Lion and dragon in northern China

1910

Contents p.ix
I. Introduction p.1
II. Weihaiwei and the Shantung promontory p.12
III. History and legend p.34
IV. Chinese chronicles and local celebrities p.57
V. British rule p.77
VI. Litigation p.102
VII. Village life and land tenure p.127
VIII. Village customs, festivals and folk-lore p.155
IX. The women of Weihaiwei p.195
X. Widows and children p.217
XI. Family graveyards p.254
XII. Dead men and ghost-lore p.276
XIII. Confucianism - I p.300
XIV. Confucianism - II p.328
XV. Taoism, local deities, tree-worship p.351
XVI. The dragon, mountain-worship, Buddhism p.385
XVII. Religion and superstition in East and West p.408
XVIII. The future p.426
Index p.451

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Call No.: [CLR] DS797.72.W452 J64 1910