Chronology Entry
Year
1902
Text
Picha nü shi zhuan. Guan Yun bian. [ID D21907].
Der Autor schreibt über Harriet Beecher Stowe : "In 19th century America there was a woman who with the strength of her feeble pen lifted countless black slaves from the slough of despond in which they were sunk and restored them to the ranks of humanity. To this day Westerners refer to her as a female saint. This was Ms Beecher. At the time no one in America discussed the slave question. Beecher pondered in solitude, and felt the spirit move. She believed the slaves were the most afflicted of all mankind, and she had to think of a way to save them. But then she was a weak woman ; how could she take it upon herself to put right a situation that for over a hundred years great politicians and philosophers had backed away from ? Finally Beecher sold up her property, said goodbye to her husband, took funds for her sojourn and went to life alone in the hills to write her book, which set forth the principles of universal justice, namely that everyone was equal, without regard to social position or wealth, and that human beings on no account could be treated as beasts of burden. When the book came out, Americans woke up to the fact that enslavement of the blacks was inconsistent with human principles. It was as if ten layers of dark clouds and mist were parted and the sun shone again in the sky."
Der Autor schreibt über Harriet Beecher Stowe : "In 19th century America there was a woman who with the strength of her feeble pen lifted countless black slaves from the slough of despond in which they were sunk and restored them to the ranks of humanity. To this day Westerners refer to her as a female saint. This was Ms Beecher. At the time no one in America discussed the slave question. Beecher pondered in solitude, and felt the spirit move. She believed the slaves were the most afflicted of all mankind, and she had to think of a way to save them. But then she was a weak woman ; how could she take it upon herself to put right a situation that for over a hundred years great politicians and philosophers had backed away from ? Finally Beecher sold up her property, said goodbye to her husband, took funds for her sojourn and went to life alone in the hills to write her book, which set forth the principles of universal justice, namely that everyone was equal, without regard to social position or wealth, and that human beings on no account could be treated as beasts of burden. When the book came out, Americans woke up to the fact that enslavement of the blacks was inconsistent with human principles. It was as if ten layers of dark clouds and mist were parted and the sun shone again in the sky."
Mentioned People (2)
Guan, Yun
(um 1902)
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
(Lichfield, Conn. 1811-1896 Hartford, Conn.) : Schriftstellerin
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1998 |
Translation and creation : readings of Western literature in early modern China, 1840-1918. Ed. by David E. Pollard. (Amsterdam : J. Benjamins, 1998). (Benjamins translation library ; vol. 25). [Enthält] : Cheung, Martha P.Y. The discourse of Occidentalism ? Wei Yi and Lin Shu's treatment of religious material in their translation of 'Uncle Tom's cabin' [by Harriet Beecher Stowe]. Xia, Xiaohong. Ms Picha and Mrs Stowe. S. 244-245. |
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