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发帖数: 6973 | 1 The book:
Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller, Fortunate Sons: The 120 Chinese Boys Who
Came to America, Went to School, and Revolutionized an Ancient Civilization.
Norton, 2011.
(1) Book review:
Deborah Fallows, The First Chinese Exchange Students. New York Times, Mar 6,
2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/books/review/Fallows-t.html
Note:
(a) YUNG Wing 容 閎 (1828-1912)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yung_Wing
Please read the entire page.
(b) 中国留美幼童
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%95%99%E7%BE%
(公元1872年到1875年间，由容闳倡议，在曾国藩、李鸿章的支持下，清政府先后派出
四批共一百二十名学生赴美国留学。这批学生出洋时的平均年龄只有十二岁)
(c) YUNG Leang 容 尚謙 (also known as YUNG Shang Him; 廣東香山; age 10)
(d) CHUNG Mun Yew 鍾 文耀 (廣東香山; age 13)
(e) coxswain (n; Middle English cokswayne, from cok cockboat (a small boat)
+ swain servant):
"a steersman of a racing shell who usually directs the rowers"
www.m-w.com
(2) An interview:
Jaeah Lee, LISTEN: "Modern China's Founding Fathers" Had New England Accents
(Audio); How did 120 Chinese boys who studied in 19th-century America shape
the China we know today? Mother Jones, Mar 8, 2011.
http://motherjones.com/media/2011/03
/fortunate-sons-liel-leibovitz-interview
Note:
(a) Mother Jones
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Jones_(magazine)
(named after Mary Harris Jones [1837-1930], called Mother Jones, an Irish-
American trade union activist, opponent of child labor, and self-described "
hellraiser"; liberal bimonthly; based in San Francisco; First Issue 1976)
(b) Mr Liel Leibovitz stated in the interview that Mr Yung Wing came to US
with his "teacher." I do not know who the teacher is, but the teqacher can
not be
Robert Morrison (missionary)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Morrison_(missionary)
or
William Milne (missionary)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Milne_(missionary)
Together they established a school for Chinese and Malay children in 1818,
in present-day state of Malacca, Malaysia, but moved the school to Hong Kong
in 1843 after the latter became a British colony. The Hong Kong school (
named Anglo-Chinese College but later called Ying Wa College 英華書院) is
where Yung Wing studied.
(c) discombobulate (vt; probably alteration of discompose; First Known Use:
circa 1916):
"UPSET, CONFUSE
Kurt Andersen>"
(d) Chinese Educational Mission 中國教育使團
(e) Mr Leibovitz stated, "They are aware of the gentleman named [Henry] John
Heinz who's invented this new condiment called 'ketchup.'"
(i) Henry J. Heinz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_J._Heinz
(ii) Of course Mr Leibovitz was wrong. CHINESE invented ketchup centuries
ago, at least its precursor.
(A) Great Chefs Share Tricks of the Trade; Part 4 Sang Yoon. Los Angeles
Times, Aug 5, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-masterclass-sang-yoo
*The shef's surname hints at his Korean heritage.
* Please read paragraphs 4 to 9 (inclusive), explaining how Chinese fish
sauce came to incorporate tomato in US.
(B) ketchup
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup
(section 2 History: In the 1690s the Chinese mixed together a concoction of
pickled fish and spices and called it kôe-chiap or kê-chiap (鮭汁)
meaning the brine of pickled fish (鮭, carp; 汁, juice) or shellfish); in
the Amoy/Xiamen dialect)
(f) Mr Leibovitz said, "Many of them ended up being just taken out of
college before graduation." Out of American college, naturally--pulled by
Qing officials in Peking.
(g) Mr Leibovitz pointed out that "the founder of Tsinghua University—which
until today is considered China's Harvard" was a graduate of this Mission.
唐国安
http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E5%94%90%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%89
(1858-1913; 廣東香山; 清華學校首任校長; 少時讀私塾，作為第二批中國留美幼童前
往美國康乃狄克州哈特福德市新不列顛中學，後考入耶魯大學法律系，1881年因清政府
終止留學而肄業回國)
(h) Binghamton, New York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binghamton,_New_York | M*****8
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Who
Civilization.
6,
把不懂事的年幼小孩送到国外所谓留学，简直是胡闹。
当年还好点，如果是今天，多数只会学坏，毫无建树。
【在 c**i 的大作中提到】
: The book:
: Liel Leibovitz and Matthew Miller, Fortunate Sons: The 120 Chinese Boys Who
: Came to America, Went to School, and Revolutionized an Ancient Civilization.
: Norton, 2011.
: (1) Book review:
: Deborah Fallows, The First Chinese Exchange Students. New York Times, Mar 6,
: 2011.
: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/books/review/Fallows-t.html
: Note:
: (a) YUNG Wing 容 閎 (1828-1912)
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