# A History of Chinese Literature

Author: Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43711

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+History+of+Chinese+Literature+Giles&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The date of the beginning of all things has been nicely calculated by Chinese chronologers. There was first of all a period when Nothing existed, though some enthusiasts have attempted to deal with a period antecedent even to that. Gradually Nothing took upon itself the form and limitations of Unity, represented by a point at the centre of a circle. Thus there was a Great Monad, a First Cause, an Aura, a Zeitgeist, or whatever one may please to call it.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Book IV. ch. i.), became the source of all life and the haven to which](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Chapter x. of the _Lun Yü_ gives some singular details of the every-day](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-chinese-literature-43711/chapters/17/index.md)