LEADER 04232nam 2200373 450 001 9910132644403321 005 20240206120058.0 010 $a1-4123-6093-5 035 $a(CKB)3680000000165262 035 $a(NjHacI)993680000000165262 035 $a(EXLCZ)993680000000165262 100 $a20240206d2007 uy 0 101 0 $afre 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSocial life of the chinese$hVolume II $ewith some accounts of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions, with special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau (1876) /$fJustus Doolittle 210 1$aChicoutimi :$cJ.-M. Tremblay,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource 225 0 $aClassiques des sciences sociales ;$v3011 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aVOLUME II. TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Established annual customs and festivals : Observations concerning the Chinese Year - Procession in Honor of Spring - New Year's Festivities - Fes­tivals and Customs of first Month continued - Festivals and Customs of the second, third, and fourth Months - Festivals and Customs of the fifth Month - Festivals and Customs of the seventh Month - Festival and Customs of the eighth Month - Festivals and Customs of the ninth and eleventh Months - Festivals and Customs of the twelfth Month. -- Singular and popular superstitions : Four Superstitions for the Benefit of destitute and unfortunate Spirits - Methods of ascertaining the Will of the Gods or deceased Ancestors in frequent Use - Praying for Rain - The Bread-loaf Superstition - Mis­cellaneous Superstitious Practices. -- Business Customs : System of Gobetweens or Middlemen in the Transaction of important Business - Banking, Bank-bills, and Cash - Money-lending Clubs without Interest - Trading and Shop-keeping - Miscellaneous Business Customs. -- Meritorious or charitable practices : Distribution of Moral and Religious Books and Tracts - Reverence for Lettered Paper - Native Foundling Asylum - Societies for the Relief of Indigent and Virtuous Widows - So­cieties relating to Marriages and Funerals - Vows relating to the Lives of Animals - The Merit of eating Vegetables and abstaining from Animal Food - Popular Sentiments relating to killing the Buffalo and eating its Flesh - Miscellaneous Works of Charity and of Merit. -- Social Customs : The small bandaged Feet of Females - Female Infanticide - Domestic Slavery - Voluntary Clubs - Celebrations of Birthdays - Privileges of Primogeniture and other Family Matters - Common Use of Samshu or Chinese Wine - Giving and receiving Presents - The Tonsure and the Cue - Customs relating to Neighborhoods and to Neighborhood Temples - Customs relating to Lepers - Customs relating to Beggars. -- Miscellaneous opinions and practices : The Dragon and the Ph?nix - Proverbs and Book Phrases - Chinese Cursing - Preparation and Use of Mock-money - Jugglers - Gamblers - Farces - Sports and Plays - Playacting - Jottings on various Subjects. -- Charms and Omens : Charms or Amulets to expel or keep away evil Spirits and unpropitions Influences - Diabolical Charms - Ominous Words and Sentences - Miscellaneous Omens for Good or Evil. -- Fortune-telling : Six Methods of Fortune-telling - Explanation of Terms used - Se­lection of Fortunate Days. -- Opium and opium-smoking. -- Chinese and scripture customs. -- Missionary topics : Principles of the true Religion unknown in China before the Introduction of Christianity - Relation of native Helpers to the Evangelization of China - Im­portance of Special Prayer for Native Helpers as a Class - Peculiar or extraordinary Obstacles to the rapid Evangelization of the Chinese - The Duty of the Church in view of there peculiar and extraordinary Obstacles in China. -- Interior view of Pekin. 517 $aSocial life of the chinese. Volume II 606 $aExecutive ability 615 0$aExecutive ability. 676 $a658.409 700 $aDoolittle$b Justus$0669283 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910132644403321 996 $aSocial life of the chinese$93910000 997 $aUNINA