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Chinese customs
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- Creator
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1899
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Contents
Births p.9
The relative importance of sons and daughters p.10
Equality before the law p.11
Marriages p.14
Deaths p.17
The position of women p.20
Drastic laws in protection of parents and seniors p.20
Mourning p.23
Singular method of writing p.25
Great veneration for manuscript p.27
Simple construction of the language p.28
A few ideas on grammar p.30
Questions of truth and honesty p.32
The force of religion p.33
Natural intelligence p.33
Politeness p.35
The classes in which high notions of honour chiefly dwell p.36
Degraded classes p.36
Courage p.38
Fear of death and injury p.38
Clothes p.41
Notions of comfort and luxury p.43
The table p.43
Drink p.44
Opium p.45
Social life p.45
Health p.46
Cleanliness p.47
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This eBook is digitized by Pao Yue-Kong Library from the Special Collections
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image/jpeg
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Source format: 48 p. ; 24 cm.
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This eBook: 56 p.
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Barcode: 0000800678849
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Call No.: DS754.14.P37 1899
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