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Chinese Sketches
| Author: | Herbert Allen Giles |
| Category: | Enjoying Life [Edit] |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Project Gutenberg |
| Release Date: | 28 Mar 2006 |
| Pages: | 151 |
| File Size: | 847.38 KB |
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| Creation Date: | 19 Jul 2022 |
| Rank: | 812,713 No 1 most popular |
| Short link: | Copy |
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Herbert Allen Giles
The Author Book Chinese Sketches and the author of 23 another books.
Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
Book Description
Author: Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935
Title: Chinese Sketches
Contents: Preface -- The death of an Emperor -- The position of women -- Etiquette -- Literature -- Educational literature -- Dentistry -- Medical science -- Loan societies -- Guilds -- Pawnbrokers -- Postal service -- Slang -- Fortune-telling -- Games and gambling -- Jurisprudence -- 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 -- Christianity -- Anti-Christian lyrics -- Conclusion.
Language: English
LoC Class: DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
Subject: China -- Social life and customs
Release Date: Mar 28, 2006
Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.
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