bokane Posted November 15, 2007 at 09:25 AM Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 at 09:25 AM In The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy, John DeFrancis has a great quote which he attributes to Ni Haishu: "Habit is a very irrational thing [...?] The force of habit of a billion people is a force to be feared." I don't have the DeFrancis book on me, unfortunately; looking at that page in Google Books, he attributes it to Ni Haishu (1980:35-38). I looked online and found a collection of Ni's work entitled 杂格咙咚 published in 1980. Ordered it, and found that it appears to be the wrong work -- the quote in question doesn't seem to be in there, and in general the content of the book is not (for the most part) related to romanization. Does anybody know (a) what DeFrancis is quoting, and (B) where I can get a copy? Or - better yet - where I can find the original text online? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mewaters Posted March 9, 2008 at 11:01 PM Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 at 11:01 PM Maybe you've got this figured out by now, but if not you'll find the citation here: http://tinyurl.com/265qqm I could probably track it down for you if you're still looking...might be tough to find online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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