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Scarce and Interesting 19th Century Review on the Following Book
Translated to English by:
DAVIS, J. F.
Title: Laou-sing-urh, or 'An Heir in his old Age',
a Chinese Drama - (A Review) Publisher: London: The Quarterly Review, 1817.
Notes:An engaging analysis of Chinese theatre and poetry,
then often construed by Western civilizations as being childish, crude and vulgar.
Features Davis' translation, also published in 1817, of an ancient Chinese drama
titled 'Laou-sing-urh'.
Excerpts from the text:
...as the Editor has observed, 'that those representations appear to descend
into lowness and vulgarity, in the inverse ratio of the rank and situation in
life of the parties for whose amusement they are exhibited'.
.......The translation of the Laou-sing-urh puts an end to all dispute with regard to
the nature of Chinese drama, if any doubt could have been entertained with
regard to the authenticity and the fidelity of the translation of the 'Orphan of Tchao'.
End Excerpts.
Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet (1795 - 1890), was a British diplomat ,
Sinologist, and the 2nd Governor of Hong Kong. Davis was appointed writer
in the factory at Canton in 1813 at the age of eighteen. He showed marked
linguistic and diplomatic abilities, and in consequence was chosen to
accompany Lord Amherst on his unfortunate embassy to Pekin in 1816. On the
return of the mission Davis again took up his duties at Canton, and in 1832
was promoted to be president of the East India Company's factory at that
port. Two years later he was appointed joint commissioner in China with
Lord Napier.
Two of his published works are:
"The Chinese: a General Description of the Empire of China and its Inhabitants"
and "China, During the War and Since the Peace".
Condition:
22 pages. Book review. Excellent condition,
attractively bound in blue paper covers with label.
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