Chapter XVIII: The Future (2)

Confucius, 11, 34-5, 42, 271, 272, 300, 301 _seq._, 311 _seq._, 321,
324 _seq._, 347, 352-4, 430, 449, _and see_ Confucianism

Conservatism of Weihaiwei, 6-11

Convention relating to Weihaiwei, 2, 29-30, 57, 77-8, 428

Conybeare, F. C., _quoted_, 320 (2)

Cook, A. B., _cited_, 378 (2)

Corpses, Superstitions regarding, 292 _seq._, 295 _seq._

_County Folk-lore_ quoted, 176 (1), 179 (1), 180 (3), 291 (1), 294,
379, 386 (1), 387(2)

Courtesy of Orientals, 169 _seq._

Cox, Rev. Sir G. W., _quoted_, 374

Crime and lawlessness, Comparative freedom from, 87, 99, 158 _seq._,
434-5

Cross-roads, Superstitions regarding, 376-7

Currency question, 443 _seq._

Cypress trees, 262, 263, 264,
_and see_ Evergreen trees

Dalny, 14 (_footnote_)

Davenport's _China from Within_ quoted, 316 (2), 336 (1)

Davis, O. K., _quoted_, 348

Davis, Sir John, _quoted_, 331

Davison, Charles, _quoted_, 67 (1)

Dead, Festivals of the, 191, 192, 292, 369

Dead, Marriages of the, 6, 204 _seq._

Dead men and ghost-lore, 276 _seq._

Deer in Weihaiwei, 166

Dennys's _Folk-lore of China_ quoted, 27, 175 (2), 177 (1), 191 (4),
287 (2), 291 (1), 292 (2), 294 (1), 377 (1), 380(2)

Devils, 173 _seq._

Devonshire folk-lore, 291 (1)

Diodorus Siculus _quoted_, 402 (1)

District headmen, 95, 156, 289

District magistracies, 15 _seq._, 53

District Officer's Department, 53, 54, 97,
_and see_ Wên-ch'üan-t'ang _and_ South Division

Divisions, North and South, of Weihaiwei, 97-8, 104, 114 _seq._, 129

Dog, Heavenly, 174

Dogs, Superstitions regarding, 292-3

Doolittle's _Social Life of the Chinese_ cited, 291 (1)

Dorward, Maj.-Gen. Sir A., 79

Douglas, Sir Robert, _quoted_, 104, 312, 313, 352 (2), 387 (3)

Dragon, Chinese, 36, 37, 385-91,
_and see_ Lung Wang

Drama in China, 130 _seq._

Driver, Prof. S. R., 365 (1)

Drought-demon, 295-9

Droughts, 16, 52, 60 _seq._, 81, 90, 297, 346

Drowning, Superstitions regarding, 287-8

Du Bose _quoted_, 331, 348

"Dwarf-catchers," 49

"Dwarfs," _see_ Wo-jên _and_ Japanese

Dyaks of Borneo, 376 (1)

Dynastic histories of China, 35

Earthquakes, 55, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67

Eclipses, 68, 418-22

Edkins, Dr., _quoted_, 334, 417-8

Education, 172 _seq._, 195, 333

Egypt, 318, 320, 387 (2)

Egypt, Funeral trees in, 264 (1)

Eliot, Sir Charles, _quoted_, 329, 335 (2), 341

Elixir of Life, 20, 22, 24, 32

Epidemics, 56, 64, 67

Ethics, Confucian, 301 _seq._, 307 _seq._, 328 _seq._, 352-3

Ethics, Taoist, 352 _seq._, 354 _seq._

Ethnography of Weihaiwei, 38 _seq._

Evergreen trees, Significance of, 121-2, 262-4, 378

Evil spirits, 289 _seq._, 292

Excalibur, A Chinese, 362-3

Export trade of Weihaiwei, 90, 164 _seq._

"Expulsion from the clan" (_ch'u tsu_), 159

Expulsion of disease, Magical, 183, 192, 375 _seq._, 384

Extra-territorial jurisdiction, 447-8

Fairs, Country, 129 _seq._

Family organisation, 112 _seq._, 135 _seq._

Families, Antiquity of Chinese, 134 _seq._

Famines, 16, 36, 55, 56, 59 _seq._

Fang Chi (village), 401

Farnell's _Evolution of Religion_ cited, 321, 338, 416 (2)

Feathers and rain, Supposed connection between, 295 _seq._, 298-9

_Fên-chia_ (Family division), 149 _seq._, 218-9

Fên-shu_ (deed specifying details of division of family property),
149 _seq._

Fêng-lin (village), 129

Fêng-shui (geomantic superstition), 119-20, 181, 198, 203, 251,
264-70, 333, 387

Ferguson's _Tree and Serpent Worship_ cited, 379 (5)

