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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Doolittle Justus"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Social life of the chinese . Volume II : with some accounts of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions, with special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau (1876) / / Justus Doolittle"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Chicoutimi : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2007"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-4123-6093-5"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"Classiques des sciences sociales ; ; 3011"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"658.409"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Executive ability"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Francese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"VOLUME 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 - "]
[{"$nulls":4},"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 Phœnix - 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."]