Frederic Henry Balfour

Leaves from My Chinese Scrapbook

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 293g
• ISBN-13: 9780415865654
• ISBN-10: 0415865654
• Artikelnr.: 37332245

Autorenporträt

Frederic Henry Balfour

Inhaltsangabe

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.