Posthumous Honours i. 305 241
Praying for good or bad weather ii. 294 282
Praying-mat ii. 183 166
Precedence at table i. 332 261
Predestination i. 48 69
„ i. 156 138
Primogeniture i. 203 179
Prisoners in China i. 372 299
„ „ ii. 96 73
„ „ ii. 261 242
P‘u-hsien, God of Action ii. 232 214
Pulse, The i. 39 64
Punishments i. 381 306
Pupils taken by priests ii. 119 91
Purgatory, Capital of ii. 238 220
Quail-fighting i. 75 85
Quail’s Tail, A i. 209 183
Rebel, The first ii. 52 37
Red-garment figure, The i. 19 50
Red-haired barbarians ii. 179 162
Relationship, Test of ii. 278 264
Religion and the drama i. 345 277
Resemblance between soul and body ii. 280 265
Retinues of mandarins i. 389 315
„ „ ii. 174 155
„ „ ii. 175 158
Returning invitations ii. 227 206
Revenge i. 310, 243,
311 244
„ for adultery i. 62 81
Reward of filial piety i. 351 283
Rising when spoken to ii. 280 266
Roc, The ii. 341 325
Rosary, The Buddhist i. 369 295
Royal Mother, The ii. 187 170
Rulers of animal and vegetable kingdoms i. 292 235
Running water ii. 110 82
Sacred edict, The i. 203 179
Sale of children i. 183 154
„ degrees ii. 170 144
Salt monopoly ii. 215 192
“Same-year men” i. 136 128
Saving life ii. 200 178
„ „ ii. 214 191
Scribbling and carving names ii. 123 96
Sea-serpent, The ii. 113 86
Secret societies i. 196 170
Sections of Purgatory, The nine ii. 205 183
Senses, The five i. 259 220
Separation of sexes ii. 167 141
Shaking hands i. 287 233
„ „ ii. 151 134
Sham entertainment i. 323 254
Shampooing ii. 53 38
“Shang-yang” brings rain ii. 131 109
“Shoes” of silver i. 148 133
Short weights ii. 325 315
Shun, The Emperor i. 37 63
Shun Chih, The Emperor ii. 184 167
Sickness i. 107 107
Six Boards, The i. 26 54
Slave-girls’ feet i. 430 353
Slavery i. 211 185
Small feet i. 76 86
„ „ i. 192 161
„ waists ii. 47 35
Sons i. 64 82
Spirit calling i. 189 160
„ entering another’s body ii. 24 20
Spirits, Disembodied i. 79 87
„ „ i. 119 115
„ „ i. 123 119
„ „ i. 157 139
Spiritualistic _séances_ ii. 133 112
Sponge, A i. 248 213
Spring festival ii. 186 169
Squeezes i. 219 189
Staff of Buddhist priests, The i. 395 320
Stealing, Pardonable ii. 217 196
Strong rooms ii. 172 149
Styx, The ii. 216 193
Subscriptions ii. 220 201
Substantiality of ghosts i. 239 205
„ „ ii. 236 219
Substitution theory i. 334 267
Suicide i. 311 244
„ Meritorious ii. 142 120
Superior man, The i. 168 145
Supernatural government i. 292 235
Supreme Ruler, The i. 242 209
Surnames, Common i. 210 184
Sutra, The Diamond i. 238 204
Tails of horses not cut ii. 286 272
Taking life i. 79 88
Talking when born i. 243 210
Tao i. 14 46
Taot‘ai ii. 229 207
Tartar general ii. 128 106
Temples, Repairs to ii. 127 105
Theatricals i. 218 188
Threshing-floors ii. 236 218
Thunder, God of i. 43 65
„ „ ii. 112 85
Ting P‘u-lang ii. 109 80
Titles of Nobility i. 305 241
Torture ii. 81 62
„ Supply of instruments of ii. 238 221
Tree worship ii. 72 53
Trousseau, Bride’s i. 256 218
Tung-t‘ing Lake i. 271 226
Types of friendship i. 166 143
Tzŭ-ang, a Chinese Landseer ii. 287 274
Ulysses, A Chinese i. 91 91
Ushnisha, The ii. 320 310
Valuables in coffins i. 311 245
Verdict i. 56 78
Visiting the tutor ii. 126 103
Vital spots on the body ii. 356 338
Wang Wei, The poet ii. 149 132
Washing-blocks ii. 315 301
Watchmen i. 51 72
Wedding-presents i. 28 57
Wei-ch‘i ii. 268 249
Wên-shu, the God of Wisdom ii. 232 214
White Lily sect ii. 189 171
Widowers ii. 183 165
Widows ii. 39 30
Windows i. 61 79
Wine ii. 259, 240,
260 241
Wine-cup upside down, Turning the i. 264 224
Wine taken hot ii. 144 122
Witnesses in a court of justice ii. 156 136
Women ride astride i. 354 286
Wooden fish, The ii. 195 174
Works of supererogation i. 426 346
Worldly-mindedness ii. 312 298
Wu Wang i. 278 228
Yamên i. 2 38
Yang Ta-hung ii. 310 297
Yang-tsze, The ii. 176 159
Years, Names of i. 113 111
Yellow girdles i. 66 84
_Yin_ and the _yang_, The i. 176 150
Yojana, A i. 394 319
Yü-chiao-li, The ii. 164 140
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Footnote 72, ‘excepting’ changed to ‘except’ (except in the matter of
light).
Footnote 92, ‘of’ added (first quarter of the present century).
Footnote 124, ‘denôuement’ changed to ‘dénouement’ (important to the
_dénouement_ of the story).
Footnote 140, ‘dénoûement’ changed to ‘dénouement’ (The _dénouement_
of the _Yü-chiao-li_).
Footnote 172, ‘Ibu’ changed to ‘Ibn’ (Ibn Batuta writes as follows).
Footnote 324, ‘LXVII.’ changed to ‘LXVIII.’ (See No. LXVIII.).
Page 19, ‘of’ added (a number of curious stones).
Page 65, ‘be’ changed to ‘he’ (but he soon reflected).
Page 145, ‘sung’ changed to ‘sang’ (whereupon he sang the following
lines).
Page 198, ‘he’ changed to ‘be’ (that he would be only too happy).
Page 208, ‘according’ changed to ‘accordingly’ (accordingly, when the
King was looking).
Page 254, ‘Ch‘êng’ changed to ‘Ch‘ên’ (This frightened Ch‘ên).
Page 255, ‘Ch‘êng’ changed to ‘Ch‘ên’ (Ch‘ên himself was a
cattle-farmer).
Page 286, ‘servants’ changed to ‘servant’ (rode away, telling his
servant).
Page 287, ‘a Mr. Ts‘ui’ changed to ‘Mr. Ts‘ui’ (who lived next door to
Mr. Ts‘ui).
Page 41, ‘He then bit her across the neck’ should probably be ‘He then
hit her across the neck’.