This is hard, partly because of the deference to seniority that exists throughout Chinese culture, but also, in his case, because the Chinese give guests an honoured status, and foreigners are automatically guests.
Just a few years later, however, his hard-won and honoured status in American letters began to unravel.
Seeing the victim suffer can be a sufficient reward for violence, irrespective of secondary rewards like honour, status or material rewards.
"Ego, honour, status, hierarchy - aka 'bragging rights' - are just as powerful motivations for humans as financial rewards, and in many cases even stronger," said Shermer.
Every spring and summer, around 200 Hérens cows partake in a fighting tournament around the valley, in which they battle for their honour, their breeder's honour, status and cash.
How can we seriously have an international film festival and honour our status as the world's first Unesco City of Film without the National Media Museum at its centre?
They are less concerned to pay respects to their former rulers than to honour their status as Caliph, head of the Islamic faith.
"We are honoured to celebrate the unique status of Thriller in gold & platinum history," association chairman and CEO Cary Sherman said in a statement.
Hence, families become embroiled in notions of "honour"; family status is a complex thing when the concept of family encompasses a community.
Societies elsewhere, however, such as the North American Yurok, Tlingit, and other neighbouring Indians, as well as in the American South, explicitly stated that slaves could have no honour, personal status, or prestige.
In July 1895, when Irving was honoured by Queen Victoria with a knighthood, his status as a national institution made a more inviting target for Shaw.
