Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Herbert Allen Giles
Author: Herbert Allen Giles
Editor: David Widger
Release date: April 17, 2019 [eBook #59299]
Most recently updated: February 25, 2021
Language: English
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| PREFACE | |
| THE CIVILIZATION OF CHINA | |
| CHAPTER I | THE FEUDAL AGE |
| CHAPTER II | LAW AND GOVERNMENT |
| CHAPTER III | RELIGION AND SUPERSTITION |
| CHAPTER IV | A.D. 220-1200 |
| CHAPTER V | WOMEN AND CHILDREN |
| CHAPTER VI | LITERATURE AND EDUCATION |
| CHAPTER VII | PHILOSOPHY AND SPORT |
| CHAPTER VIII | RECREATION |
| CHAPTER IX | THE MONGOLS, 1260-1368 |
| CHAPTER X | MINGS AND CH'INGS, 1368-1911 |
| CHAPTER XI | CHINESE AND FOREIGNERS |
| CHAPTER XII | THE OUTLOOK |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | The Nü-chêns and Kitans | 1 |
| II. | The Fall of the Mings | 14 |
| III. | Shun Chih | 28 |
| IV. | Kʽang Hsi | 40 |
| V. | Yung Chêng and Chʽien Lung | 52 |
| VI. | Chia Chʽing | 61 |
| VII. | Tao Kuang | 69 |
| VIII. | Hsien Fêng | 81 |
| IX. | Tʽung Chih | 98 |
| X. | Kuang Hsü | 106 |
| XI. | Hsüan Tʽung | 121 |
| XII. | Sun Yat-sen | 129 |
| List of Works Consulted | 141 | |
| Index | 142 | |
| A Nü-chên Tartar (14th Century) | Frontispiece |
| A Kitan Tartar (14th Century) | facing page 2 |
| Sketch Map of the Far East | at end |
| RELIGIONS OF ANCIENT CHINA | |
| CHAPTER I | THE ANCIENT FAITH |
| CHAPTER II | CONFUCIANISM |
| CHAPTER III | TAOISM |
| CHAPTER IV | MATERIALISM |
| CHAPTER V | BUDDHISM AND OTHER RELIGIONS |
| CHRONOLOGICAL SYLLABUS | |
| SELECTED WORKS BEARING ON THE RELIGIONS OF CHINA |
|
LECTURE
I THE CHINESE LANGUAGE Its Importance-Its Difficulty-The Colloquial-Dialects-"Mandarin"-Absence of Grammar-Illustrations-Pidgin-English-Scarcity of Vocables-The Tones-Coupled Words-The Written Language-The Indicators-Picture Characters-Pictures of Ideas-The Phonetics-Some Faulty Analyses ... 3 LECTURE IIA CHINESE LIBRARY The Cambridge (Eng.) Library-(A) The Confucian Canon-(B) Dynastic History-The "Historical Record"-The "Mirror of History"-Biography-Encyclopædias-How arranged-Collections of Reprints-The Imperial Statutes-The Penal Code-(C) Geography-Topography-An Old Volume-Account of Strange Nations-(D) Poetry-Novels-Romance of the Three Kingdoms-Plays-(E) Dictionaries-The Concordance-Its Arrangement-Imperial Catalogue-Senior Classics ... 37 LECTURE IIIDEMOCRATIC CHINA The Emperor-Provincial Government-Circuits-Prefectures-Magistracies-Headboroughs-The People-The Magistrate-Other Provincial Officials-The Prefect-The Intendant of Circuit (Tao-t'ai)-Viceroy and Governor-Taxation-Mencius on "the People"-Personal Liberty-New Imposts-Combination-Illustrations ... 73 LECTURE IVCHINA AND ANCIENT GREECE Relative Values of Chinese and Greek in Mental and Moral Training-Lord Granville-Wên T'ien-hsiang-Han Yü-An Emperor-A Land of Opposites-Coincidences between Chinese and Greek Civilisations-The Question of Greek Influence-Greek Words in Chinese-Coincidences in Chinese and Western Literature-Students of Chinese wanted ... 107 LECTURE VTAOISM Religions in China-What is Tao?