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. _Romance of Three Kingdoms_, novel, 61-62. Salt commissioner, provincial official, 81. Sanskrit, introduction of, 110. _San Ts'ai T'u Hui_ encyclopædia, 52-53. Seal of office of mandarin, 198-199. Self-government illustrations, 96-106. Self-taxation, _see_ Taxation. Senior Classics— Honours of, 72. Illustrated book in Cambridge collection, 70-71. Shopkeepers, women's business ability, 198. Smith, Rev. Dr. A., statement as to prejudice against Christianity, 181. Social life, knowledge of, necessary to foreigner in China, 181-182. Spanish seizure of islands from China, 136. Spectacles, _see_ Eyeglasses. Speech, Chinese, _see_ Language. Spring and Autumn, Confucian Canon, 41. Ssŭ-k'ung T'u, Taoist poet, quotations from, 160-163. Ssŭ-ma Ch'ien— _Historical Record_, 45-47. Memoir of Lao Tzŭ, 149. Ssŭ-ma Kuang, author of _The Mirror of History_, 48-49. Statesmen— Chang Ch'ien, mission to Bactria, 130-131. Compared with men from other countries, 112. Han Yü, great works of, 117. Li Hung-chang, _see that title_. Wên T'ien-hsiang, influence of Chinese literature on, 113-116. Statutes, present Chinese dynasty, 56. Story-tellers in Chinese towns, 61, 123. Street etiquette and rights, 183-186. Strikes—tea strike, Hangchow, 95. Study of Chinese affairs, _see_ China. Suffixes, Chinese language, 21. T'ai-p'ing rebels, pamphlets of, 56. Taoism— Alchemy, 166-168. Black art, 186-170. Borrowing from Buddhists, 172. Cambridge Library, collection of writings, 44. Chuang Tzŭ, writer on Taoism, 148, 154-160, 165, 171. Corruption of the Tao, 171-173 Decline, 163. Elixir of life, 163-170. Genuineness of _Tao-Tê-Ching_, evidences against, 146-151. Han Fei Tzŭ, writer on Taoism, 148. Huai-nan Tzŭ, writer on Taoism, 149. Immortality, _see that title_. Inaction doctrine, 152, 156. Last state, 143. Legends of Lao Tzŭ, 145-146. Philosophy of, 151-163, 182. Poet, quotations from, 160-163. Relativity doctrine, 156. Struggle with Buddhists, 172. Tao-t'ai, intendant of circuit, 76, 83. _Tao-Té-Ching_, evidences against genuineness, 146-151. Tartar generals, provincial governors, 82. Taxation— Combination and resistance, 92-96. Lightness of taxation, 89. New imposts, people's approval necessary before enforcement, 90-92. Opium tax resisted, 95-96. Pigs, tax on, resisted, 93-95. Self-taxation, 84. Illustrations, 92-96. _Likin_ tax, 89-90. Tea strike, 95. Tea, serving and drinking, 187. Tea strike, Hangchow, 95. Tenses, Chinese language, 13-15. "Three Doctrines," 143, 145.