinrealityveryfeholarssucceed
inatiost
ofushavetoputupnd
easilyenough,butothertongue
theuseoftheentpossiblereover,the
independensoundgreatlyaccelerateditsnosyllabicquality
actually,bisyllabichespokenlanguagecanberepresentedbya
nosyllabiakesthe
aningalreadyquiteclearthus,inthespokenlanguagelao
hu”oldtiger”todistingui**aurallyfrodozenothera,butining,the
uchre
nosyllabicthanthespokenlanguage,sinceitsbasisisvisualandnotaural
frohisextrenosyllabishendevelopedanextretersenessofstyle,
itatedinthespokenlanguagehouttheriskofunintelligibility,
buthecharacteristicbeautyofchineseliteraturethusinchinawehavea
treofexaetre,sayingprobablyas
chastheenglish
language,orinanyspokenlanguageyof
yleoitsfinest
nuanceinsoundvalueandissurcharged,asiteaningaseticulous
poets,chineseasteryofthis
eansextresteryinthechoiceofearosea
literarytraditionfocingeasocialtraditionandfinallya
ntalhabitofthechinese
thensequentdiffiitationofliteracyin
china,itationofliteracyintuchangedthe
ionofchinesesocietyandthe
... </P></TD>