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| Worship of the Emperor at the Temple of Heaven, | Frontispiece |
| Title-page, representing an honorary portal, or PAI-LAU. (The two characters, Shing chí, upon the top, indicate that the structure has been erected by imperial command. In the panel upon the lintel the four characters, Chung Kwoh Tsung-lun, ‘A General Account of the Middle Kingdom,’ express in Chinese the title of this work. On the right the inscription reads, Jin ché ngai jin yu tsin kih so, ‘He who is benevolent loves those near, and then those who are remote;’ the other side contains an expression attributed to Confucius, ‘Sí fang chí jin yu shing ché yé,’ ‘The people of the West have their sages.’)—Compare p. 757. |
| A Road-Cut in the Loess, | 38 |
| An-ting Gate, Wall of Peking, | to face 63 |
| Plan of Peking, | 66 |
| Portal of Confucian Temple, Peking, | 74 |
| Monument, or Tope, of a Lama, Hwang sz’, Peking, | to face 79 |
| View over the Loess-clefts in Shansí, | 97 |
| Temple of the Goddess Ma Tsu-pu, Ningpo, | to face 123 |
| Lukan Gorge, Yangtsz’ River. (From Blakiston.), | to face 146 |
| View of a Street in Canton, | to face 168 |
| Miaotsz’ Types, | 179 |
| Domesticated Yak, | 242 |
| Façade of Dwellings in Loess Cliffs, Ling-shí hien, | 301 |
| Coal Gorge on the Yangtsz’. (From Blakiston.), | to face 306 |
| FÍ-FÍ AND HAI-TUH. (From a Chinese cut.), | 316 |
| The Chinese Pig, | 324 |
| Mode of Carrying Pigs, | 325 |
| The KÍ-LIN, or Unicorn, | 342 |
| The FUNG-HWANG, or Phœnix, | 343 |
| Different Styles of Official Caps, | 414 |
| Mode of Carrying High Officers in Sedan, | 503 |
| Prisoner Condemned to the Cangue in Court, | to face 504 |
| Mode of Exposure in the Cangue, | 509 |
| Publicly Whipping a Thief through the Streets, | 511 |
| Interior of KUNG YUEN, or ‘Examination Hall,’ Peking, | to face 551 |
| Chinese Hieroglyphics and their Modern Equivalents, | 584 |
| Six Styles of Chinese Characters, | 596 |
| Worship of Confucius and his Disciples, | 665 |
| Diagram of Chinese Roof Construction, | 726 |
| The PIH-YUNG KUNG, or ‘Classic Hall,’ Peking, | to face 730 |
| Wheelbarrow used for Travelling, | 747 |
| Bridge in Wan-shao Shan Gardens, near Peking, | 754 |
| Bridge, showing the Mode of Mortising the Arch, | 756 |
| Barber’s Establishment, | 760 |
| Tricks Played with the Queue, | 762 |
| Procession of Ladies to an Ancestral Temple, | to face 765 |
| Appearance of the Bones of a Foot when Compressed, | 767 |
| Feet of Chinese Ladies, | 768 |
| Shape of a Lady’s Shoe, | 769 |
| Boys Gambling with Crickets, | 826 |
| Chinese Chess-board, | 827 |
