Category: China Connections
The Old Farmer On The Frontier Lost His Horse – An Old Chinese Story
Translated From Chinese By Dr. Arthur William Hummel An Old Chinese Story From More Than 2,000 years ago. Written in the Book of Huai Nan-Tzu who died in 122 B.C. An Old Chinese Story – The Farmer and His Lost Horse An old farmer who lived on the northern frontier of China, on the border…
Over 175 Inspirational Chinese Proverbs On Life And Living
Chinese proverbs are a short saying that gives us inspirational words of wisdom. These bits of wisdom help to instruct or teach us about life and living. My grandparents, Arthur, and Ruth Hummel, lived in China in the early 1900s. During this time, they started to collect and translate Chinese proverbs. Below we have over…
Eminent Chinese Of The Ch’ing (Qing) Period (1943), Arthur W. Hummel
My grandfather, Dr. Arthur W. Hummel, edited the Eminent Chinese of the Ch’ing Period biographical dictionary. This landmark book drew together scholars from all over the world to collaborate on this important work. The editor of the book Eminent Chinese of the Ch’ing Period is my grandfather, Dr. Arthur W. Hummel. But he did not…