y, 201

Balasagun, city, 224

Ballads, 133

Banks, 265, 305

Banner organization, 268, 291

Barbarians (Foreigners), 109, 122, 246, 278

Bastards, 41

Bath, 217

Beg, title, 289

Beggar, 239

Bengal, 250, 283

Boat festival, 23

Bokhara (Bukhara), city, 46

Bon, religion, 242

Bondsmen, 31, 117, 143
(_see pu-ch'ue_, Serfs, Feudalism)

Book, printing, 201; B burning, 66

Boettger, inventor, 256

Boxer rebellion, 299

Boycott, 314

Brahmans, Indian caste, 34, 106

Brain drain, 326

Bronze, 17, 20, 22, 29, 33, 40, 106, 180-1
(_see_ Metal, Copper)

Brothel (Tea-house), 163, 217

Buddha, 46; Buddhism, 20, 106, 108-9, 125, 127, 133 ff., 145 ff., 150,
161, 164, 168, 178, 179 ff., 188, 217, 218, 236, 257, 259, 266, 306
(_see_ Ch'an, Vinaya, Sects, Amithabha, Maitreya, Hinayana,
Mahayana, Monasteries, Church, Pagoda, Monks, Lamaism)

Budget, 168, 175, 209, 210, 215, 261
(_see_ Treasury, Inflation, Deflation)

Bullfights, 182

Bureaucracy, 24, 33, 63, 72;
religious B, 25
(_see_ Administration; Army)

Burgher (_liang-min_), 143, 183, 216

Burma, 12, 146, 234, 248, 265, 269, 283, 318, 319, 322, 329, 330

Businessmen, 64
(_see_ Merchants, Trade)

Byzantium, 177

Calcutta, city, 283

Caliph (Khaliph), 185

Cambodia, 234, 295

Canals, 170, 246; Imperial C, 168, 235-6
(_see_ Irrigation)

Cannons, 232, 263

Canton (Kuang-chou), city, 67, 77, 89, 97, 159, 190, 209, 237, 262, 266,
286, 287, 308, 309, 312, 314

Capital of Empire, 144
(_see_ Ch'ang-an, Si-an, Lo-yang, etc.)

Capitalism, 180-1, 212, 297, 303
(_see_ Investments, Banks, Money, Economy, etc.)

Capitulations (privileges of foreign nations), 273, 287, 290, 312, 316

Caravans, 86, 98, 121, 129, 181
(_see_ Silk road, Trade)

Carpet, 243

Castes, 106
(_see_ Brahmans)

Castiglione, G., painter, 281

Cattle, breeding, 155

Cavalry, 53
(_see_ Horse)

Cave temples, 146-7
(_see_ Lung-men, Yuen-kang, Tun-huang)

Censorate, 84

Censorship, 254

Census, 143
(_see_ Population)

Central Asia, 25, 87-88, 90, 113, 119, 135, 169, 179, 209, 259, 277, 330
(_see_ Turkestan, Sinkiang, Tarim, City States)

Champa, State, 249

Ch'an (Zen), meditative Buddhism, 164, 175, 218, 263

Chan-kuo Period (Contending States), 51 ff.

Chancellor, 82

Ch'ang-an, capital of China, 123, 127, 129, 167, 172, 176, 184, 185,
190, 207
(_see_ Sian)

Chang Ch'ien, ambassador, 88

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