Chapter X: Structure of the Chinese Language, 578-625

Influence of the Chinese language upon its literature, 578;
Native accounts of the origin of their characters, 580; Growth
and development of the language, 581; Characters arranged into
six classes, 583; Development from hieroglyphics, 584; Phonetic
and descriptive properties of a character, 587; Arrangement of
the characters in lexicons, 589; Classification according to
radicals, 591; Mass of characters in the language, 593; Six
styles of written characters, 597; Their elementary strokes,
598; Ink, paper, and printing, 599; Manufacture and price of
books, 601; Native and foreign movable types, 603; Phonetic
character of the Chinese language, 605; Manner of distinguishing
words of like sound, 609; The _Shing_, or tones of the language,
610; Number of sounds or words in Chinese, 611; The local
dialects and patois, 612; Court or Mandarin dialect, 613; Other
dialects and variations in pronunciation, 614; Grammar of the
language, 617; Its defects and omissions, 621; Hints for its
study, 623; Pigeon English, 624.

CHAPTER XI.

CLASSICAL LITERATURE OF THE CHINESE, 626-673

The Imperial Catalogue as an index to Chinese literature, 626;
The Five Classics: I. The _Yih King_, or ‘Book of Changes,’
627; II. The _Shu King_, or ‘Book of Records,’ 633; III. The
_Shí King_, or ‘Book of Odes,’ 636; IV. The _Lí Kí_, or ‘Book
of Rites,’ and other Rituals, 643; V. The _Chun Tsiu_, or
‘Spring and Autumn Record,’ 647; The Four Books: 1, The ‘Great
Learning,’ 652; 2, The ‘Just Medium,’ 653; 3, The _Lun Yu_, or
‘Analects’ of Confucius, 656; Life of Confucius, 658; Character
of the Confucian System of Ethics, 663; 4, The Works of Mencius,
666; His Life, and personal character of his Teachings, 667;
Dictionary of the Emperor Kanghí, 672.

CHAPTER XII.

POLITE LITERATURE OF THE CHINESE, 674-723

Character of Chinese Ornamental Literature, 674; Works on
Chinese History, 675; Historical Novels, 677; The ‘Antiquarian
Researches’ of Ma Twan-lin, 681; Philosophical Works: Chu Hí
on the _Primum Mobile_, 683; Military, Legal, and Agricultural
Writings, 686; The _Shing Yu_, or ‘Sacred Commands’ of Kanghí,
687; Works on Art, Science, and Encyclopædias, 692; Character
and Examples of Chinese Fiction, 693; Poetry: The Story of Lí
Tai-peh, 696; Modern Songs and Extempore Verses, 704; Dramatic
Literature, burlettas, 714; ‘The Mender of Cracked Chinaware’--a
Farce, 715; Deficiencies and limits of Chinese literature, 719;
Collection of Chinese Proverbs, 720.