Thomas Taylor Meadows

Desultory Notes on the Government and People of China, and on the Chinese Language

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1847 publication sheds valuable light on the bureaucracy, corruption and tension in southern China prior to the Taiping Rebellion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781108080484
• ISBN-10: 1108080480
• Artikelnr.: 41750673

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. On the false notions extant in England regarding China and the Chinese
2. On the business style of the Chinese written language
3. On the difficulty of learning the Chinese language
4. On the colloquial Chinese as spoken by the Manchoos
5. A new orthography adapted to the Pekin pronunciation of the colloquial Chinese
6. On the intonations or tones, called Sheng by the Chinese
7. Sketch of Kwang-tung
8. On the rank, duties, and salaries of the mandarins
9. On the Yamun and the various inhabitants
10. On the Ti pau and the Tai shu
11. On the cause of the long duration of the Chinese empire
12. On the principal defects of the Chinese government
13. On personating criminals
14. On the extortions and oppressions of the mandarins
15. On the internal stability of the Chinese empire
16. On some of the more prominent features in the character and manners of the Chinese
17. On the Chinese ignorance of foreign countries
18. On the best means of putting an end to the general use of opium in China
19. Application of the conclusion arrived in at note 11, to the policy and prospects of our own country.