ect on style of Chinese writing, 26.

Pegasus--Chinese "heavenly horse" compared, 133.

Peking, dialect of, standard Mandarin, 8.

Penal Code, Chinese, 56, 87-88.

Persia--"heavenly horse" in China, 131,133.

Philippines, Spanish seizure from China, 136.

Phonetic basis and indicator, _see_ Language--Written.

Phraseology concordance, Chinese, 65-69.

"Pidgin" English, 17.

Pigs, tax on, resisted, 93-95.

Pills of immortality, concoction and effect of, 107.

Plays--
Editions of, 62-33.
Grecian similarities, 125-126.

Poetry--
Cambridge collection, 60.
Taoist poet, quotations from, 160-163.
Women writers, 60, 197.

Population, Chinese, vastness of, 3.

Portrait-painting, Chinese--
Encyclopaedia topic, 53.
Story, 53.

Prefectures, division of circuits, 76, 83.

Priest, Buddhist priest anecdote, 138.

Prince Huai-nan, _see_ Huai-nan.

Protestant missionaries in China, 144.

Provincial government--
Division of provinces, 76, 78.
Governors, 76, 83.
Officials, commissioners, etc., 81-82.
Viceroys, 76, 82, 83.

Puppet-shows, China, alleged origin of, 123.

Pythagorean and Chinese systems of music, similarity of, 129.

Quails, fighting, Grecian and Chinese custom, 126.

Queue--
False hair, 180.
Tartars, fight against queue, 179.
Theories as to origin, 178-179.

Readers, professional, Chinese, 61.

_Record in Dark Blood_, historical section, Cambridge, 57.

Relativity, doctrine of, Lao Tzu's teachings, 156.

Religions--
Buddhism, _see that title_.
Classification--Three Doctrines, 143, 145.
Confucian Canon, _see that title_.
Jews, 144.
Lao Tzu, _see_ Taoism.
Mahommedanism, 143.
Manichaeans, 144.
Nestorian Christians, 143.
Protestant missionaries, 144.
Roman Catholicism, 144.
Taoism, _see that title_.
Zoroastrians, 144.

Reprints, Chinese--
Cambridge collection, 55.
_Family Library_, 55.

Rhyme, Chinese, 67-68.

Riots, Chinese, people's self-government, 97-101.

Rip Van Winkle, Chinese, story of, 55.

Rites, Book of, Confucian Canon, 42.

Roman Catholicism in China, 144.

Roman classics, relative values of Chinese and Greek training, 109-110.

_Romance of Three Kingdoms_, novel, 61-62.

Salt commissioner, provincial official, 81.

Sanskrit, introduction of, 110.

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