Book, printing, 201; B burning, 66
Boettger, inventor, 256
Boxer rebellion, 299
Boycott, 314
Brahmans, Indian caste, 34, 106
Brain drain, 326
Bronze, 17, 20, 22, 29, 33, 40, 106, 180-1
(see Metal, Copper)
Brothel (Tea-house), 163, 217
Buddha, 46; Buddhism, 20, 106, 108-9, 125, 127, 133
ff., 145 ff., 150,
161, 164, 168, 178, 179 ff., 188, 217,
218, 236, 257, 259, 266, 306
(see Ch’an, Vinaya, Sects,
Amithabha, Maitreya, Hinayana,
Mahayana, Monasteries, Church, Pagoda, Monks, Lamaism)
Budget, 168, 175, 209, 210, 215, 261
(see Treasury, Inflation, Deflation)
Bullfights, 182
Bureaucracy, 24, 33, 63, 72;
religious B, 25
(see Administration; Army)
Burgher (liang-min), 143, 183, 216
Burma, 12, 146, 234, 248, 265, 269, 283, 318, 319, 322, 329, 330
Businessmen, 64
(see Merchants, Trade)
Byzantium, 177
Calcutta, city, 283
Caliph (Khaliph), 185
Cambodia, 234, 295
Canals, 170, 246; Imperial C, 168, 235-6
(see Irrigation)
Cannons, 232, 263
Canton (Kuang-chou), city, 67, 77, 89, 97, 159, 190,
209, 237, 262, 266,
286, 287, 308, 309, 312, 314
Capital of Empire, 144
(see Ch’ang-an, Si-an, Lo-yang,
etc.)
Capitalism, 180-1, 212, 297, 303
(see Investments, Banks, Money,
Economy, etc.)
Capitulations (privileges of foreign nations), 273, 287, 290, 312, 316
Caravans, 86, 98, 121, 129, 181
(see Silk road, Trade)
Carpet, 243
Castes, 106
(see Brahmans)
Castiglione, G., painter, 281
Cattle, breeding, 155
Cavalry, 53
(see Horse)
Cave temples, 146-7
(see Lung-men, Yuen-kang, Tun-huang)
Censorate, 84
Censorship, 254
Census, 143
(see Population)
Central Asia, 25, 87-88, 90, 113, 119, 135, 169, 179,
209, 259, 277, 330
(see Turkestan, Sinkiang, Tarim,
City States)
Champa, State, 249
Ch’an (Zen), meditative Buddhism, 164, 175, 218, 263
Chan-kuo Period (Contending States), 51 ff.
Chancellor, 82
Ch’ang-an, capital of China, 123, 127, 129,
167, 172, 176, 184, 185,
190, 207
(see Sian)
Chang Ch’ien, ambassador, 88
Chang Chue-chan, teacher, 265
Chang Hsien-chung, rebel, 268, 271
Chang Hsueeh-liang, war lord, 316
Chang Ling, popular leader, 101, 136, 147, 264
Chang Ti, ruler, 99
Chang Tsai, philosopher, 218
Chang Tso-lin, war lord, 312, 316