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man�察�the more imperative the discriminating name。                     Hence human beings 

possessed      a   fair  number     of   such   special    appellatives�察    �for  a  man     is  a 

palpably different sort of person from his grandmother�察�and a mother´in´ 

law   from   a   wife。     But   it   is   noteworthy   that   the   artificial   affinities   of 

society were as carefully differentiated as the distinctions due to sex�察�while 

ancestral relationships were deemed more important than either。 

     Animals�察 �though treated   individually  most   humanely�察  �are   vouchsafed 

but scant recognition on the score of sex。                 With them�察�both sexes share 

one     common       name�察    �and   commonly�察       �indeed�察   �this   answers     quite   well 

enough。       In those  few instances   where  sex enters into   the question in   a 

manner      not   to   be  ignored�察    �particles    denoting     ;male;    or   ;female;     are 

prefixed to the general term。           How comparatively rare is the need of such 

specification can be seen from the way in which�察�with us�察�in many species�察�

the name of one sex alone does duty indifferently for both。                       That of the 

male is the one usually selected�察�as in the case of the dog or horse。                         If�察�

however�察�it be the female with which man has most to do�察�she is allowed 

to   bestow     her   name     upon    her   male    partner。    Examples        of  the   latter 

description occur in the use of ;cows; for ;cattle�察─�and ;hens; for ;fowls。; 

A Japanese can say only ;fowl�察─�defined�察�if absolutely necessary�察�as ;he´ 

fowl; or ;she´fowl。; 

     Now   such   a   slighting   of   one   of   the   most   potent   springs   of   human 

action�察  �sex�察  �with   all   that   the   idea   involves�察  �is   not   due   to   a   pronounced 

misogynism   on   the   part   of   these   people�察  �but   to   a   much   more   effective 

neglect�察  �a   great   underlying   impersonality。   Indifference   to   woman   is   but 

included      in  a  much     more    general    indifference      to  mankind。      The     fact 

becomes all the more evident when we descend from sex to gender。                           That 

Father   Ocean   does   not�察  �in   their   verbal   imagery�察  �embrace   Mother   Earth�察�

with that subtle suggestion of humanity which in Aryan speech the gender 

of the nouns hints without expressing�察�is not due to any lack of poesy in 

the   Far   Oriental   speaker�察  �but   to   the   essential   impersonality   of   his   mind�察�

embodied   now  in   the   very  character of   the   words   he uses。            A  Japanese 

noun      is  a   crystallized     concept�察    �handed      down     unchanged       from     the 

childhood       of   the  Japanese      race。    So    primitive     a  conception      does    it 

represent   that   it   is   neither   a   total   nor   a   partial   symbol�察  �but   rather   the 



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outcome       of  a  first  vague     generality。    The     word     ;man�察─   �for   instance�察�

means   to   them   not   one   man�察  �still   less   mankind�察  �but   that   indefinite   idea 

which struggles for embodiment in the utterance of the infant。 It represents 

not a person�察�but a thing�察�a material fact quite innocent of gender。                      This 

early state of semi´consciousness the Japanese never outgrew。                      The world 

continued to present itself to their minds as a collection of things。                      Nor 

did   their   subsequent   Chinese   education   change   their   view。            Buddhism 

simply infused all things with the one universal spirit。 

     As to inanimate objects�察�the idea of supposing sex where there is not 

even life is altogether too fanciful a notion for the Far Eastern mind。 

     Impersonality first fashioned the nouns�察�and then the nouns�察�by their 

very impersonality�察�helped keep impersonal the thought and fettered fancy。 

All those temptings to poesy which to the Aryan imagination lie latent in 

the sex with which his forefathers humanized their words�察�never stir   the 

Tartar   nor   the   Chinese   soul。   They   feel   the   poetry   of   nature   as   much   as�察�

indeed   much   more   than�察  �we�察  �but   it   is   a   poetry   unassociated   with   man。 

And   this�察  �too�察  �curiously   enough�察  �in   spite   of   the   fact   that   to   explain   the 

cosmos   the   Chinamen   invented�察  �or   perhaps   only   adapted�察  �a   singularly 

sexual     philosophy。       For     possibly�察   �like   some    other    portions    of   their 

intellectual wealth�察�they stole it from India。               The Chinese conception of 

the   origin   of   the   world   is   based   on   the   idea   of   sex。 According   to   their 

notions   the   earth   was   begotten。       It   is   true   that   with   them   the   cosmos 

started in an abstract something�察�which self´produced two great principles�察�

but    this   pair  once    obtained�察    �matters    proceeded       after  the   analogy     of 

mankind。       The two principles at work were themselves abstract enough to 

have     satisfied    the  most     unimpassioned        of  philosophers。       They      were 

simply a positive essence and a negative one�察�correlated to sunshine and 

shadow�察  �but   also   correlated   to   male   and   female   forces。        Through   their 

mutual action were born the earth and the air and the water�察�from these�察�in 

turn�察�was begotten man。            The cosmical modus operandi was not creative 

nor evolutionary�察�but sexual。            The whole scheme suggests an attempt to 

wed abstract philosophy with primitive concrete mythology。 

     The same sexuality distinguishes the Japanese demonology。                       Here the 

physical      replaces     the   philosophical�察      �instead    of   principles     we     find 



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allegorical personages�察�but they show just the same pleasing propensity to 

appear in pairs。 

     This attributing of sexes to the cosmos is not in the least incompatible 

with   an   uninterested   disregard   of   sex   where   it   really   exists。     It   is   one 

thing to admit the fact as a general law of the universe�察�and quite another 

to dwell upon it as an important factor in every´day affairs。 

     How slight is the Tartar tendency to personification can be seen from a 

glance at these same Japanese gods。                They are a combination of defunct 

ancestors and deified natural phenomena。                  The evolving of the first half 

required   little   imaginati
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