Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
The beginning of the world, as it is described to Chinese boys and girls, is stranger than a fairy tale. First of all, according to the story, there was something called ‘khi’ which could not be seen, nor touched, but was everywhere. After a time this ‘khi’ began to turn round...
One of the best ways to know boys and girls is to learn something of the stories they like to hear and tell. Here are one or two which will help you to understand our friends th...
10. CHAPTER XThe superstitions of China are countless, and of course differ in different parts of the Empire, but you will like to hear of some that touch the lives of the boys and girls.
13. CHAPTER XIIIFrom what you have read, you will think, perhaps, that Chinese children have a merry life, but it is not always so. Little girls, who were unwelcome to their families, used to b...
5. CHAPTER VIt is hard to begin life as one who is not wanted. Many a Chinese girl cannot help knowing that she has come into the world bringing disappointment to her father and mother.
4. CHAPTER IVWhen the time comes for a boy to go to school, a lucky day is chosen by a fortune-teller, and young Hopeful, spotless in dress, and with head well shaved, is taken to be introdu...
14. CHAPTER XIVIn 1898 a boy named Ch’en Yo, generally known as Yo-ah, lived near the West gate of Chinchew city. His father, who was called Poah, used to sit by the roadside gambling with the...
8. CHAPTER VIIIIt is rather strange that the Chinese have three religions, instead of being contented with one like most people. Confucianism is the chief of these. It takes its name from Conf...
3. CHAPTER IIIHomes differ as much in China as in other lands. Some are palaces, some poor huts, some are caves cut into the face of cliffs, some are boats upon rivers, where thousands of boy...
6. CHAPTER VIChinese children are kept so busy at work or study that a stranger might at first be tempted to think their lives were all work and no play. In time, however, one discovers that...
9. CHAPTER IXChinese life, which for many children is dull and full of work, has its red-letter days. No description of the little folk of the Middle Kingdom would be complete without an acc...
11. CHAPTER XIThe Chinese say that filial piety is the chief of virtues, and many show by their actions that they believe the saying. They care for their fathers and mothers, obey their wishe...
2. CHAPTER II“When a son is born, He sleeps on a bed, He is clothed in robes, He plays with gems, His cry is princely loud, This emperor is clad in purple. He is the domestic prince and king.
12. CHAPTER XIIFaithfulness is another of those things we admire, that are taught to Chinese boys and girls too. Many are the stories told to make the children honour faithful men and wish to...
1. CHAPTER IThe beginning of the world, as it is described to Chinese boys and girls, is stranger than a fairy tale. First of all, according to the story, there was something called ‘khi’ w...
15. CHAPTER XV“The Cross is tall, And I too small, To reach His Hand Or touch His Feet; But on the sand His foot-prints I have found, And it is sweet To kiss the holy ground.”