-Lao Tzu-The Tao Tê Ching-Its Claims-The Philosophy of Lao Tzu--Developed by Chuang Tzu-His View of Tao-A Taoist Poet-Symptoms of Decay-The Elixir of Life-Alchemy-The Black Art-[ix]Struggle between Buddhism and Taoism-They borrow from One Another-The Corruption of Tao-Its Last State ... 141 LECTURE VISOME CHINESE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS Origin of the Queue-Social Life-An Eyeglass-Street Etiquette-Guest and Host-The Position of Women-Infanticide-Training and Education of Women-The Wife's Status-Ancestral Worship-Widows-Foot-binding-Henpecked Husbands-The Chinaman a Mystery-Customs vary with Places-Dog's Flesh-Substitutes at Executions-Doctors-Conclusion ... 175 INDEX |
| Introduction. | Vol. I., pp. xiii-xxxii. | |||||
| STORIES. | ||||||
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| Adulteration Punished | — | 332 | ||||
| Alchemist, The | — | 313 | ||||
| Boat-girl Bride, The | — | 149 | ||||
| Boatmen of Lao-lung, The | — | 348 | ||||
| Boon Companion, The | 165 | — | ||||
| Bribery and Corruption | — | 170 | ||||
| Buddhist Priest of Ch'ang-ch'ing, The | 22 | — | ||||
| Buddhist Priests, Arrival of | — | 231 | ||||
| Butterfly's Revenge, The | — | 289 | ||||
| Carrying a Corpse | — | 181 | ||||
| Cattle Plague, The | — | 253 | ||||
| Censor in Purgatory, The | — | 238 | ||||
| Chang Pu-liang | — | 177 | ||||
| Chang's Transformation | 237 | — | ||||
| Chou K'o-ch'ang and his Ghost | — | 106 | ||||
| Clay Image, The | — | 276 | ||||
| Cloth Merchant, The | — | 127 | ||||
| Collecting Subscriptions | — | 220 | ||||
| Considerate Husband, The | 158 | — | ||||
| Country of the Cave Men, The | 397 | — | ||||
| Courage Tested | — | 116 | ||||
| Cruelty Avenged | — | 267 | ||||
| Dead Priest, The | — | 247 | ||||
| Death by Laughing | 352 | — | ||||
| Disembodied Friend, The | — | 119 | ||||
| Dishonesty Punished | — | 279 | ||||
| Doctor, The | — | 290 | ||||
| Donkey's Revenge, The | — | 64 | ||||
| Dr. Tsêng's Dream | 387 | — | ||||
| Dreaming Honours | — | 327 | ||||
| Dutch Carpet, The | — | 179 | ||||
| Dwarf, A | 224 | — | ||||
| Earthquake, An | — | 263 | ||||
| Elephants and the Lion, The | — | 343 | ||||
| Engaged to a Nun | 262 | — | ||||
| Examination for the Post of Guardian Angel | 1 | — | ||||
| Faithful Dog, The | — | 261 | ||||
| Faithful Gander, The | — | 342 | ||||
| Faithless Widow, The | — | 39 | ||||
| Feasting the Ruler of Purgatory | — | 284 | ||||
| Fêng-shui | — | 322 | ||||
| Fight with the Foxes, The | 251 | — | ||||
| Fighting Cricket, The | — | 17 | ||||
| Fighting Quails, The | 66 | — | ||||
| Fisherman and his Friend, The | — | 197 | ||||
| Flood, A | 350 | — | ||||
| Flower-nymphs, The | 285 | — | ||||
| Flying Cow, The | — | 249 | ||||
| Foot-ball on the Tung-t'ing Lake | 408 | — | ||||
| Foreign Priests | 343 | — | ||||
| Fortune-hunter Punished, The | — | 272 | ||||
| Forty Strings of Cash, The | — | 211 | ||||
| Friendship with Foxes | — | 300 | ||||
| Gambler's Talisman, The | 419 | — | ||||
| Grateful Dog, The | — | 308 | ||||
| Great Rat, The | — | 303 | ||||
| Great Test, The | — | 310 | ||||
| Hidden Treasure, The | — | 345 | ||||
| His Father's Ghost | — | 142 | ||||
