BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHINESE SKETCHES
by Herbert A. Giles
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHINESE SKETCHES
THE DEATH OF AN EMPEROR
THE POSITION OF WOMEN
ETIQUETTE
ETIQUETTE, NO. II
LITERATURE
EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE
DENTISTRY
MEDICAL SCIENCE
MEDICAL SCIENCE, NO. II
LOAN SOCIETIES
GUILDS
PAWNBROKERS
POSTAL SERVICE
SLANG
FORTUNE-TELLING
GAMES AND GAMBLING
JURISPRUDENCE
JURISPRUDENCE, NO. II
BUDDHIST PRIESTS
RESPECT FOR THE WRITTEN CHARACTER
SUPERSTITION
NATURAL PHENOMENA
CELEBRATION OF THE NEW YEAR
THE FEAST OF LANTERNS
OPIUM SMOKING
THIEVING
LYING
SUICIDE
TORTURE
FENG-SHUI
MONEY
A DINNER-PARTY
FEMALE CHILDREN
TRAVEL
PREDESTINATION
JOURNALISM
FUNERALS
INQUESTS
INQUESTS, NO. II
CHRISTIANITY
ANTI-CHRISTIAN LYRICS
CONCLUSION
CHINA AND THE MANCHUS
By Herbert A. Giles, M.A., LL.D.
Professor of Chinese in the University of Cambridge,
and sometime H.B.M. Consul at Ningpo
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. The Nü-chêns and Kitans 1
II. The Fall of the Mings 14
III. Shun Chih 28
IV. K?ang Hsi 40
V. Yung Chêng and Ch?ien Lung 52
VI. Chia Ch?ing 61
VII. Tao Kuang 69
VIII. Hsien Fêng 81
IX. T?ung Chih 98
X. Kuang Hsü 106
XI. Hsüan T?ung 121
XII. Sun Yat-sen 129
List of Works Consulted 141
Index 142
ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP
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
By Herbert A. Giles
CONTENTS
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
CHINA AND THE CHINESE
By Herbert Allen Giles
CONTENTS
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 II
A 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
[viii]LECTURE III
DEMOCRATIC 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 IV
CHINA 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 V
TAOISM
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 VI
SOME 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
STRANGE STORIES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO
Translated And Annotated By Herbert A. Giles
In Two Volumes, Vol. I.
CONTENTS.
Introduction. Vol. I., pp. xiii-xxxii.
STORIES.
Vol. I.
PAGE Vol. II.
PAGE
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 —
Appendix A
" B
— 361
— 389
STRANGE STORIES FROM ACHINESE STUDIO
Translated And Annotated By Herbert A. Giles
In Two Volumes, Vol. II.
CONTENTS.
Introduction. Vol. I., pp. xiii-xxxii.
STORIES.
Vol. I.
PAGE Vol. II.
PAGE
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 —
Appendix A
" B
— 361
— 389
A HISTORY OF CHINESE LITERATURE
By Herbert A. Giles
CONTENTS
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