Festivals at Weihaiwei, 178 _seq._

Fichte _quoted_, 329

Fiji Islanders, Religious ideas of, 251 (3)

Filial Piety, 196, 199, 200, 272-5, 342 _seq._,
_and see_ Ancestor-worship

_Filial Piety, Classic of_, quoted, 271-4

Financial position of China, 443 _seq._

Fir-trees, 121-2, 167, 262-4, 378,
_and see_ Evergreen trees

"First Emperor, The," 20 _seq._, 43

Fish, Large, seen at Weihaiwei, 24, 26, 27, 62, 65

Fitzgerald Range, 31

Five Sacred Hills, 71, 73, 74, 391 _seq._, 396

Fleet, Ships of British, at Weihaiwei, 25-6, 81-2, 429

Floods, 16, 36, 52, 55, 56, 59 _seq._, 81

Flora of Weihaiwei, 167

Flowers' Birthday, 185

Flying corpses, 295 _seq._

Fo-erh-ting (Buddha's Head), 32

Folk-lore, 34 _seq._, 155 _seq._, 173 _seq. and passim_

_Folk-lore_ quoted, 183 (2), 184 (1), 281 (1), 298 (3), 299, 377 (2),
379, 380

_Folk-lore Journal_ quoted, 264 (1), 291 (1), 294, 298 (2), 379

Food of the people, 164 _seq._

Foot-binding, 195

Forestation, 17, 447

Forke's translation of _Lun Hêng_ cited, 40 (2), 271 (1), 297 (3)

Fortifications of Weihaiwei, 27, 56, 78, 426-9

Foundation Sacrifices, 365 _seq._

Four Famous (Buddhist) Mountains, 394

Frazer's _Golden Bough_ quoted, 183 (2), 186 (1), 187 (3), 294 (2),
295, 375 (1), 376 (1), 377 (3), 379

_From Peking to Mandalay_ cited, 47

Frugality of people of Weihaiwei, 79

Fruit, Magic, 25

Fruit-growing in Weihaiwei, 164-5

_Fu_ (Prefecture), 15, 16

_Fu-mu-kuan_ (father-and-mother officials), 9, 15, 98, 122-3, 345-6

Fu-sang (name of mythical land in the East), 21, 24-5, 419

Fusō, Japanese name for Fu-sang

Fustel de Coulanges _cited_, 142, 319 (2)

Future of China, 125-6, 135 (5), 138 (1), 240 _seq._, 307, 426 _seq._

Gambling, 171

Game-birds, 165-6

Gardiner, S. R., _quoted_, 200-1

Garrison of Weihaiwei, 82 _seq._

German action in China, 57, 58

Ghosts, 173 _seq._, 276 _seq._, 286 _seq._, 289 _seq._

Gibbon's _Decline and Fall_ quoted, 182 (2)

Gibraltar, 80

Giles, Prof. H. A., _quoted_, 188, 301-2, 305, 308, 313, 348 (2),
349, 351

Giles, Lionel, _quoted_, 303, 305, 311, 327

Ginkgo tree, _see_ Maidenhair tree

Gloucestershire, Dragons in, 387 (2)

Glover, T. R., _cited_, 319 (2), 320 (2, 3), 378 (1)

God, Definition of, 330-1

God of the City, 364-71

God of War, _see_ Kuan Ti

God of Wealth, 360-1

Goddess of Mercy, _see_ Kuan Yin

Goh, D., _cited_, 319 (4)

Golden Age of China, 39

_Golden Bough, The_, _see_ Frazer

Golden Rule, The, 352

Golf links at Weihaiwei, 25, 29

Gomme's _Folk-lore Relics_ quoted, 186 (2), 193 (1), 293, 365 (1),
412 (1)

Government of Weihaiwei, British, 7-9, 28, 80 _seq._, 429 _seq._

Grape-cultivation, 165

Graveyards, 254-75

Great auk, China not a, 307

Great Wall of China, The, 21, 365

Greece, Ancient, 373, 396-7

Griffis, Dr. W. E., _quoted_, 304, 307, 322, 379 (5), 387 (4)

Groot, Dr. De, _quoted_, 6, 7, 17, 174 (3), 185 (1), 192 (1), 219,
262, 263, 271, 277, 278, 279, 280, 283, 287 (1), 291 (1), 292, 298
(1), 380 (2), 387 (3, 4), 435

Ground-nuts, 164

Guisers, 184 (1)

