Chronology Entry
Year
1912
Text
Letter from G. Lowes Dickinson to Oscar P. Eckhard. King's College, 12 June 1912.
"We had an Anglo-Chinese dinner on Monday. The secretary of the Chinese legation, Mr Kwei, was there. He sat next me and talked the whole time, and I hardly understood a single word. It was like a nightmare. One thing however I grasped after half an hour's explanation. He applied to my Letters of John Chinaman what I understood is a Chinese proverb : In another's wine cup I make my own complaint. This I think explains itself, and is quite true in its application. Mr Kwei got drunk before the end ; he began to embrace me, and I thought he would never have finished shanking hands. The net result is that I hope I shall get much assistance in my travels to China."
"We had an Anglo-Chinese dinner on Monday. The secretary of the Chinese legation, Mr Kwei, was there. He sat next me and talked the whole time, and I hardly understood a single word. It was like a nightmare. One thing however I grasped after half an hour's explanation. He applied to my Letters of John Chinaman what I understood is a Chinese proverb : In another's wine cup I make my own complaint. This I think explains itself, and is quite true in its application. Mr Kwei got drunk before the end ; he began to embrace me, and I thought he would never have finished shanking hands. The net result is that I hope I shall get much assistance in my travels to China."
Mentioned People (1)
Dickinson, G. Lowes
(London 1862-1932 London) : Schriftsteller, Historiker, Philosoph, Lecturer in History King's College Cambridge
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1934 | Forster, E[dward] M[organ]. Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson and related writings. Foreword by W.H. Auden. [Reprint]. (London : E. Arnold, 1973). S. 120. | Publication / Fors2 |