From H. P. Lee 17 January 18731
[Mr H. P. Lee (letter Jan. 17, 1873) describes a lateral shake of the index finger or of the whole hand as a common sign of negation in Japan.]
[Mr H. P. Lee (letter Jan. 17, 1873) has observed that the intelligent Chinese brought up from boyhood as servants of Europeans blush readily and profusely, e.g. on being bantered by their masters on their personal appearance.]
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Summary
Describes shaken index finger in Japan and blushing among Chinese servants.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8739F
- From
- Henry Pincke Lee
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Source of text
- Expression 2d ed., pp. 291 n. 40, 335 n. 13
- Physical description
- ALS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8739F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8739F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21