Hachiman (Japanese deity), 362

Hai Chuang (village), 78

Hai-hsi-t'ou (village), 289

Hailstorms, 59, 61-2

Hallam _quoted_, 310

Halley's comet, 59, 63

Han dynasty, 59, 79 (1)

Han Fei Tzŭ (philosopher), 351 (1)

Han Kao Tsu, (Emperor Kao Tsu of the Han dynasty), 43

Han Wu Ti (Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty), 23

_Han-pa_ (drought-demon), 295 _seq._

Happy marriages in China, 195-6, 244-5

Harbour of Weihaiwei, 25 _seq._, 28, 78, 426 _seq._

Hare, Mr. G. T., 79

Harriers, Weihaiwei, 82

Headmen, 155, 289, 336, 371-7, 382, 386

Hearn, Lafcadio, 341, 349, 431, 447 (1)

Hearth-god, 193, 372

Hebrews, Serpent-worship among, 387

Hegel _quoted_, 329

Hell, Christian attitude towards idea of, 323-4

Hells of Buddhism, 402

Hemp, Folk-lore connected with, 179

Herd-boy and Spinning Maiden, Chinese legend of, 190

Herodotus _quoted_, 315, 316, 365 (1)

Heroes and other celebrities of Weihaiwei, 69 _seq._

High Court of Weihaiwei, 99-100

Hill-Tout's _British North America_ cited, 206

Hills of Weihaiwei, 30-3, 78-9, 391-8

Hills, Sacred, of China, 71, 73, 74, 116, 391 _seq._, 396

_Historians' History of the World_ quoted, 35

History of Weihaiwei, 38 _seq._

Ho the Astronomer, 43

Ho Ch'ing (village), 391

Holcombe, Chester, 352 (4)

Holidays at Weihaiwei, 178 _seq._

Hongkong, 77, 80, 81, 366

Honour, Commercial, among Chinese, 138 _seq._

Hooker _quoted_, 330

Hot springs, 29, 98, 400

Hotels at Weihaiwei, 26, 28

House of Lords, The Chinese, 349-50

Hsi and Ho (astronomers), 40-2

Hsi-yü-ting (hill), 31

_Hsien_ (magisterial district), 14 _seq._, 48, 53

_Hsien-jên_ (mountain recluses), 32

_Hsün-chien_ (Chinese deputy-magistrate), 30, 53-4, 367-8

Hua Shan (one of the Five Sacred Hills), 73

Huai Nan Tzŭ (philosopher), 351 (1)

Huai-ts'ui-lou (tower on city walls), 30, 31

Huang Ch'êng-tsung, 75-6

Huang K'o Ssŭ (temple), 401

Human flesh, Eating of, 61, 64

Human sacrifices, 365-6

"Hundred-grass lotion," 189-90

Hunting at Weihaiwei, 82

Huo Ch'ien (village), 391

Hydrophobia, 176-8

Idolatry, 320-1, 335 _seq._, 337, 340, 348, 412, 414 _seq._

India, Unrest in, 432

Individualism, 135 _seq._, 344

Insincerity in politics, Chinese, 441

Irish folk-lore, 281 (1), 296 (1), 375

Isis and Horus, 320

Isles of the Blest, 24-5

Jade-Imperial-God, 32, 391 _seq._, 396, 398

Jamaica, 80

James, Prof. William, _cited_, 324

Japan and Japanese, 40, 44, 48, 56, 70, 87 (1), 348, 373, 375-6, 379,
387 (4), 432, 438-9

Japan, Abortive Chinese attempts at invasion of, 44-5

Japan, Confucianism in, 304-5

Japanese ancestor-worship, 341-2, 348

Japanese "spiritualism," 175 (2)

_Jên-chieh_ (Festival of Living Men), 192, 369

Jesuits in China, 334

Jih-tao (Sun Island), 30

_Jih-yüeh-ho-pi_ (atmospheric appearance), 64

Joan of Arc, 338 (1)

_Ju Hsüeh_ (Director of Confucian studies), 47

Jung-ch'êng city and district, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 24, 43, 44, 47,
51, 53, 98, 180 (1), 301, 369-71, 390

_Jung-ch'êng hsien chih_ (Annals of Jung-ch'êng), 37, 56, 168-9, 402

Jurisdiction of courts in Weihaiwei, 98-101

Juristic Person (_Persona ficta_), Evolution of, 156 _seq._

Kakasu Okakura _cited_, 356

K'ang Hsi, The Emperor, 51

K'ang Hsi Dictionary, 40, 297 (2)

Kempson, Rev. F. C., _quoted_, 324

Khond tribes of India, 382-3

Ki-ming island, _see_ Chi-ming-tao

Kiaochou, 14, 17, 57, 58, 428

Kingsmill, T., _quoted_, 352 (3)

