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The Middle Kingdom, Volume I (of 2)

The Middle Kingdom, Volume I (of 2)

by S. Wells Williams

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Author
Williams, S. Wells (Samuel Wells), 1812-1884
Title
The Middle Kingdom, Volume 1 (of 2) A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants
Credits
E-text prepared by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
Subject
China
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 57868
Release Date
September 8, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.E-text prepared by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ) — Transcriber's Note
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.The Middle Kingdom
  6. 6.Untitled
  7. 7.Untitled
  8. 8.PREFACE.
  9. 9.CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
  10. 10.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME I.
  11. 11.NOTE RESPECTING THE SYSTEM OF PRONUNCIATION ADOPTED IN THIS WORK.
  12. 12.CHAPTER I. GENERAL DIVISIONS AND FEATURES OF THE EMPIRE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EASTERN PROVINCES.
  14. 14.CHAPTER III. GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WESTERN PROVINCES.
  15. 15.CHAPTER IV. GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF MANCHURIA, MONGOLIA, ÍLÍ, AND TIBET. — GENERAL VIEW OF THE COLONIES AND THEIR SUBDIVISIONS.
  16. 16.CHAPTER V. POPULATION AND STATISTICS. — TABLE OF THE DIFFERENT CENSUSES OF THE EIGHTEEN PROVINCES.
  17. 17.CHAPTER VI. NATURAL HISTORY OF CHINA.
  18. 18.CHAPTER VII. LAWS OF CHINA, AND PLAN OF ITS GOVERNMENT.
  19. 19.CHAPTER VIII. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAWS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER IX. EDUCATION AND LITERARY EXAMINATIONS.
  21. 21.CHAPTER X. STRUCTURE OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XI. CLASSICAL LITERATURE OF THE CHINESE. — PAH KWA of FUH-HÍ. — XXXI.—THE HIEN HEXAGRAM. — Affection between father and son. — Of reproving parents. — Respect to be paid parents in one’s conduct.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XII. POLITE LITERATURE OF THE CHINESE. — ODE OF SU-HWUI. — BALLAD OF THE TEA-PICKER. — THE MENDER OF CRACKED CHINAWARE.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIII. ARCHITECTURE, DRESS, AND DIET OF THE CHINESE.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XIV. SOCIAL LIFE AMONG THE CHINESE. — FOOTNOTES — Transcriber's Note

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