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Etiquette, No. II

Herbert Allen Giles

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.

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The Position Of Women

Herbert Allen Giles

It is, perhaps, tolerably safe to say that the position of women among the Chinese is very generally misunderstood.

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Etiquette

Herbert Allen Giles

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.

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