Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan: Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and LuskodVay, Péter
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Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan: Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod
Vay, Péter
Asia -- Description and travel; Eastern question (Far East)
Buriats, 43; their appearance, 58; dress, 58; religion, 58
"Bushido," establishment of, 316; definition of the word, 316; code of
moral principles, 317; origin, 317; unwritten laws, 320; principles of
justice, 320; courage, 321; honour, 322; "hara-kiri," or suicide, 323-6;
"kataki-ushi," or vengeance, 326-8
Butter, export of, 40
Calico, sale of, in Korea, 268
Cemetery, Portuguese, at Pekin, 167
Chan-chi-Tung, Viceroy, his characteristics, 136, 352; attempts at
reform, 136, 352; writings, 137; political views, 352; mercantile
spirit, 353; views on education, 353; extracts from his work on "China's
Only Hope," 353-5
Chefoo, Treaty of, 155
Chemulpo, 225, 229
Ch'ien-men, or Great Street, in Pekin, 168
Ch'ien-men San-tan Bridge, 168
Chilkoff, Prince, Minister of Railways, his characteristics, 20;
mechanical training, 21; his study, 21; management of the railway
transport during the war, 21_n._
Chin-Chan Mountain, 42
China, 41; method of agriculture, 119; suzerainty of Korea, 200; system
of education, 209; language, 211; outbreak of war in 1894 with Japan,
231; magnitude, 340; territorial losses, 362; payment of war
indemnities, 362; relations with Japan, 363-7; originality and
initiative, 364-7; delay in reorganization, 369; advocates of reform,
370
China, Emperor of, imprisoned, 161, 187; failure of his struggle for
freedom, 187
China, Dowager Empress of, her summer residence, 160; appearance and
dress, 183; character, 183; reception of the representatives of the
Powers, 184; interest in the ladies, 186; diplomatic ability, 186
"China's Only Hope," extracts from, 353-5
Chinampoo, 225
Chinese, relations with Russians, 94, 119; capacity for work, 127;
energy and industry, 176; character of their art, 182, 348-50;
characteristics, 341-3; superiority of the native servant, 342; labour
question, 344; virtues of the lower middle class, 344; honesty of
tradesmen, 345; guild or club houses, 346; musical and theatrical
entertainments, 347; intellectual capacity, 351, 371; ideal of
happiness, 369, 378; dress, 373; family affection, 373; their view of
Anglo-Saxons, 374; care of the poor, 375; number of Christians, 376;
schools, 377
Ching, Prince, Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs, 177; his appearance,
177; characteristics, 178
Chitta, 59
Cholera, epidemic of, at Mukden, 105
Chopsticks, use of, 148
Chunchuses, band of, 82, 118
Clement V, Pope, appoints the first Bishop of Pekin, 376
Confucius, influence of his teaching, 159
Convicts, number of, 43
Cossacks, their characteristics, 54; escort of, 111; hilarity, 115;
steeplechase 115-18
Cryptomerea, avenue of, 302
Dalny, 123
_Datshas_, 3
Dogs of Korea, their character, 256-8; of Manchuria, 69
Dostoievsky, on the miseries of Omsk, 57
Earth, Temple of the, in Pekin, 172
Eastern Chinese Railway Co., 59, 63, 76, 125; system of construction,
64; festivities on the transfer to China, 129
Education method of, in Japan, 292; in Korea, 209, 234, 238, 272
Erbolinsk, 42
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