China: A history of the laws, manners, and customs of the people. Volumes I & II. TWO VOLUME SET

History

Gray, John Henry

W. Gow Gregor (ed.)

Asia

Irish University Press

China: A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People; Volume 2

Gregor, William Gow

Franklin Classics

This highly readable history of the world's most populous country dates from the late nineteenth century, when its author, John Henry Gray, served as the Archdeacon of Hong Kong. His two-volume study, here bound into a single volume, begins with the earliest known legends of China as the "Middle Kingdom," around which all lesser states gathered like satellites, and ranges forward to an intriguing series of portraits of the author's Chinese contemporaries. Subjects include the functions and powers of government; prisons and forms of punishment; religion, gods, and goddesses, and Confucian philosophy; marriage and divorce; the roles of servants and slaves; festivals, amusements, and sports; funerals; astrology and fortune-telling; and benevolent institutions. Commercial activities — agricultural techniques, tea and silk production, and maritime pursuits — also receive detailed and informative treatments. Evocative illustrations include images of fireworks and flying kits, opium smokers and Buddhist nuns, traditional fishing techniques, and numerous other scenes from daily life. Of immense value to Sinologists and historians, this insightful volume will appeal to anyone interested in China and Far Eastern cultures.

China: A History of the Laws, Manners and Customs of the People (Dover Books on Literature and Drama)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Dover Publications

Fourteen Months in Canton

BiblioLife

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Legare Street Press

China: A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People; Volume 1

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Silverpoints (1893)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Kessinger Publishing

Nabu Press

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