Chapter 133

_Cháo_, paper-money, i. 426n, 429n _Cháo_, title of Siamese and Shan Princes, ii. 73n Chaotong, ii. 130n Chapu, ii. 199n Characters, written, four acquired by Marco Polo, i. 27; one in Manzi, but divers spoken dialects, ii. 236 Charchan (Chachan of Johnson, Charchand), i. 192n, 194, 195n, 196n Charcoal, store in Peking, palace garden of, i. 370n Charities, Kúblái’s, i. 439, 443, 444; Buddhistic and Chinese, 446n; at Kinsay, ii. 188, 198n Charles VIII., of France, i. 398n Chau dynasty, i. 347n Chaucer, quoted, i. 3n, 5n, 17n, 161n, 247n, 386n, ii. 11n _Chaukans_, temporary wives at Kashgar, i. 193 Chaul, ii. 367n Cheapness in China, ii. 202 Cheetas, or hunting leopards, i. 397, 398n Cheh-kiang, cremation common during Sung dynasty in, ii. 135n; roads into Fo-kien from, 224n Cheinan, Gulf of, ii. 266 Chenchau, or Iching hien, ii. 173n, 174n Chenching (Cochin-China), ii. 268n–269n, 277n Chenchu (Chang-y), conspires with Vanchu _v._ Ahmad, i. 417–419, 422n Ch’eng-ting fu, ii. 13, 14n Ch’êng-Tsu (Yung-lo), Emperor, ii. 392n Ch’êng-tu (Sze-ch’wan), ii. 32n, 34n, 35n Ch’êngtu-fu (Sindafu), ii. 36, 37n Cheu, the Seven, ii. 277n Chibai and Chiban, ii. 459, 462n Chichiklik Pass, i. 172n, 175n Chien-ch’ang (Caindu), ii. 70n. (_See_ K’ien ch’ang.) Chihli, plain of, ii. 14n Chilaw, ii. 337n Chiliánwála, battlefield of, i. 105n Chilu-ku, last Karakhitai king, ii. 20n Chin, Sea of, ii. 264, 265, 266n, 270n China, _134_; _Imperial Maritime Customs Returns for 1900_, ii. 173n; Dominicans in, 240n; paved roads in, 189, 198n; relations with Korea and Japan, 262n; the name, 265n; king of Malacca at Court of, 282n; trade from Arabia to, 348n; from Sofala in Africa, 400n. (_See_ also Cathay and Manzi.) Chinangli (T’sinan-fu), ii. 133, 135, 137n _Chínár_, Oriental planes, i. 128n, 138n Chinchau, Chincheo, Chinchew, Chwanchew, Tswanchau, _see_ Zayton Chinese, Polo ignorant of the languages, _110_, i. 29n; epigrams, 170n; funeral and mourning customs, 207n, ii. 191; feeling towards Kúblái, i. 421n; religion and irreligion, 456, 458n; their politeness and filial piety, 457, 462n; gambling, 457; character for integrity, ii. 204, 210n; written character and varieties of dialect, 236; ships, 249 _seqq._; pagodas at Negapatam and elsewhere, 336n; coins found in Southern India, 337n; pottery, 372n–373n; trade and intercourse with Southern India, 373n, 378n, 386, 390, 392n Chinghian-fu (Chinkiang-fu), ii. 175, 176, 177n Chinghiz Khan, _10_, _11_, i. 5n, 10n, 12n, ii. 458n, 479, 481n; reported to be a Christian, i. 14n; Aung Khan’s saying of, 27n; his use of Uíghúr character, 28n; Erzrum taken by, 49n; harries Balkh, 151n; captures Talikan, 154n; ravages Badakhshan, 163n; his respect for Christians, 186n, 242n, 243n; subjugates Kutchluk Khân, 189n; his campaigns in Tangut, 206n, 218n, 225n, 281n; Rubruquis’ account of, 237n, 239n; made king of the Tartars, 238; his system of conquests, 238; and Prester John, 239–241; divining by twigs—presage of victory, 241; defeats and slays Prester John, 244; his death and burial-place, 244, 245n, 249n; his aim at conquest of the world, 245n; his funeral, 250n; his army, 262, 265n; defeats the Merkits, 270n; relations between Prester John’s and his families, 284, 288n; the Horiad tribe, 300, 308n; his prophecy about Kúblái, 331n; rewards his captains, 351n; captures Peking, ii. 8n; defeats and slays Taiyang Khan, 20n; his alleged invasion of Tibet, 46n; his mechanical artillery, 168n; his cruelty, 181n; Table of Genealogy of his House, 505n Chinghiz Tora, ii. 481n Ching-hoang tower at Hangchau-fu, ii. 214n Chinginju (Chang-chau), ii. 178 Chingintalas, province, i. 212; its identification, 214n, 215n Chingkim, Chinkin, Chimkin, Kúblái’s favourite son and heir-apparent,