Kitchen-god, _see_ Hearth-god

Knox, Prof. G. W., 353-4

_Kojin_ (Japanese deity), 193 (1)

Korea, 1, 20, 39, 40, 183 (2), 377

Kowloon, 77, 428 (2)

Ku Hung-ming _quoted_, 311

Ku-mo Shan, 31

Ku Shan (hill and temple), 399-402

Ku-shan-hou (village), 129

Ku Shêng-yen, 70

Ku-yü hills, 78-9

Kuan Ti (God of War), 27, 338, 362-4

Kuan Yin, 336, 357, 385, 404, 414-5

Kublai Khan, 44-5

_Kuei Chieh_ (Festivals of the Dead), 191, 192, 292, 369

_La-pa-chou_ (Twelfth-month gruel), 192

Lai-tzŭ, 43

Lancashire folk-lore, 377

Land-tax, 64, 65, 96-7

Land-tenure, 55, 127-54

Lang, Andrew, _quoted_, 318 (1)

Lantern-dances, 184

Lantern Festival, 182-4, 409

Lao Chün, 391

Lao Mountains, 73

Lao Tzŭ (The Old Philosopher), 40 (1), 351 _seq._, 391

Lao-ya Shan, 31

Laoism, 356

Lawyers, Absence of, 102, 104

Le Roy _cited_, 326 (1)

Lease of Weihaiwei to Great Britain, 29, _and see_ Convention

Legal system of China, Reform of, 448

Legge, Professor, _cited_, 39, 41 (1), 271 (1), 297 (1), 300 (1), 302
(2), 311, 312, 313, 316, 321, 340, 345 (2), 353

_Li Ch'un_ (Beginning of Spring), 180 _seq._

Li Hung-chang a serpent-worshipper, 387 (3)

Li-k'ou hill, 32

Li Tzŭ-ch'êng, 50

Lighthouses, 19

Likin tax, 443

Lin-chia-yüan (village), 165, 381, 383

Lincolnshire, Folk-lore of, 176 (1), 179 (1), 379, 387 (2)

Literature, God of, 361-2

Litigation, 98 _seq._, 102-26

Liu, Mr. and Mrs., 26-8

Liukungtao, 12, 25 _seq._, 30, 47, 48, 50, 78, 79

Lockhart, Sir James H. Stewart, 79

Locusts, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 396

Lowell, Percival, _Occult Japan_ by, _quoted_, 175 (2)

Lu, Earl of, 69

Lu, the native state of Confucius, 42

Luchu Islands, 1

Lucky and Unlucky days, 295 (2)

_Lun Hêng_ of Wang Ch'ung _cited_, 40 (2), 271 (1), 297, 347 (1)

Lung Wang (Dragon King), 289, 336, 385-91

Lyall, Sir Alfred, _cited_, 339, 365 (1), 446

Lyra, H.M.S., 1, 56

Ma-t'ou, _see_ Port Edward

Macdonald, Mount, 32, 166, 397-8

Macgowan's _Sidelights on Chinese Life_ quoted, 109, 201 (2), 342
(2), 414, 423, 424

Mackay Treaty, 443-4, 448 (1)

Mad dogs, Cures for bites of, 176-8

Madagascar, Mirror superstition in, 295

Magdalen College, May Day at, 413

Magisterial courts at Weihaiwei, 98 _seq._

Maidenhair tree, 168, 381

Maine's _Ancient Law_ cited, 136 (1)

Malay States, Superstitions and folk-lore of, 175 (1), 298 (1), 379,
422 (1)

Manchu dynasty, 50-1

Manchu invasion of China, 50-1

Mandalay, 365

_Mang-shên_, 180-2

Mang-tao village and tree, 383-4

Market villages, 129

Marriage customs, 169, 203 _seq._, 232 _seq._

Marriages between the dead, 6, 204 _seq._

Martin, W. A. P., _quoted_, 332-3, 352

Maspero _cited_, 356, 379 (5)

McKibben, Rev. W. K., _quoted_, 354

Meadows _quoted_, 321

Mencius, 34, 300, 343 (1), 430 (1)

Mêng-chia-chuang (village), 134

Mexico, Religious customs and beliefs in, 186, 375, 388

Micius (Chinese philosopher), 347 (1)

Middlemen in Chinese marriages, 204, 206

Midsummer, Folk-lore relating to, 189

Military precautions against Japanese, 44 _seq._

Milky Way, Different names for, 318 (1)

Millard, T. F., _quoted_, 440 (1), 445 (_footnote_)

