| FIRST IMPRESSIONS. |
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| Arriving in Shanghai.—My First Tea-season.—Inside a Chinese City.—Shanghai Gardens.—In the Romantic East at last! |
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| CHAPTER I. |
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| ON THE UPPER YANGTSE. |
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| Boat-travel.—Vegetation.—Trackers.—Terrace of the Sun.—Gold Diamond Mountain.—Meng Liang's Ladder.—Great Szechuan Road.—Steamer Voyage.—Chinese Hades.—Caves |
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| CHAPTER II. |
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| A LAND JOURNEY. |
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| Large Farmsteads.—Wedding Party.—Atoning for an Insult.—Rowdy Lichuan.—Old-fashioned Inn.—Dog's Triumphal Progress.—Free Fight.—Wicked Music.—Poppy-fields.—Bamboo Stream |
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| CHAPTER III. |
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| LIFE IN A CHINESE CITY. |
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| Arrangement of a Chinese House.—Crowd in Streets.—My First Walk in Chungking City.—Presents.—Cats, Rats, and Eggs.—Paying a Call.—Ladies Affectionate.—Shocked at European Indecency.—Cost of Freight.—Distance by Post.—Children's Pleasures.—Precautions during Drought.—Guild Gardens.—Pretty Environs.—Opium Flowers, and Smokers.—Babble of Schools.—Chinese Girl-child |
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| CHAPTER IV. |
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| HINDRANCES AND ANNOYANCES. |
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| Sulphur Bath.—Rowdy Behaviour.—Fight in Boat.—Imprisonment for letting to Foreigners.—Book-keeper in Foreign Employ beaten.—Customs Regulations.—Kimberley Legacy.—Happy Consul.—Unjust Likin Charges.—Foreigners massacred.—Official Responsibility |
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| CHAPTER V. |
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| CURRENT COIN IN CHINA. |
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| Taels.—Dollars.—Exchange.—Silver Shoes.—Foreign Mints |
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| CHAPTER VI. |
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| FOOTBINDING. |
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| Not a Mark of Rank.—Golden Lilies.—Hinds' Feet.—Bandages drawn tighter.—Breaking the Bones.—A Cleft in which to hide Half a Crown.—Mothers sleep with Sticks beside them.—How many die.—How many have all their Toes.—Feet drop off.—Pain till Death.—Typical Cases.—Eczema, Ulceration, Mortification.—General Health affected |
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| CHAPTER VII. |
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| ANTI-FOOTBINDING. |
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| Church Mission's Action.—American Mission's Action.—T`ien Tsu Hui.—Chinese Ladies' Drawing-room Meeting.—Suifu Appeal.—Kang, the Modern Sage.—Duke Kung.—Appeal to the Chinese People |
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
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| THE POSITION OF WOMEN. |
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| Official Honours to Women.—Modesty.—Conjugal Relations.—Business Knowledge.—Opium-smoking.—Typical Women |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
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| BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. |
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| Missing Bride.—Wedding Reception.—Proxy Marriage.—Servants' Weddings.—Love for Wives.—Killing a Husband.—Wifely Affection.—Chinese Babies.—Securing a Funeral |
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| CHAPTER X. |
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| CHINESE MORALS. |
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| How Chinese look upon Shanghai.—A Viceroy's Expedient.—Method of raising Subscriptions.—Deserving Deities.—Trustworthiness.—Hunan Hero.—Marrying English Girls |
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| CHAPTER XI. |
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| SUPERSTITIONS. |
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| Fung shui.—Devastating Eggs.—Demon Possession.—Sacred Trees.—Heavenly Silk.—Ladder of Swords.—Preserving only Children.—God of Literature on Ghosts.—God of War.—Reverence for Ancestors |
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| CHAPTER XII. |
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| OUR MISSIONARIES. |
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| European Prejudice.—French Fathers.—Italian Sisters.—Prize-giving.—Anti-Christian Tracts.—Chinese Saints and Martyrs |
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
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| UP-COUNTRY SHOPPING AND UP-COUNTRY WAYS. |
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| Buying Curios.—Being stoned.—Chinese New Year.—Robbers.—Protesting Innocence.—Doing Penance.—Medicines |
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| CHAPTER XIV. |
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| SOLDIERS. |
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| Tiger Soldiers.—Woosung Drill.—General's Gallantry.—Japanese War.—Admiral Ting.—Dominoes with a Sentry.—Viceroy's Review |
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| CHAPTER XV. |
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| CHINESE STUDENTS. |
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| Number of Degrees.—Aged Bachelors.—Up for Examination.—Necessary Qualifications.—Crowding.—Scarcity of Posts.—Chinese Dress |
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| CHAPTER XVI. |
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| A FATHER'S ADVICE TO HIS SON. |
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| Tseng Kuo Fan.—"Neither envious nor fawning."—Repose of Manner.—Cultivation of Land.—Early Rising, Diligence in Business, and Perseverance.—Dignity.—Family Worship.—Reading |
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| CHAPTER XVII. |
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| BUDDHIST MONASTERIES. |
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| Monastery near Ichang.—For the Dead.—Near Ningpo.—Buddhist Service.—T`ien Dong.—Omi Temples.—Sai King Shan.—Monastery of the Particoloured Cliff |
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| CHAPTER XVIII. |
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| A CHINESE ORDINATION. |
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| Crowd.—Nuns.—Final Shaving.—Woven Paces.—Burning Heads.—Relationships.—A Living Picture |
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| CHAPTER XIX. |
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| THE SACRED MOUNTAIN OF OMI. |
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| Luncheon with a Chief Priest.—Tigers.—Mysterious Lights.—The View of a Lifetime.—Pilgrims.—Glory of Buddha.—Unburied Priests |
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| CHAPTER XX. |
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| CHINESE SENTIMENT. |
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| In Memory of a Dead Wife.—Of a Dear Friend.—Farewell Verses.—Æsthetic Feeling.—Drinking Song.—Music.—Justice to Rats |
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| CHAPTER XXI. |
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| A SUMMER TRIP TO CHINESE TIBET. |
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| Drying Prayerbooks Mountain.—Boys' Paradise.—Lolo Women.—Salt-carriers.—Great Rains.—Brick-tea Carriers.—Suspension Bridge.—Granite Mountains.—Tibetan Bridge.—Lamas.—Tibetan Women.—Caravanserai at Tachienlu.—Beautiful Young Men.—Lamaserai.—Prayers?—Fierce Dogs.—Dress.—Trying for a Boat |
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| CHAPTER XXII. |
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| ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. |
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| Porcelain.—Bronzes.—Silver-work.—Pictures.—Architecture.—Tea.—Silk.—White Wax.—Grass-cloth.—Ivory Fans.—Embroidery |
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| CHAPTER XXIII. |
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| A LITTLE PEKING PUG. |
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| Enjoyment.—Anticipation.—Regret |
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