Author Name: Chien, Helen Hsieh (translator)
Title: The European Diary of Hsieh Fucheng: Envoy Extraordinary of Imperial China
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: New York St. Martin's Press
ISBN Number: 031207946X / 9780312079468
Seller ID: 305
From Library Journal&newline; Hsieh Fucheng (1838-90) was one of the officials of Imperial China who tried to reform Chinese government and society. A number of Hsieh's ideas on reform are outlined in this edited journal, as are some of his diplomatic accomplishments while he served as envoy to Europe, but what makes this diary fascinating is its view of Western culture from an outsider's position. For example, Hsieh notes that Christianity is much like Confucianism, but the Old and New Testaments &doublequote; are filled with tales of superstition so incredible that even a small child cannot believe them to be the truth. &doublequote; This first English-language publication of Hsieh's diary, translated by his great-granddaughter and introduced and annotated by Douglas Howland (history, DePaul Univ. ) , should be in academic and large public libraries with strong Chinese history collections. &newline; - Dennis L. Noble, Lewistown P. L. , Mont. &newline; Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.; 224 pages
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