Ming dynasty, 31, 44, 46, 50-1, 6

Mirage, 30

Mirrors, Superstitions regarding, 294-5

Missionaries, 11, 57, 58, 122, 123-4, 302 (2), 315 _seq._, 331
_seq._, 336, 353 _seq._, 407, 412

Mo Tzŭ, _see_ Micius

Mock suns (parhelia), 60

Modernists, 326 (1), 413

Mohammedanism, 407

Mongol dynasty, 44, 257-8, _and see_ Kublai Khan

Montaigne's Essays _quoted_, 312 (2), 322

Montesquieu _quoted_, 344 (1)

"Moon" (month) in China, 59-60

Moon-worship, 182 _seq._, 191

Morse, H. B., cited, 444 (1)

Mortgages of Land, 145 _seq._

Mou Chou (district), 44

Mou-p'ing, Marquisate of, 43

Mou-tzŭ country, 43

Mountain-shrines, 395-8, _and see_ Hills

Mountain-worship, 391-8

Mountains, Celebrated, of China, 35-6, 71, 73, 74, 391 _seq._

_Mu yü_ (Buddhist "wooden fish"), 190-1

Mugwort, Magical use of, 188-9

Müller, Max, _cited_, 319, 321, 334 (2), 352 (2), 353, 414, 416-7

Mutilations of human body, Chinese abhorrence of, 281

Nagasaki, 14

Nai-ku-shan (hill), 30, 76

Names of persons and villages, 163-4

Nature, Chinese love of wild, 32-3, 393 _seq._

Navy, The Chinese, 426 _seq._, 436 _seq._

"New Fire," 186

New Guinea, Treatment of children's corpses in, 251

New Territory of Hongkong, 77

New Year Festivities, 178-9, 193-4

New Zealand Hearth-god, 193 (1)

Newman, Cardinal, 328

Newspapers, Absence of, in Weihaiwei, 436

Ning-hai city and district, 14, 16, 44, 53, 180 (1), 301

_Ning-hai-chou Chih_ (Annals of Ning-hai), 37, 300, _and see_ Annals

Nobushige Hozumi _quoted_, 341, 348, 373

North Division of Weihaiwei, 97 _seq._, 129

Northumberland folk-lore, 180 (3), 185 (2), 293

Nun, Story of a Buddhist, 405-6

Ocean spirits, 21-2

"Oie-hai-oie," 1

Oman's _Cults, Customs and Superstitions of India_ quoted, 225

Opium in Weihaiwei, 171-2, 357

Order-in-Council, Weihaiwei, 8, 99, 100

Ordinances of Weihaiwei, 80-1

Orkney and Shetland folk-lore, 184 (1), 293, 294

_Orpheus_ of S. Reinach _quoted_, 379 (5)

Oxford, Rev. A. W., _quoted_, 315 (1), 319, 378 (2)

_Pa kua_ (mystic diagrams), 181

Pai-hu, 47

Palestine, Human sacrifices in, 365 (1)

Pao-hsin (village), 382

Parhelia (mock-suns), 60, 63, 67, 68

Parker, Prof. E. H., _quoted_, 137 (1), 334 (2), 335, 355 (1)

_Patria potestas_, 149 _seq._

Patriarchal theories, 15, 16, 149, 156, 209 _seq._, 252-3

Patriotism in China, 429 _seq._

Peasantry of Weihaiwei, Hardihood of, 68-9

Pedigree-scrolls, 279

Pei k'ou Pass (also village and temple), 18 (1), 168 (1)

