My Chinese Notebook

Originally published in 1904. The following 'Notes' were not penned in the presumptuous hope of adding materially to the existing knowledge of the subjects with which they deal.

Susan Mary Keppel Townley

Part I. 1. The Early History of China. 2. China in the Middle Ages. 3. Chinia Under the Manchus. 4. The Reign of Kwang-Hsu. 5. The Worship of Heaven and the 'Three Religions'. 5. Confucianism. 6. Taoism. 7. Buddhism. 8. The Chinese Language. 9. Concerning the Classics. 10. How China is Governed. Part II. 1. First Acquaintances. 2. Shanghai. 3. Up the Yangtse River. 4. In the Gorges and Rapids. 5. Peking. 6. The Dragon Throne. 7. Court Ladies. 8. Imperial Mausolea. 8. In Conclusion.