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Contents of Volume II.
Tenure of laud in China, 2; Agricultural utensils, 3; Horse-shoeing, 4; Cultivation of rice, 5; Terraces and methods of irrigation, 7; Manner of using manure, 9; Hemp, the mulberry, sugar, and the tallow-tree, 11; Efforts in arboriculture, 12; Celebration of the annual ploughing ceremony, 13; Modes of catching and rearing fish, 15; Mechanical arts, metallurgy, 18; Glass and precious stones, 21; Ingredients and manufacture of porcelain, 23; Its decoration, 25; Chinese snuff-bottles discovered in Egyptian tombs, 27; The preparation of lacquered-ware, 30; Silk culture and manufacture in China, 32; Chinese skill in embroidery, 36; Growth and manufacture of cotton, 37; Leather, felt, etc., 38; Tea culture, 39; Method of curing and preparing, 42; Green and black teas, 44; Historical notice, 51; Constituents and effects of tea, 52; Preparation of cassia (innamomum) and camphor, 55; Ingenious methods of Chinese craftsmen, 56; The blacksmith and dish-mender, 57; Carving in wood and ivory, 59; Manufacture of cloisonne, matting, etc., 61 General aspect of Chinese industrial society, 62.
Attainments of the Chinese in the exact sciences: Arithmetic, 65; Astronomy, 68; Arrangement of the calendar, 69; Divisions of the zodiac, 71; Chinese observations of comets and eclipses, 73; Their notions concerning the Action and Reaction of the Elements, 74; Astronomical myths: Story of the herdsman and weaver-girl, 76; Divisions of the day: arrangement of the almanac, 79; Geographical knowledge, 80; Measures of length, money, and weight, 81; System of banks and use of paper money, 85; Pawnshops, 86; Popular associations, or hwui, 87; The theory and practice of war, arms in use, 89; Introduction and employment of gunpowder, 90; Chinese policy in warfare, 92; Their regard for music, 94; Examples of Chinese tunes, 97; Musical instruments, 99; Dancing and posture-making, 104; Drawing and painting, 105; Samples of Chinese illustrative art, 107; Their symbolism, 111; Paintings on pith-paper and leaves, 113; Sculpture and architecture, 115; Notions on the internal structure of the human body, 119; Functions of the viscera and their connection with the yin and yang, 122; Surgical operations, 123; A Chinese doctor, 125; Drugs and medicines employed, 127; The common diseases of China, 129; Native treatises on medicine, 133.
General doubts and ignorance concerning the subject, 136; The mythological period, 137; Chinese notions of cosmogony, 138; The god Pwanku, 139; Chu His cosmogony, 141; The legendary period, Fuh-hi, 143; The eight monarchs, 145; Hwangtl and the sexagenary cycle, 146; The deluge of Yao, 147; The historical period: The Hia dynasty, 148; Yu the Great, his inscription on the rocks of Kaulau shan, 149; Records of the Hia, 152; The Shang dynasty, 154; Chau-sin, 156; Rise of the house of Chau, 157; Credibility of these early annals, 159; The Tsin dynasties, Tsin Chi Hwangti, 160; The dynasty of Han, 162; From the Han to the Sui, 165; The great Tang dynasty, 167; Taitsung and the Empress Wu, 169; The Five Dynasties, 172; The Sung dynasty, 173; The Mongol conquest, Kublai Khan, 175; The Mings, 177; The Manchus, or Tsing dynasty, 179; Kanghl, 180; Yungching and Kienlung, 181; Kiaking and Taukwang, 183; Tables of the monarchs and dynasties, 186.
Causes of the perpetuity of Chinese institutions, 188; Isolation of the people, 189; The slight influence upon them of foreign thought and customs, 191; Their religious beliefs, two negative features, 191; Three sects: the State religion, called Confucianism, 194; Objects and methods of State worship, 195; The Emperor as High Priest, 198; The Ju Mao, or Sect of Literati, 199; Religious functions of government officers, 202; Purity and coldness of this religious system, 205; Rationalism (Too km), Lau-tsz its founder, 207; His classic, the Tao-teh King, 208; Visit of Confucius to the philosopher Lau-tsz, 212; Rites and mythology of the Taoists, 214; Their degeneracy into fetich worshippers, 215; Their organization, 217; The Sect of Fuh, or Buddhism, 218; Life of Buddha, 219; Influence of the creed among the people, 221; Checks to its power, 223; Its tenets and liturgy, 224; Opposition to this sect by the literati, 227; Perpetuated in monasteries and nunneries, 229; Similarity between the Buddhist and Roman Catholic rites, 231; Shamanism, its form in Tibet and Mongolia, 233; Buddhist temples, 235; Ancestral worship, its ancient origin, 236; Its influence upon the family and society, 237; Infanticide in China, its prevalence, 239; Comparison with Greece and Rome, 242; Customs and ceremonies attending a decease, 243; Funerals and burial-places, 245; Fung shui, 246; Interment and mourning, 248; Family worship of ancestors, 250; Character of the rites, 252; Popular superstitions, 255; Dread of wandering ghosts, 257; Methods of divination, 260; Worship at graves, and shrines, 262; Chinese benevolent institutions and the practice of charity, 263; General condition of religion among them, 266; Secret societies, 267; Mohammedanism in China, 268; Jews in Kaifung, 271; Their miserable condition, 273.