Peking, 81, 392

Pennant's _Tour in Scotland_ cited, 293

Persecutions by Christians, 308-9

Peru, Religious and other customs in, 186, 225, 418

Pestilences, 55, 64, 68, _and see_ Epidemics

Petitions to officials at Weihaiwei, 114 _seq._

P'êng-lai (name of fairy islands), 21, 24-5

Philanthropy shown by Chinese, 70, 73-4

Philostratus _quoted_, 435-6

Philpot's _The Sacred Tree_ cited, 379 (5), 380

Pi Kao, 70

Pine-trees, 262, _and see_ Evergreen trees

Pirates, 44 _seq._, 48 _seq._, 52, 55, 61

_Planchette_ in China, 174 _seq._

Poets and poetry of Weihaiwei, 30, 72, 73, 74

Poisonous influences of the fifth month, 188-9

Police of Weihaiwei, 83, 98, 101, 158 _seq._

Polygamy in China, 214

Pootoo (sacred island), 394, 414

Population of Weihaiwei, 28, 29, 79, 128-9

Port Arthur, 2, 14, 56, 57, 428

Port Edward, 27, 28, 29, 79, 97, 172, 385, 429

Prayer, Confucius's attitude towards, 327

"Pro-Chinese," 125

Promontory, _see_ Shantung Promontory

Prosperity of Weihaiwei under British rule, 90, 94-5

Psychic research, 175

Pu-yeh city and district, 43

Public works at Weihaiwei, 93-4

Queen of Heaven, The Chinese, 336, 385

Rain, Curious superstitions regarding, 295-9

Rain, Prayers for, and rain-charms, 31, 187, 336, 346

Rainfall, 16, 18, 81

Rationalism in China, 334

Recluses, Taoist, 32, 393 _seq._

Recreation, Means of, at Weihaiwei, 26, 29

Red, a lucky colour, 174, 178, 179, 376

Reform movements, 9-11, 173, 436 _seq._, 449

Regiment, Weihaiwei, 28, 82-7

Reinach's _Orpheus_ cited, 379 (5)

Religion, Definitions of, 328-30

Religions of China, 23, 27-8, 31, 32, 69-70, 129 _seq._, 254 _seq._,
276 _seq._, 300, 351, 385, _and see_ Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism,
etc.

Revenue and expenditure of Weihaiwei, 93-7

Ritchie, D. G., _quoted_, 135, 317 (1)

Rivers, _see_ Streams

Robbers and brigands, 55, 62, 90

Robertson, J. M., _quoted_, 186

Rome, Church of, in China, 334 _seq._

Rome, Religion in, 373, 378

Russian action in China, 57

Sacred Edict, The, 123-4

Sacred hills of China, _see_ Hills, Sacred

Sacred trees, 375, 377-81

Sacrifices, Human, 365 _seq._

Saints of Christendom, 335, 337, 381-2

_San Chiao_ (Three Religions of China), 407

_San Kuan_ (Taoist divinities), 361

Sati, 224-5, _and see_ Widows

Scenery of Weihaiwei and neighbourhood, 17, 18, 25, 395 _seq._

Schleiermacher _quoted_, 329

Scholarly hermits of China, 72-3, 393 _seq._

School, European, at Weihaiwei, 28, 90

Scolds, Female, in Weihaiwei, 197 _seq._

Scott, Sir Walter, 314

Scottish folk-lore, 184 (1), 291 (1), 293, 294, 296, 298

Sea-monsters in Chinese legend and history, 24, 26, 27, 62, 65

Secretary to Government of Weihaiwei, 79, 98

Seoul (Korea), Spring customs at, 183 (2)

Serpent-worship, 387 _seq._

_Shan Hai Ching_ ("Hill and Sea Classic"), 38, 40 (2), 42, 297

Shan-shên (mountain-spirits), 166, _and see_ Hills, Sacred, of China

Shansi (Shan-hsi), Province of, 346

Shang Chuang (village), 18

Shanghai, 14 (1), 142 (2)

Shanghai folk-lore, 180 (3), 183 (2), 185 (3), 371 (1), 377 (1)

_Shang Fên_ ("Going up to the Tombs"), 187, _and see_ Ancestor-worship

Shang Ti, 392, 395

Shantung, Area and subdivisions of, 16

Shantung Promontory, 14, 18-25, 40 _seq._, 53, 56, 60, 78

Shantung Province, Alleged special sanctity of, 430 (1)

_Shantung T'ung Chih_ (official Annals and Topography of Shantung), 56

Shên, an ancient worthy of Wên-têng, 69

Shên-nung, The Emperor, 39, 180

Shêng-chia-chuang (village), 69

Shêng-tzŭ (village), 14, 53

Shetland Islands, Folk-lore of, 184 (1), 291 (1)

_Shih Ching_ quoted, 206, 297

Shih Huang Ch'iao (Bridge of the "First Emperor"), 19 _seq._

Shinto, 319 (4), 341

_Shu Ching_ (a Confucian classic), 34-5, 39, 40, 41

Shuang-tao (village), 97

Shun, The Emperor, 39, 392

Sidney, Sir Philip, 314

Silk industry, 59, 141 (1), 162, 166

Sino-Japanese war, 2, 56, 87 (1), 428

Skating, 81

Skeat's _Malay Magic_ quoted, 175 (1), 298 (1), 379 (1, 5), 422 (1)

