Games and Gambling | Chapter 16 | Chinese Sketches | Herbert Allen Giles
This is a audio recording/book of Chinese Sketches, Chapter 16 - Games and Gambling by Herbert Allen Giles. From 1876.
Herbert Giles was in the diplomatic service in China from 1867 to 1893. His frank observations on Chinese culture and people form the basis of these short essays, published in 1876. On his retirement, he returned to England and served as the Chair of Chinese at Cambridge for 35 years.
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Video Summary
AI GeneratedThis text examines the leisure activities and social habits of the Chinese people, highlighting a stark contrast between the intellectual pursuits of the literati and a widespread cultural obsession with gambling. It explores how a lack of national sports and a disdain for physical exercise lead many toward either literary pastimes or demoralizing games of chance.