Part 55

Lü Tung-pin ii. 296 639

Magic Sword i. 62 80

Mandarin Dialect i. 398 327

Manslaughter i. 222 192

Marriage Ceremonies i. 10 45 „ „ i. 181 153 „ „ i. 227 195 „ „ i. 228 196

Marriages i. 108 109 „ i. 193 165

Marrying a second time i. 112 110

Mars, The Chinese i. 2 39

Medical testimonials ii. 292 633

Memorial tablet, Inking ii. 224 558

Mercy, The Goddess of i. 241 208

Messengers of good tidings ii. 252 589

Milky way, The i. 152 135

Miracles i. 396 323

“Mirror and Listen” trick ii. 251 588

Misappropriation of funds ii. 224 559

Moon, The Goddess of the i. 19 49 „ The Lady of the i. 19 49

Mothers-in-law i. 315 249

Mourning for a father i. 199 174

Mules ii. 242 580

Murders i. 230 198

Names, Family i. 92 93 „ Personal ii. 132 466

Night, Divisions of the i. 215 187

Nine grades of official life i. 388 313

Nunneries i. 262 221

Oath of confederation ii. 146 482

Oblivion, Potion of ii. 207 544

Official corruption ii. 79 415 „ responsibility i. 232 199

Officials i. 237 202

Old age ii. 31 379

Olive, the sign of peace i. 324 256

Paper men i. 49 71 „ money i. 391 317 „ „ ii. 172 505

Pao Shu i. 166 143

Patra, The i. 395 320 „ „ i. 246 211

Pawn-shops i. 198 173

Persia ii. 25 376

Phœnix Tower ii. 270 608

Physiognomy, Professors of ii. 290 630

Planchette ii. 295 638

Playing _wei-ch‘i_ for money ii. 271 609

Poetical proficiency i. 33 62

Police system i. 221 191

Politeness ii. 203 536

Poor scholars i. 160 142

Pope of the Taoists i. 118 114

Porterage ii. 181 519

Posthumous Honours i. 305 241

Praying for good or bad weather ii. 294 637

Praying-mat ii. 183 521

Precedence at table i. 332 261

Predestination i. 48 69 „ i. 156 138

Primogeniture i. 203 179

Prisoners in China i. 372 299 „ „ ii. 96 428 „ „ ii. 261 597

P‘u-hsien, God of Action ii. 232 569

Pulse, The i. 39 64

Punishments i. 381 306

Pupils taken by priests ii. 119 446

Purgatory, Capital of ii. 238 575

Quail-fighting i. 75 85

Quail’s Tail, A i. 209 183

Rebel, The first ii. 52 392

Red-garment figure, The i. 19 50

Red-haired barbarians ii. 179 517

Relationship, Test of ii. 278 619

Religion and the drama i. 345 277

Resemblance between soul and body ii. 280 620

Retinues of mandarins i. 389 315 „ „ ii. 174 510 „ „ ii. 175 513

Returning invitations ii. 227 561

Revenge i. 310, 243, 311 244 „ for adultery i. 62 81

Reward of filial piety i. 351 283

Rising when spoken to ii. 280 621

Roc, The ii. 341 680

Rosary, The Buddhist i. 369 295

Royal Mother, The ii. 187 525

Rulers of animal and vegetable kingdoms i. 292 235

Running water ii. 110 437

Sacred edict, The i. 203 179

Sale of children i. 183 154 „ degrees ii. 170 499

Salt monopoly ii. 215 547

“Same-year men” i. 136 128

Saving life ii. 200 533 „ „ ii. 214 546

Scribbling and carving names ii. 123 451

Sea-serpent, The ii. 113 441

Secret societies i. 196 170

Sections of Purgatory, The nine ii. 205 538

Senses, The five i. 259 220

Separation of sexes ii. 167 496

Shaking hands i. 287 233 „ „ ii. 151 489

Sham entertainment i. 323 254

Shampooing ii. 53 393

“Shang-yang” brings rain ii. 131 464

“Shoes” of silver i. 148 133

Short weights ii. 325 670

Shun, The Emperor i. 37 63

Shun Chih, The Emperor ii. 184 522

Sickness i. 107 107

Six Boards, The i. 26 54

Slave-girls’ feet i. 430 353

Slavery i. 211 185

Small feet i. 76 86 „ „ i. 192 161 „ waists ii. 47 390

Sons i. 64 82

Spirit calling i. 189 160 „ entering another’s body ii. 24 375

Spirits, Disembodied i. 79 87 „ „ i. 119 115 „ „ i. 123 119 „ „ i. 157 139

Spiritualistic _séances_ ii. 133 467

Sponge, A i. 248 213

Spring festival ii. 186 524

Squeezes i. 219 189

Staff of Buddhist priests, The i. 395 320

Stealing, Pardonable ii. 217 551

Strong rooms ii. 172 504

Styx, The ii. 216 548

Subscriptions ii. 220 556

Substantiality of ghosts i. 239 205 „ „ ii. 236 574

Substitution theory i. 334 267

Suicide i. 311 244 „ Meritorious ii. 142 475

Superior man, The i. 168 145

Supernatural government i. 292 235

Supreme Ruler, The i. 242 209

Surnames, Common i. 210 184

