# Sidelights on Chinese Life

Author: Macgowan, J. (John), -1922; Smyth, Montague [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Archaeology & Anthropology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39486

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Sidelights+on+Chinese+Life+Macgowan&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Chinaman a puzzle--Oblique methods--Instances given--Mind turbid--Shrewd--A bundle of contradictions--No love of truth in the abstract--Hypnotizing power of the Chinese, in business, in foreign official life--Full of human nature--Inability to be thorough.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/sidelights-on-chinese-life-39486/chapters/5/index.md)