PART III--REGENERATION OF THE CHINESE VILLAGE

XXVII. WHAT CAN CHRISTIANITY DO FOR CHINA? 341

INDEX 353

List of Illustrations

Chinese Villagers at Home _Frontispiece._

SOUTHERN VILLAGE SCENE } _Facing Page_ 16 A DETAIL--THE VILLAGE WELL }

SAWYERS PREPARING LUMBER } " " 24 ITINERANT BLACKSMITH'S EMPLOYED BY VILLAGERS }

THE VILLAGE COBBLER } " " 35 VILLAGE BROOM-MAKER }

WAITING FOR THE BOAT } " " 40 CROSSING THE FERRY }

STRINGS OF CHINESE CASH } " " 51 PREPARING THE STRINGS }

THRESHING } " " 77 AN AFTERNOON SIESTA }

THE WORLD'S OLDEST SACRED MOUNTAIN, T'AI SHAN } " " 141 SCENERY ALONG THE RIVER LIN }

GOING TO MARKET } " " 148 CHINESE MARKET SCENE }

CROP-WATCHER'S LODGE } " " 162 REAPING MILLET }

A BRIDAL PAIR } " " 188 TEMPORARY FUNERAL PAVILION }

ENTRANCE TO A YAMEN } " " 218 CHINESE COURT OF JUSTICE }

CHINESE PUNCH AND JUDY } " " 244 THE VILLAGE STORY-TELLER }

WOMEN PREPARING FOOD } " " 262 ON THE WAY TO THE FEAST }

ONE OF CHINA'S PARASITES--A BEGGAR } " " 310 ONE OF HER SOURCES OF STRENGTH--A CARPENTER }

LITTLE OLD PEOPLE } " " 342 GOING TO A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL }

Glossary

BOY, a term used by foreigners in China to denote the head-servant, irrespective of his age.

CASH, Chinese copper coin with a square hole for stringing. The value of a single cash may be taken as one-thousandth of a Mexican dollar. The cash vary greatly in size. A "string" theoretically consists of a thousand cash, but in many regions has but five hundred. The latter variety is at present equal to one-third of a gold dollar.

CATTY, a Chinese pound, equal by treaty to one and one-third pounds avoirdupois.

CHIN-SHIH, "Entered Scholar." The third literary degree; Doctor in Literature.

CHOU, a Sub-prefecture, sometimes with Districts under it, and often without them.

CHAoe-JASN, "Selected man." The second full literary degree; a Master of Arts.

COMPOUND, an enclosure or yard, usually containing a number of buildings belonging to a single family or establishment.

FASNG-SHUI, literally "wind and water." A complicated system of geomantic superstition, by which the good luck of sites and buildings is determined.

FU, a Prefecture, governed by a Prefect, with several Districts under it.

HAN-LIN, "Forest of Pencils." The last literary degree, entitling to office.

HSIEN, a District or Country, governed by the District Magistrate.

HSIU-TS'AI, "Flourishing Talent." The lowest of the several literary degrees; a Bachelor of Arts.

K'ANG, a raised platform of adobe or of bricks, used as a bed and heated by means of flues.

K'O-T'OU or KOTOW, the act of prostration and striking the head on the ground in homage or worship.

LI, a Chinese measure of length, somewhat more than three of which equal an English mile.

SQUEEZE, a forced contribution exacted by those through whose hands the money of others passes.

TA†L, a weight of money equivalent to a sixteenth of a Chinese pound; an ounce.

TAO-T'AI, an officer of the third rank who is intendant of a circuit.

YA-MASN, the office and residence of a Chinese official.