| Hsiang-ju's Misfortunes | 225 | — | ||||
| Husband Punished, The | 422 | — | ||||
| Incorrupt Official, The | — | 358 | ||||
| Infernal Regions, In the | — | 95 | ||||
| Ingratitude Punished | — | 138 | ||||
| Injustice of Heaven, The | — | 111 | ||||
| Invisible Priest, The | — | 235 | ||||
| Jen Hsiu, The Gambler | 196 | — | ||||
| Joining the Immortals | 53 | — | ||||
| Jonah, A Chinese | — | 176 | ||||
| Judge Lu | 92 | — | ||||
| Justice for Rebels | — | 184 | ||||
| Killing a Serpent | — | 190 | ||||
| King, The | 257 | — | ||||
| Life Prolonged | — | 273 | ||||
| Lingering Death, The | — | 325 | ||||
| Little Chu | 143 | — | ||||
| Lo-ch'a Country and the Sea Market, The | — | 1 | ||||
| Lost Brother, The | 203 | — | ||||
| Mad Priest, The | — | 282 | ||||
| Magic Mirror, The | — | 114 | ||||
| Magic Path, The | — | 36 | ||||
| Magic Sword, The | 124 | — | ||||
| Magical Arts | 47 | — | ||||
| Magnanimous Girl, The | 160 | — | ||||
| Making Animals | — | 265 | ||||
| Man who was changed into a Crow, The | 278 | — | ||||
| Man who was thrown down a Well, The | 365 | — | ||||
| Marriage Lottery, The | 428 | — | ||||
| Marriage of the Fox's Daughter, The | 26 | — | ||||
| Marriage of the Virgin Goddess, The | — | 257 | ||||
| Master-thief, The | 347 | — | ||||
| Metempsychosis | — | 207 | ||||
| "Mirror and Listen" Trick, The | — | 251 | ||||
| Miss Chiao-no | 33 | — | ||||
| Miss Lien-hsiang, The Fox-girl | 168 | — | ||||
| Miss Quarta Hu | 152 | — | ||||
| Miss Ying-ning; or, the Laughing Girl | 106 | — | ||||
| Mr. Tung; or, Virtue Rewarded | — | 244 | ||||
| Mr. Willow and the Locusts | — | 242 | ||||
| Mysterious Head, The | — | 135 | ||||
| Painted Skin, The | 76 | — | ||||
| Painted Wall, The | 9 | — | ||||
| Performing Mice, The | 218 | — | ||||
| Perseverance Rewarded | 186 | — | ||||
| Picture Horse, The | — | 286 | ||||
| Pious Surgeon, The | — | 351 | ||||
| Planchette | — | 295 | ||||
| Planting a Pear-tree | 14 | — | ||||
| Playing at Hanging | 354 | — | ||||
| Priest's Warning, The | — | 205 | ||||
| Princess Lily, The | — | 56 | ||||
| Princess of the Tung-t'ing Lake | — | 43 | ||||
| Quarrelsome Brothers, The | 313 | — | ||||
| Raising the Dead | — | 318 | ||||
| Rat Wife, The | 355 | — | ||||
| Resuscitated Corpse, The | — | 193 | ||||
| Rip van Winkle, A Chinese | — | 85 | ||||
| Roc, The | — | 340 | ||||
| Salt Smuggler, The | — | 215 | ||||
| Saving Life | — | 213 | ||||
| Sea-serpent, The | — | 113 | ||||
| Self-punished Murderer, The | 345 | — | ||||
| She-wolf and the Herd-boys, The | — | 330 | ||||
| Shui-mang Plant, The | 136 | — | ||||
| Singing Frogs, The | 217 | — | ||||
| Singular case of Ophthalmia | — | 102 | ||||
| Singular Verdict | — | 307 | ||||
| Sisters, The | 336 | — | ||||
| Smelling Essays | — | 139 | ||||
| Snow in Summer | — | 294 | ||||
| Solomon, A Chinese | — | 335 | ||||
| Solomon, Another | — | 355 | ||||
| Spirit of the Hills, The | — | 137 | ||||
| Spirits of the Po-yang Lake, The | — | 109 | ||||
| Spiritualistic Séances | — | 131 | ||||
| Stolen Eyes, The | — | 233 | ||||
| Strange Companion, A | — | 130 | ||||
| Stream of Cash, The | — | 110 | ||||
