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.
    Infanticide, see that title
    Ivory carvings, Grecian resemblances, 124-125. 
    Jesuits in China, see that title
    Jews, 144. 
    Jugglers similar to Grecian, 124. 
    Justice, see that title
    K’ang Hsi, Emperor, see that title
    Kiangsu riot, 99. 
    Language, see that title
    Lao Tzu, see Taoism. 
    Library, Cambridge University, see that title
    Library, Imperial, catalogue, 69-70. 
    Li Hung-chang, see that title
    “Lion,” word for, 23, 133. 
    Literary qualities of nation, 72. 
    Literature, see that title
    Magic, see that title
    Magistrates, see that title
    Mahommedanism, 143. 
    Manchus, imprisonment, 1891, people’s fury, 98. 
    Mandarin language and Mandarins, see those titles
    Manichaeans, 144. 
    Marriage customs, see that title
    Mencius, see that title
    Mental and moral training, relative values of Greek and Chinese,
     109-119. 
    Mirrors, ancient Chinese and Greek, 132-133. 
    Murder, conviction for, illustrations, 103-106. 
    Music, see that title
    Mystery—­the Chinaman a mystery, 206, 208. 
    Nestorian Christians, 143. 
    Newspaper extracts, 209-210. 
    Novels, 61-62. 
    Official coats, “horse-shoe sleeves,” 179. 
    Official positions, see that title
    Olive, Greek and Chinese associations, 128. 
    Opposites—­China regarded as land of opposites, 119, 210. 
    Penal code, 56, 87-88. 
    Personal freedom, 87-88. 
    Plays, see that title
    Poetry, see that title
    Population, vastness of, 3. 
    Portrait-painting, see that title
    Protestant missionaries, 144. 
    Puppet shows, alleged origin, 123. 
    Quails, fighting, common custom in Greece and China, 126. 
    Queue see that title
    Readers, professional, 61. 
    Religions, see that title
    Rhyme, 67-68. 
    Riots—­people’s self-government, 97-101. 
    Rip Van Winkle, story of, 55. 
    Roman Catholicism, 144.
    Romance of Three Kingdoms, novel, 61-62. 
    Self-government, illustrations, 69-106. 
    Self-taxation, see Taxation. 
    Senior Classics see that title
    Social life, knowledge of, 181-182. 
    Spanish seizure of islands, method of, 136. 
    Statesmen, see that title
    Statutes of present dynasty, 56. 
    Story-tellers, 61, 123. 
    Street etiquette and rights, 183-186. 
    Study of Chinese affairs—­
      Advantages of study, 140, 211. 
      Columbia University endowment, 4, 37, 211. 
      Language, see that title
      People, study of, 205-206. 
      Recent growth
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