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
Credits: Produced by David Widger
| 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 |
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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-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 |