1st Edition

Leaves from My Chinese Scrapbook

By Frederic Henry Balfour Copyright 2001
    226 Pages
    by Routledge

    226 Pages
    by Routledge

    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

    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; Mémoires 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.;

    Biography

    Frederic Henry Balfour