Sutra, The Diamond i. 238 204

Tails of horses not cut ii. 286 627

Taking life i. 79 88

Talking when born i. 243 210

Tao i. 14 46

Taot‘ai ii. 229 562

Tartar general ii. 128 461

Temples, Repairs to ii. 127 460

Theatricals i. 218 188

Threshing-floors ii. 236 573

Thunder, God of i. 43 65 „ „ ii. 112 440

Ting P‘u-lang ii. 109 435

Titles of Nobility i. 305 241

Torture ii. 81 417 „ Supply of instruments of ii. 238 576

Tree worship ii. 72 408

Trousseau, Bride’s i. 256 218

Tung-t‘ing Lake i. 271 226

Types of friendship i. 166 143

Tzŭ-ang, a Chinese Landseer ii. 287 629

Ulysses, A Chinese i. 91 91

Ushnisha, The ii. 320 665

Valuables in coffins i. 311 245

Verdict i. 56 78

Visiting the tutor ii. 126 458

Vital spots on the body ii. 356 693

Wang Wei, The poet ii. 149 487

Washing-blocks ii. 315 656

Watchmen i. 51 72

Wedding-presents i. 28 57

Wei-ch‘i ii. 268 604

Wên-shu, the God of Wisdom ii. 232 569

White Lily sect ii. 189 526

Widowers ii. 183 520

Widows ii. 39 385

Windows i. 61 79

Wine ii. 259, 595, 260 596

Wine-cup upside down, Turning the i. 264 224

Wine taken hot ii. 144 477

Witnesses in a court of justice ii. 156 491

Women ride astride i. 354 286

Wooden fish, The ii. 195 529

Works of supererogation i. 426 346

Worldly-mindedness ii. 312 653

Wu Wang i. 278 228

Yamên i. 2 38

Yang Ta-hung ii. 310 652

Yang-tsze, The ii. 176 514

Years, Names of i. 113 111

Yellow girdles i. 66 84

_Yin_ and the _yang_, The i. 176 150

Yojana, A i. 394 319

Yü-chiao-li, The ii. 164 495

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

This book was printed in two volumes, of which this is a combination.

Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

Obvious typographical errors repaired. Punctuation, spelling, hyphenation, use of accented characters and stylistic presentation standardized when a predominant preference was found in this book. Capitalization and hyphenation of Chinese personal names has been standardized. Otherwise left as printed.

Footnote numbers were re-indexed in this electronic text, internal references renumbered correspondingly.

Footnote 46, ‘old’ changed to ‘odd’ (presenting a very odd appearance).

Footnote 109, ‘Marriages’ changed to ‘Marriage’ (Marriage between persons of the same surname is forbidden).

Footnote 267, ‘CVI’ changed to ‘CVII.’ (later story (No. CVII.),).

Footnote 427, ‘excepting’ changed to ‘except’ (except in the matter of light).

Footnote 447, ‘of’ added (first quarter of the present century).

Footnote 479, ‘denôuement’ changed to ‘dénouement’ (important to the _dénouement_ of the story).

Footnote 495, ‘dénoûement’ changed to ‘dénouement’ (The _dénouement_ of the _Yü-chiao-li_).

Footnote 527, ‘Ibu’ changed to ‘Ibn’ (Ibn Batuta writes as follows).

Footnote 679, ‘LXVII.’ changed to ‘LXVIII.’ (See No. LXVIII.).

Page i-36, ‘villanous’ changed to ‘villainous’ (he writes a villainous hand).

Page i-86, ‘dare’ changed to ‘dared’ (nobody dared go near her).

Page i-306, ‘grottos’ changed to ‘grottoes’ (from each of the holes or grottoes on the stone).

Page i-378, ‘Shan’ changed to ‘Shan-hu’ (Shan-hu held out her arms).

Page i-408, ‘watching’ changed to ‘watched’ (watched the moon rising in the east).

Page i-411, ‘bid’ changed to ‘bade’ (Wang’s father bade him hide).

Page ii-19, ‘of’ added (a number of curious stones).

Page ii-65, ‘be’ changed to ‘he’ (but he soon reflected).

Page ii-145, ‘sung’ changed to ‘sang’ (whereupon he sang the following lines).

Page ii-198, ‘he’ changed to ‘be’ (that he would be only too happy).

Page ii-208, ‘according’ changed to ‘accordingly’ (accordingly, when the King was looking).

Page ii-254, ‘Ch‘êng’ changed to ‘Ch‘ên’ (This frightened Ch‘ên).

Page ii-255, ‘Ch‘êng’ changed to ‘Ch‘ên’ (Ch‘ên himself was a cattle-farmer).

Page ii-286, ‘servants’ changed to ‘servant’ (rode away, telling his servant).

Page ii-287, ‘a Mr. Ts‘ui’ changed to ‘Mr. Ts‘ui’ (who lived next door to Mr. Ts‘ui).

Page ii-41, ‘He then bit her across the neck’ should probably be ‘He then hit her across the neck’.