| Supernatural Wife, A | — | 166 | ||||
| Taking Revenge | — | 25 | ||||
| Talking Pupils, The | 5 | — | ||||
| Ta-nan in Search of his Father | 296 | — | ||||
| Taoist Devotee, A | — | 183 | ||||
| Taoist Miracles | — | 226 | ||||
| Taoist Priest, A | 246 | — | ||||
| Taoist Priest of Lao-shan, The | 17 | — | ||||
| Theft of the Peach | — | 186 | ||||
| Three Genii, The | 214 | — | ||||
| Three States of Existence, The | — | 90 | ||||
| Thunder God, The | 413 | — | ||||
| Tiger Guest, The | 330 | — | ||||
| Tiger of Chao-ch'êng, The | 219 | — | ||||
| Tipsy Turtle, The | — | 28 | ||||
| Trader's Son, The | 85 | — | ||||
| Two Brides, The | — | 158 | ||||
| Unjust Sentence, The | — | 80 | ||||
| Virtuous Daughter-in-law, The | 374 | — | ||||
| Wei-ch'i Devil, The | — | 268 | ||||
| Wine Insect, The | — | 259 | ||||
| Wolf Dream, The | — | 73 | ||||
| Wolves | — | 305 | ||||
| Wonderful Stone, The | 306 | — | ||||
| Young Gentleman who couldn't spell, The | 326 | — | ||||
| Young Lady of the Tung-t'ing Lake, The | 271 | — | ||||
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— | 361 | ||||
| — | 389 | |||||
| BOOK THE FIRST—THE FEUDAL PERIOD (B.C. 600-200) | |
| CHAP. | PAGE |
| I. LEGENDARY AGES—EARLY CHINESE CIVILISATION—ORIGIN OF WRITING | 3 |
| II. CONFUCIUS—THE FIVE CLASSICS | 7 |
| III. THE FOUR BOOKS—MENCIUS | 32 |
| IV. MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS | 43 |
| V. POETRY—INSCRIPTIONS | 50 |
| VI. TAOISM—THE "TAO-TÊ-CHING" | 56 |
| BOOK THE SECOND—THE HAN DYNASTY (B.C. 200-A.D. 200) | |
| I. THE "FIRST EMPEROR"—THE BURNING OF THE BOOKS—MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS | 77 |
| II. POETRY | 97 |
| III. HISTORY—LEXICOGRAPHY | 102 |
| IV. BUDDHISM | 110 |
| BOOK THE THIRD—MINOR DYNASTIES (A.D. 200-600) | |
| I. POETRY—MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE | 119 |
| II. CLASSICAL SCHOLARSHIP | 137 |
| BOOK THE FOURTH—THE T'ANG DYNASTY (A.D. 600-900) | |
| I. POETRY | 143 |
| [viii]II. CLASSICAL AND GENERAL LITERATURE | 189 |
| BOOK THE FIFTH—THE SUNG DYNASTY (A.D. 900-1200) | |
| I. THE INVENTION OF BLOCK-PRINTING | 209 |
| II. HISTORY—CLASSICAL AND GENERAL LITERATURE | 212 |
| III. POETRY | 232 |
| IV. DICTIONARIES—ENCYCLOPÆDIAS—MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE | 238 |
| BOOK THE SIXTH—THE MONGOL DYNASTY (A.D. 1200-1368) | |
| I. MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE—POETRY | 247 |
| II. THE DRAMA | 256 |
| III. THE NOVEL | 276 |
| BOOK THE SEVENTH—THE MING DYNASTY (A.D. 1368-1644) | |
| I. MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE—MATERIA MEDICA—ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF AGRICULTURE | 291 |
| II. NOVELS AND PLAYS | 309 |
| III. POETRY | 329 |
| BOOK THE EIGHTH—THE MANCHU DYNASTY (A.D. 1644-1900) | |
| I. THE "LIAO CHAI"—THE "HUNG LOU MÊNG" | 337 |
| II. THE EMPERORS K'ANG HSI AND CH'IEN LUNG | 385 |
| III. CLASSICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE—POETRY | 391 |
| IV. WALL LITERATURE—JOURNALISM—WIT AND HUMOUR—PROVERBS AND MAXIMS | 425 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE | 441 |
| INDEX | 443 |