INDEX 



Agriculture, 5, 7, 18, 23, 68-69, 76, 91, 



94-95 

 Amusements, 29-30, 69-70, 96, 147 

 Ancestor worship, 45-49, 1 19-123, 146- 



147, 148-149, 151, 152, 159-160 

 Animals, domestic, 69, 76, 91, 95 

 Animism, v, 109 

 Banks, 17-18, 26 

 Birth, 33-34 

 Boxer uprising, 63 

 Buddha, 56-57 

 Buddhism, v, 45, 56-61, 97-98, 102, 103, 



104, 183-184, 188, 221-222 

 Burials, 39-45, 72, 78, 91, 97, 104, 121 

 Catholicism, Roman, 63-64, 189 

 Ceremonies on birthdays of gods, 29, 



153-155 

 Ceremonies to cause or to stop rain, 



131-134 

 Ceremonies to obtain sons, 129-131 

 See also Magic ; Memorial cere- 

 monies 

 Charms, 26, 79, 80, 81, 103, 140-144 

 Chengtu, iii, iv, 5, 9, 10, li, 25, 26, 61, 



195, 200-208 

 Chia-jung, iv, 14, 15, 89, 102 

 Ch'iang, iii, iv, 7, 14, 15, 20, 22, 89-93, 



105, 173, 178 

 Christianity, 45, 63-67, 223-225 

 Ch'uan Miao, iv, 15, 20, 22, 68-74, 104, 



173, 183 

 Climate, 1-7 



Clothing, 20, 23-24, 26, 91 

 Confucianism, v, 45, 48-52, 53, 61, 103. 



219-220 

 Confucius, 5, 48-50, 52, 53 

 Death, 37-39 

 Deities. See Gods 

 Demons, belief in, 38, 40, 55, 71, 78, 



79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 91, 92, 97, 99, 



100-103, 104, 120, 123-129, 139, 



140, 141, 144, 149, 150, 176, 202 

 exorcism of, 18, 19, 71-72, 82, 92, 



100, 103, 104, 123-129, 139, 140, 



141, 144, 149, 150 



Divination and fortunetelling, 46-47, 



55, 78, 79, 82, 134-138 

 Dragon parade, 127, 133-134, 147-148 

 Droughts, 25, 131-132 

 Early religion of China, 45-48 

 Economic life, 15-26 

 Engagements, 34-35, 37, 9^, 9^ 

 Family, 25, 26, 27-28, 69, 77, 90, 91, 



122 

 Farming. See Agriculture 

 Feng shut, 40, 42, 80, 11 2- 119, 187 

 Festivals, dragon boat, 29-30 



lunar, 73, I44-I53 

 Filial piety, 27-28, 32, 45, 49, 216-219 

 Floods, 25, 134 

 Folktales, 84-88 

 Food, 18-21, 69, 77, 95 

 Fortunetelling. See Divination 

 Funerals. See Burials 

 Geography, 1-7, 93-94 

 Geomancers. See Priests 

 Gods, 26, 47-48, 56, 57, 70-71, 82-84, 



88, 92, 98, 101-102, 150-151, 153, 



172-180, 186, 200-203 

 Heaven, 47, 48, 50-51, 183-184 

 Hell, 183-184 

 Hinayana Buddhism, 58 

 History, 8-12, 68, 75-76, 89-90, 97 

 Houses, 24-25, 69, 76, 91, 95 

 Incantations, 79, 81, 100, 103, 126-127, 



139, 144 

 International Union of Six Sages, 106- 



109 

 Islam. See Mohammedanism 

 Ju T'an, Altar of the Scholars, 102-104 

 Kansu, i, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 18, 2^, 



26, 61, 62, 63, 89, 102 

 ICarma and transmigration, 99, 132- 



133, 180-182, 196 

 Kokonor, i, 6, 14, 15, 26, 102 

 Kweichow Province, iv, i, 4, 5, 7, 11, 



14, 15, 18, 25, 26, 75, 102 

 Lamaism, 93-102 

 Language, 68, 76, 89-90 

 Lao Tzu, v, 52-55 



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