The founder of this Chinese Chair has placed these advantages within the grasp of Columbia University.

INDEX

INDEX

  Account of Strange Nations, book in Cambridge collection, 58.

  Albinos, Chinese, 181.

  Alchemy, Taoist practice, 166-168.

  Analects, Confucian Canon, 42.

  Ancestral worship, China, 199-201.

  Ancestry of Chinese traced through mother in ancient times, 27.

  Ancient Greece, see Greece.

  “And,” idea in Chinese written character, 28.

  Archaeology—­
    Chinese dictionaries and work, 120. 
    Confucian Canon, archaeological works referring to, 43. 
    “Ark,” erroneous analysis of Chinese written character, 34.

  Athenian and Chinese women, points of resemblance, 121.

  Baby Towers, Chinese infanticide, 190-192.

  Bactria—­
    Alchemy, practice imported into China, 166
    Mission of Chang Ch’ien, 130-131

  Bamboo tables, style of Chinese writing, 26

  Biographies—­
    Historical Record, 46-47. 
    National and private records, 49-50.

  Biographies of Eminent Women, description, 50.

  Bird-Bishop, Mrs., statement as to infanticide, 192, 193.

  Black art, Taoism, 168-170.

  Black-haired People, title of Chinese, 181.

  Book of Changes, Confucian Canon, 40.

  Book of History, Confucian Canon, 41.

  Book of Odes, see Odes.

  Book of Music, Confucian Canon, 42.

  Books of Rites, Confucian Canon, 42.

  Books, Chinese, see Library, Cambridge University.

  Buddhism in China—­
    Borrowing from Tao, 172. 
    Buddhist priest anecdote, 138. 
    Cambridge collection, Buddhist works, 44. 
    Date of appearance, 171, 172. 
    Struggle with Taoism, 172.

  Burning of the Books, 44, 129.

  Butchers, tax on, resisted, 93-95.

  Calendars, Greek and Chinese, similarities, 129.

  Cambridge University library, see Library.

  Canon, see Confucian Canon.

  Canton—­
    Dogs’ flesh shops, 207. 
    Riot, 1880, 99-101.

  Catalogue of books in Imperial Library, China, 69-70.

  Ceremonies, valued by Confucius, 182.

  Chamberlain, J., eyeglass remarked on by Li Hung-chang, 182-183.

  Chang Ch’ien, mission to Bactria, 130-131.

  Chang Chih-tung, viceroy, bridge incident, 97.

  Changes, Book of, Confucian Canon, 40.

  Charities, Chinese, 193-194.

  Characters of Chinese language, see Language.

  Ch’ien Lung, Emperor, catalogue enterprise, 69.