Small-pox in Weihaiwei, 193

Smith, A. H., _quoted_, 225 (2), 321-2, 331-2, 334

Snipe, 165-6

Sociological interest of Weihaiwei, 133 _seq._, 155 _seq._, 195 _seq._

Solomon, King, 22

_Sophora Japonica_, 168, 381, 383

Souls, Festivals of, 191, 292, 369

South Division of Weihaiwei, 97 _seq._, 104, 114 _seq._, 129

_Spectator_, _The_, quoted, 333, 431

Spencer, Herbert, 315, 316, 341, 431

"Sphere of Influence," British, 78

Spiders, Folk-lore connected with, 191

Spiritualism, Chinese, 174 _seq._

Sport at Weihaiwei, 82, 165-6

Spring Festivals, 180 _seq._

Spring Ox, 180-2

Ssŭch'uan, Chinese official Annals of, 36

Ssŭ-ma Ch'ien (Chinese historian), 35

St. George and the Dragon, 387 (2)

St. Helena, 80

Straits Settlements, 80

Streams of Weihaiwei, 18

Su-mên-tao (island), 42

Suicides, 219, 221 _seq._

Sulphur springs at Weihaiwei, 29

Summer at Weihaiwei, 66

Sun, Chinese legends relating to the, 21, 40 _seq._, 60-1

Sun-worship, 185

Sung dynasty, 44, 59

Sung-lin-Kuo-chia (village), 163

Sung Ting hill, 31

Swettenham's _Malay Sketches_ quoted, 175 (1)

Switzerland, Holy trees in, 379

Sympathetic magic, 176, 416

_Ta-jên_ (term of respect), 15, 16, 106-7

Taku, 14

Ta K'un-yü hills, 79

Ta-lan-t'ou (village), 78

_Ta lao-yeh_ (term of respect), 15, 106 (2)

Ta-sung-wei, 53

T'ang dynasty, 44, 59, 398-9

_T'ai P'ing Huan Yü Chi_ quoted, 21, 22, 43, 46

_Tao_, Meaning of, 352, 354-5

_Tao Tê Ching_, 351 _seq._, 355

_Taoism_, 10-11, 32, 173 _seq._, 333, 351-84

Taoism, Supreme God of, 32, 391 _seq._

Taoist "Pope," 358

Taoist priesthood, 357 _seq._

T'ao Lang-hsien, 50

Taxation under British rule, 93-7

Temperature of seasons at Weihaiwei, 81-2

Temples, 23, 26, 27, 60, 78, 79, 129 _seq._, 135, 258, 279, 301, 357
_seq._, 391 _seq._, 399 _seq._

Tengu, _see_ T'ien Kou

Têng-chou, 16, 40, 44

Tennyson, 411-12

Tertullian, 323

Thackeray _quoted_, 325 (1)

Theatricals, 130 _seq._, 183-4

Thermal springs, 29, 98, 400

_Ti_, a Chinese word for God, 339-41

Tiao-wo hill, 31

Tiger, Manchurian, 160

_Times_, _The_, quoted, 432

Ting, Admiral, 2

Ting Pai-yün, 73

_T'ien Hou_, Queen of Heaven, 336, 385

_T'ien Kou_ (Heavenly Dog), 174

Tombs, Festivals of, 186-7, 255-6, _and see_ Ch'ing-ming

Torture in Chinese courts, 309-10

Tou Shan Ssŭ (Buddhist temple), 402

Trade of Weihaiwei, 28, 94-5, 129, 164 _seq._, 426 _seq._

Transmigration of souls, 403-4

Tree-worship, 261-2, 375, 377-81

Trees, 17, 18, 167-8

Truthfulness, Chinese and Confucian conceptions of, 105, 108-12,
310-17

Tsai Li Sect or Society, 358

Ts'ai Shên (God of Wealth), 360-1

Tsao Shên, _see_ Hearth-god

Ts'ao-miao-tzŭ, 129

Tsingtao, 426

_Tso Chuan_, 35

_Ts'un Kuei_ (village regulations), 160 _seq._

Tung-lai Prefecture, 43, 44

Tutelary local deities, 364-77

T'u Ssŭ, 47

T'u Ti (local deity), 155, 336, 371-7, 382, 386

Tylor's _Primitive Culture_ quoted, 177, 186, 251 (3), 252, 261, 287
(2), 319 (2), 320, 341 (2), 365 (1), 375, 377, 378, 381, 382, 403,
411, 418, 419, 420, 422, 423

Tyrell, George, _quoted_, 326 (1), 329

Uji-gami of Japan, 373

United States and China, 440 _seq._

Untruthfulness of Chinese, Alleged, 108-12, 310-17

Upanishads of India, 330

Urn-burial, Sir Thomas Browne's, _quoted_, 239 (1), 264 (1)

