Opposites, China regarded as land of, 119, 210.

  Painting the face, custom of Chinese and Grecian women, 122.

  Pakhoi, opium tax resisted, 95-96.

  Paper, invention of, effect on style of Chinese writing, 26.

  Pegasus—­Chinese “heavenly horse” compared, 133.

  Peking, dialect of, standard Mandarin, 8.

  Penal Code, Chinese, 56, 87-88.

  Persia—­“heavenly horse” in China, 131,133.

  Philippines, Spanish seizure from China, 136.

  Phonetic basis and indicator, see Language—­Written.

  Phraseology concordance, Chinese, 65-69.

  “Pidgin” English, 17.

  Pigs, tax on, resisted, 93-95.

  Pills of immortality, concoction and effect of, 107.

  Plays—­
    Editions of, 62-33. 
    Grecian similarities, 125-126.

  Poetry—­
    Cambridge collection, 60. 
    Taoist poet, quotations from, 160-163. 
    Women writers, 60, 197.

  Population, Chinese, vastness of, 3.

  Portrait-painting, Chinese—­
    Encyclopaedia topic, 53. 
    Story, 53.

  Prefectures, division of circuits, 76, 83.

  Priest, Buddhist priest anecdote, 138.

  Prince Huai-nan, see Huai-nan.

  Protestant missionaries in China, 144.

  Provincial government—­
    Division of provinces, 76, 78. 
    Governors, 76, 83. 
    Officials, commissioners, etc., 81-82. 
    Viceroys, 76, 82, 83.

  Puppet-shows, China, alleged origin of, 123.

  Pythagorean and Chinese systems of music, similarity of, 129.

  Quails, fighting, Grecian and Chinese custom, 126.

  Queue—­
    False hair, 180. 
    Tartars, fight against queue, 179. 
    Theories as to origin, 178-179.

  Readers, professional, Chinese, 61.

  Record in Dark Blood, historical section, Cambridge, 57.

  Relativity, doctrine of, Lao Tzu’s teachings, 156.

  Religions—­
    Buddhism, see that title. 
    Classification—­Three Doctrines, 143, 145. 
    Confucian Canon, see that title. 
    Jews, 144. 
    Lao Tzu, see Taoism. 
    Mahommedanism, 143. 
    Manichaeans, 144. 
    Nestorian Christians, 143. 
    Protestant missionaries, 144. 
    Roman Catholicism, 144. 
    Taoism, see that title. 
    Zoroastrians, 144.

  Reprints, Chinese—­
    Cambridge collection, 55.
    Family Library, 55.

  Rhyme, Chinese, 67-68.

  Riots, Chinese, people’s self-government, 97-101.

  Rip Van Winkle, Chinese, story of, 55.

  Rites, Book of, Confucian Canon, 42.

  Roman Catholicism in China, 144.

  Roman classics, relative values of Chinese and Greek training, 109-110.