Yu Yue Tsu

The Spirit of Chinese Philanthropy: a Study in Mutual Aid Yu Yue Tsu

In this monograph the writer has endeavored to describe Chinese Philanthropy and to interpret its characteristics and ideals as he understands them. The subject is greater than can be adequately treated in a work of the present scope, but it is hoped that no injustice has been done to the subject and that further study of it maybe stimulated by this presentation. The writing was begun before the change of government in China took place. Some parts of the monograph, touching the political organization of the country may not therefore exactly fit the new conditions, but as they are true representations of conditions that obtained in the immediate past and went far into a remote past, we have allowed them to stand, as first written. The problem of population in China in its intimate relation to social wellbeing and progress is of vital interest not only to China but also to the world. The writers interest in it was first aroused by Professor A. A. Tenney slectures at Columbia University. Professor E. A. Ross book, The Changing Chinese, contains an illuminating study of it, perhaps the most thorough one that bears upon present conditions in China. The problem will repay further study. The writer wishes to record his indebtedness to Professor F. H. Giddings, Professor Friedrich Hirth, Dr.
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