Ancient China Simplified

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ANCIENT CHINA SIMPLIFIED

PREFACE

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NAMES OF CHIEF LOCALITIES

NAMES OF CHIEF PERSONAGES

CHAPTER I OPENING SCENES

CHAPTER II SHIFTING SCENES

CHAPTER III THE NORTHERN POWERS

CHAPTER IV THE SOUTHERN POWER

CHAPTER V EVIDENCE OF ECLIPSES

CHAPTER VI THE ARMY

CHAPTER VII THE COAST STATES

CHAPTER VIII FIRST PROTECTOR OF CHINA

CHAPTER IX POSITION OF ENVOYS

CHAPTER X THE SECOND PROTECTOR

CHAPTER XI RELIGION

CHAPTER XII ANCESTRAL WORSHIP

CHAPTER XIII ANCIENT DOCUMENTS FOUND

CHAPTER XIV MORE ON PROTECTORS

CHAPTER XV STATE INTERCOURSE

CHAPTER XVI LAND AND PEOPLE

CHAPTER XVII EDUCATION AND LITERARY

CHAPTER XVIII TREATIES AND VOWS

CHAPTER XIX CONFUCIUS AND LITERATURE

CHAPTER XX LAW

CHAPTER XXI PUBLIC WORKS

CHAPTER XXII CITIES AND TOWNS

CHAPTER XXIII BREAK-UP OF CHINA

CHAPTER XXIV KINGS AND NOBLES

CHAPTER XXV VASSALS AND EMPEROR

CHAPTER XXVI FIGHTING STATE PERIOD

CHAPTER XXVII FOREIGN BLOOD

CHAPTER XXVIII BARBARIANS

CHAPTER XXIX CURIOUS CUSTOMS

CHAPTER XXX LITERARY RELATIONS

CHAPTER XXXI ORIGIN OF THE CHINESE

CHAPTER XXXII THE CALENDAR

CHAPTER XXXIII NAMES

CHAPTER XXXIV EUNUCHS, HUMAN SACRIFICES, FOOD

CHAPTER XXXV KNOWLEDGE OF THE WEST

CHAPTER XXXVI ANCIENT JAPAN

CHAPTER XXXVII ETHICS

CHAPTER XXXVIII WOMEN AND MORALS

CHAPTER XXXIX GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE

CHAPTER XL TOMBS AND REMAINS

CHAPTER XLI THE TARTARS

CHAPTER XLII MUSIC

CHAPTER XLIII WEALTH, SPORTS, ETC.

CHAPTER XLIV CONFUCIUS

CHAPTER XLV CONFUCIUS AND LAO-TSZ

CHAPTER XLVI ORACLES AND OMENS

CHAPTER XLVII RULERS AND PEOPLE

Title: Ancient China Simplified

Author: Edward Harper Parker

Edition: 10

Language: English

Produced by Steve Schulze, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

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ANCIENT CHINA SIMPLIFIED

[Illustration: Tripod of the Chou dynasty, date 812 B.C. In 1565 A.D. it was placed by the owner for safety in a temple on Silver Island (near Chinkiang), where it may be seen now. Taken (by kind permission of the author) from Dr. S. W. Bushell's "Chinese Art," vol. i. p. 82.]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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