Seven Hundred Chinese Proverbs

Seven Hundred Chinese Proverbs

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Condition: SECONDHAND

This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.

Author: Henry H. Hart (Translator)
Binding: Hardback
Published: Stanford University Press, 1940

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: good condition, missing dust jacket

Seven Hundred Chinese Proverbs by Henry H. Hart is a compact collection of 700 traditional Chinese proverbs and sayings, translated and compiled into English for a Western readership. Originally published by Stanford University Press in 1937, the book brings together folk wisdom on a wide range of everyday themes — from government, health and home life to friendship, wealth, animals and human nature — offering readers a glimpse into the practical wit, moral insight and cultural values embedded in China’s oral proverb tradition. It’s lightly illustrated and arranged so that readers can enjoy the observations in short, accessible entries.

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Description

Author: Henry H. Hart (Translator)
Binding: Hardback
Published: Stanford University Press, 1940

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: good condition, missing dust jacket

Seven Hundred Chinese Proverbs by Henry H. Hart is a compact collection of 700 traditional Chinese proverbs and sayings, translated and compiled into English for a Western readership. Originally published by Stanford University Press in 1937, the book brings together folk wisdom on a wide range of everyday themes — from government, health and home life to friendship, wealth, animals and human nature — offering readers a glimpse into the practical wit, moral insight and cultural values embedded in China’s oral proverb tradition. It’s lightly illustrated and arranged so that readers can enjoy the observations in short, accessible entries.