China and the Chinese eBook

Herbert Giles
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 155 pages of information about China and the Chinese.

China and the Chinese eBook

Herbert Giles
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 155 pages of information about China and the Chinese.
of study, 3. 
      Students needed, 139, 208, 211. 
    Taoism, see that title
    Taxation see that title
    Viceroys, 76, 82, 83. 
    Visitors, see that title
    Water-clocks, Grecian, 128. 
    Watermelon, term for, Greek origin, 134. 
    Wen T’ien-hsiang, influence of Chinese literature and training on,
      113-116. 
    Western incidents in literature, 135-139. 
    Widows, 201-202. 
    Wine, introduction of grape-wine, 131. 
    Wine-drinking, see that title
    Women, see that title
    Wuchang bridge incident, 97. 
    Zebra, picture of, in ancient Chinese book, 59. 
    Zoroastrians in, 144.

  Christians, Nestorian, in China, 143.

  Christianity and ancestral worship in China, 109-201.

  Chuang Tzu, Taoist writer, 148, 154-160, 165, 171.

  Chu Hsi, commentary, 43.

  Chung-king, tax on pigs resisted, 93-95.

  Circuits, division of provinces into, 76, 83.

  Classics, study of, relative values of Chinese and Greek training,
    109-119.

  Clocks, Chinese—­
     Newspaper extract, 210. 
     Water-clocks, Grecian and Chinese, 128.

  Coats, official, “horse-shoe sleeves,” 179.

  Colloquial language, see Language.

  Columbia University, endowment of Chinese chair, 4, 37, 211.

  Combination against taxation, 92.

  Commentaries, Confucian Canon, 43.

  Commissioners, provincial government, 81.

  Concordance to phraseology of Chinese literature, 65-69.

  Confucian Canon, Cambridge University Library—­
    Analects, 42. 
    Archaeological works, 43.
    Book of Changes, 40.
    Book of History, 41.
    Book of Music, 42.
    Book of Odes, see Odes.
    Book of Rites, 42. 
    Commentaries, 43. 
    Conversations of Mencius with disciples, 42.
    Doctrine of the Mean, 42. 
    Five Classics, 40-42. 
    Four Books, 42.
    Great Learning, 42.
    Spring and Autumn, 41.

  Confucius—­
    Acquaintance with Lao Tzu alleged, 146-147. 
    Confucian Canon, see that title
    Maxims and sayings, 182, 205. 
    Unwelcome visitor anecdote, 185. 
    Value of ceremonial, 182.

  Counting-board, Chinese, likeness to Grecian, 128.

  Crucifixion, alleged punishment in China, 193.

  “Crying one’s wrongs,” 101-102.

  Cumming, Miss G.—­infanticide in China, 189-192.

  Dialects, Chinese language, 6-10.

  Dice games in Greece and China, 126.

  Dictionaries, Chinese—­
     Cambridge library collection—­
       Concordance to phraseology, 65-69. 
       Hsue Shen, work of, 63-64. 
       Modern standard dictionary, 64-65. 
     Encyclopaedias, see that title
     Lao Tzu’s treatise, characters not found in dictionary, 149-150.

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