Vaeddas of Ceylon, 252

Vampires, 298

Vedas of India, 330-1

Vientian, Dances at, 131-2

Village-life and Land tenure, 127 _seq._, 155 _seq._

Village tutelary gods, 155, 336, 371-7

Villages of Weihaiwei, 79, 127 _seq._, 155 _seq. and passim_

Vine-cultivation, 165

Vivian, Philip, _quoted_, 304-5

Wade, Sir Thomas, _quoted_, 329

Walter, Mr. R., 79

Wang-chia-k'uang (village), 18

Wang Ch'i-jui, 74-5

Wang Ch'ung (Chinese philosopher) _quoted_, 40 (2), 271 (1), 297, 347
(1), 422

Wang Hsien-wu, a Pirate, 50

Wang Yüeh, 71

War, God of, _see_ Kuan Ti

Water, Lack of running, 18

Watters, T., _quoted_, 183 (2)

Wealth, God of, 360-1

Weather, Methods of forecasting, 179

Weeping over corpses, Superstition regarding, 295 _seq._

_Wei_, meaning of, 12-13

_Wei_ (military district), 12, 13, 46 _seq._, 52-3, 54, 55

Wei _Chiang-chün_, 70

Wei To (Buddhist divinity), 404

Weihaiwei Convention, 2, 29-30, 57, 77-8, 428;
meaning of name, 12-3;
Order-in-Council, 8, 99, 100;
scenery of, 17, 18, 25, 395 _seq._

_Weihaiwei Chih_ (Chinese Annals of Weihaiwei), 37, 46, 168, 289
_seq._, 362-3, 390-1

Weihaiwei City, 29, 47, 78, 129, 362, 367-8

Weihaiwei, Future of, 426 _seq._

Weihaiwei Police, 83, 98, 101, 158 _seq._

Weihaiwei Regiment, 28, 82-7

Weihaiwei School, 28, 90

Wên-ch'ang (Taoist divinity), 361-2

Wên-ch'üan-chai, 53, 54, 382

Wên-ch'üan-t'ang, 53, 54, 70, 98, 165, 400

Wên-têng city and district, 13, 14, 16, 23, 43, 44, 48, 53, 63, 69,
98, 180 (1), 301

Wên-têng, Legendary origin of name, 23

Wên-têng Magistrate, 30, 61, 64

Wên-têng, Marquis of, 69-70

Wên-têng Shan (hill), 23, 69

_Wên-têng Hsien Chih_ (Annals and Topography of Wên-têng), 36, 37,
46, 56, _and see_ Annals

White-clouds, Mr., 73

Widow-immolation, 204 _seq._, 219 _seq._, 225 _seq._

Widows, 217 _seq._

Wild-fowl at Weihaiwei, 165-6

Williams, Dr. Wells, 316 (2), 331, 334 (2), 335, 336, 421

Willow-wreaths as rain-charms, 187, 346

Wiltshire, Folk-lore of, 281 (1)

Winter at Weihaiwei, 81-2

Witches, Chinese, 21-4, 174, 176

Wives, Purchase of, 211 _seq._

Wo-jên ("Dwarfs," a term applied to Japanese), 46, 48, 70

Wo Lung Shih (names of rocks), 19

Wolves, 56, 57, 166

Women, Chinese, 103, 112, 113, 150 _seq._, 168-9, 195-216, 217-45

Wordsworth _quoted_, 394

_Wu fu_ (five degrees of relationship), 143

_Wu Yüeh_ or _Wu Yo_, _see_ Hills, Sacred

Wylie's _Notes on Chinese Literature_ cited, 313 (3)

Yamêns, Chinese, 55

_Yang_ and _Yin_, _see_ Yin-yang

Yang Ku (the Valley of Sunlight), 41-2

Yang-t'ing (village), 129, 385

Yao, The Emperor, 39, 40, 392

Yao-yao hill, 31

Yellow and White races, Alleged antipathy between, 430 _seq._

Yin-ma-ch'ih ("Drink-horse-pool"), 24

Yin-yang (in ancient Chinese philosophy), 262 _seq._, 276, _and see_
Fêng-shui

York Powell, F., _quoted_, 319-20

Yorkshire, Graveyard superstitions of, 291, 386 (1)

Yorkshire, Holy trees in, 379

Yung Lin, Suicide of, 223 (1)

Yü, The Emperor, 20, 39, 392

Yü-chia-k'uang (village), 18, 398

Yü I (earliest recorded inhabitants of eastern extremities of Chinese
Empire), 38 _seq._

Yü P'êng-lun, 70

Yüan (Mongol) dynasty, 44, 45, 59, 257

Yüan Shu-fang, 72

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Transcriber's Notes

Obvious errors of punctuation and diacritics repaired.

Inconsistent hyphenation fixed.

P. 351: Taoism and Buddism -> Taoism and Buddhism.

P. 404: pecular sanctity -> peculiar sanctity.