Leaves from my Chinese scrapbook

Author(s)

• Balfour, Frederic Henry

Bibliographic Information

Leaves from my Chinese scrapbook

Frederic Henry Balfour

（Trübner's Oriental series, 32 . China ; 1）

Routledge, 2000, c1887

[Reprinted ed.]

Note

"First published in 1887 by Trübner. Reprinted in 2000 by Routledge" -- T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First Published in 2000. This is Volume I of five of a series on China, written in 1887 this is a collection of notes and observations from the author's time in China and includes topics such as the First Emperor, the Fifth Prince, Taoist Hermits and the Seven Wonders of Corea

Table of Contents

• Part 1 Leaves from my Chinese Scrapbook.
• Chapter 1 The First Emperor.*Authorities consulted:-The Slih Chi
• the T'ung Ch'en
• the Kok Shi Riak
• the T'ai P'ing Kuang Chi
• Memoires concernant les Chinois
• and Histoire de la Chine.
• Chapter 2 The Empress Regent.
• Chapter 3 The Fifth Prince.
• Chapter 4 A Phase of Court Etiquette.
• Chapter 5 Filial Piety.
• Chapter 6 Chinese Ideas of Pathology.
• Chapter 7 Chinese Medicines.
• Chapter 8 The Horse in China.
• Chapter 9 Hippophagy Among the Tartars.
• Chapter 10 A Philosopher who Never Lived.
• Chapter 11 Taoist Hermits.
• Chapter 12 A Taoist Patriarch.
• Chapter 13 The Peach and its Legends.
• Chapter 14 Tree and Serpent Worship.
• Chapter 15 The Sophists of China.
• Chapter 16 Portents.
• Chapter 17 Feather-Brushes.
• Chapter 18 The Seven Wonders of Corea.
• Chapter 19 China's Greatest Tyrant.
• Chapter 20 The Flower-Fairies: A Taoist Fairy-Tale.

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Details

• NCID: BA50318311
• ISBN:
  • 0415244846
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 215 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA50322217