China -- Social life and customs; Chinese language; Chinese literature; Taoism
Library, Cambridge University, collection of Chinese books—
Account of strange nations, 58.
Binding of volumes, etc., 40.
Biographies, _see that title_.
Buddhist works, 44.
Catalogue of Imperial Chinese Library, 69-70.
Collection of the books, 39.
Concordance to phraseology of all literature, 65-69.
Confucian Canon, _see that title_.
Dictionaries, _see that title_.
Division A, 40-44.
Division B, 45-57.
Division C, 47-60.
Division D, 60-63.
Division E, 63.
Dynastic histories, _see that title_.
Encyclopædias, _see that title_.
Geography of the Empire, 57.
Historical collection, _see_ Dynastic histories.
Illustrated books—notices of Senior Classics of Ming dynasty, 70-71.
Novels, 61-62.
Number of volumes, 40.
Oldest printed book in the library, 58.
Plays, 62-63.
Poetry, 60.
Reference works, 63.
Reprints, 55.
T'ai-p'ing rebels, pamphlets, 56.
Taoist writings, 44.
Topographies, 57-30.
Library, Imperial, China, catalogue, 69-70.
Life, elixir of, Taoist doctrine, 163-170.
Li Hung-chang—
Diplomatic abilities, 112.
Remark on Mr. Chamberlain's eyeglass, 182-183.
_Likin_, self-taxation of Chinese, 89-90.
"Lion," Chinese word for, 23, 133.
Literary qualities of Chinese nation, 72.
Literature, Chinese—
Cambridge University library, _see_ Library.
Concordance to phraseology, 65-69.
Relative values of Chinese and Greek in mental and moral training,
109-119.
Western incidents in, 133-139.
Liu Hsiang, _Biographies of Eminent Women_, 50.
Luzon (Philippines), Spanish seizure, 136.
Magic—
Jugglers, Chinese and Grecian, 124.
Taoist black art, 168-170.
Magistrates—
Advancement in ranks, 78.
Deputy official, test of, 79-80.
Division of prefectures into magistracies, 76.
Duties, 80.
Expenses of education no obstacle, 79.
Income, 82-83.
Law experts in offices, 56.
Real rulers of China, 78.
Mahommedanism in China, 143.
Manchus, imprisonment, 1891, people's fury, 98.
Mandarin language—
Importance of "official language," 7-10.
Sounds for conveyance of speech, lack of, 17-21.
Study of, 10-21.
[_See also_ Language.]
Mandarins—
Meeting in street, 186.
Seal of office, 198-199.
Manichæans in China, 144.
Marriage customs—
Grecian customs, similarity of, 122.
Widows, 201-202.
Wives, number of, 196.
Mencius—
Attacks on heterodox systems, 147.
Conversations with disciples, book of Confucian Canon, 42.
Lao Tzŭ, no allusion to, in writings, 147.
Quotations from, 84-87, 196-197.
Ming dynasty—
Emperor, character and end of last Emperor, 117-119.
History, quotations, 136.
Overthrow, 118-119.
Senior Classics, illustrated books, 70-71.
_Mirror of History_, by Ssŭ-ma Kuang, 49.
Mirrors, ancient Chinese and Greek, 132-133.
Missionaries, Protestant, in China, 144.
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