INDEX

[Chinese words that appear in the text of this book and in the index have been given their Pekingese sounds in accordance with Wade's system of transliteration.—R.F.J.]

Aberdeen (Hongkong), Scare at, 366 Aboriginal tribes of Shantung, 38 seq. Aden, Weihaiwei compared with, 17 Adiantifolia Salisburia, 168, 381 Administration of Weihaiwei, 7-9, 28, 80 seq., 429 seq. Adoption of heirs, 151, 203, 205, 231, 284 seq. Africa, Suicide of Widows in, 225 Agriculture, 16, 56, 79, 90, 91, 153-4, 164, 166, 180 seq. Ai-shan-ch'ien (village), 54 Ai-shan Miao (temple), 54 (1), 385-6 Alceste, H.M.S., 1, 156 Allen, Grant, quoted, 251, 287 (2), 319, 365 (1), 379 (5), 384 Amitabha Buddha, 404 Amputations, Chinese superstitions regarding, 281 Ancestor-worship, 119, 126, 134-5, 186-7, 192, 196, 251-2, 258 seq., 263, 276 seq., 301 seq., 318 seq., 328 seq., 331 seq., 342 Ancestral spirits not malevolent, 286-7, 341 seq. Ancestral tablets, 135, 236-7, 277 seq., 277-9, 282 seq., 339-40 Anhui, Province of, 334 Annals, Chinese official, of Weihaiwei and neighbourhood, 26, 35-6, 37, 46, 52 seq., 56, 58, 59 seq., 168-9, 289 seq., 300, 362-3, 390-1, 402 Appeal Court of Weihaiwei, 100-1 Armadas sent against Japan, 44-5 Arnold, Matthew, quoted, 329 Ashtoreth, Moon-goddess of Hittites, 191 (4) Aston, Dr., quoted, 319, 341, 373, 388 Astronomical knowledge in early China, 40 seq., 59 seq. Australia, Folk-lore of, 299 Aztecs, 420 Barbarians of eastern Shantung, 38 seq., 42 Barnes, Lt.-Col., 83 Barton, Mr. S., 79 Bat'uru, a Manchu military distinction, 71 Beacon-fires, 19 Beehive tombs, 257-8 Bernard, Mr. E. R., quoted, 308 (footnote) Betrothals, 203 seq. Bishop, Mrs., cited, 377 (2) Black's Folk-Medicine quoted, 287-8, 291 (1), 375 (1), 377 Bohemia, Folk-lore of, 298-9, 376 (1), 382 Bower, H.M., cited, 379 (5) Box, Rev. A., quoted, 180 (3), 183 (2), 185 (3), 366 (1), 371 (1), 377 (1) Boy Scouts of the Weihaiwei School, 90 Brenan, Byron, quoted, 15 (1) Bridge to Fairyland, 21-3 Brigands, 55, 60, 62, 90 British and Chinese officials, Relations between, 87-9 British Columbia, Betrothal customs in, 206 British rule at Weihaiwei, 1 seq., 7-9, 77 seq. Brooms, Demons afraid of, 190 (1), 296 Bruce, Major (now Lt.-Col.), 83 Buddha, Images of, 397, 400-2, 406 Buddhism, 10, 334, 351, 352, 357, 381, 398 seq. Burial customs, 6-7, 254 seq., 276 seq., 367 Burial-grounds, 135, 254-75 Burial of evoked souls without the body, 281 seq. Burial of the living, 225, 274, 367 Burma, 156 (2) "Burning of the Books," 20 Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy quoted, 164 Caird, Edward, quoted, 329 Canal suggested at Shantung Promontory, 19 Canonisation of saints and deities, 335, 337, 338 seq. Canton, 421 Capital, Foreign, in China, 446-7 Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, 328 Cats, Beliefs regarding, 292-4 Ceylon, 80 Chang-chia-shan (village), 18, 382, 398 Ch'ang-fêng (village), 97 Ch'ang-kuang prefecture, 44 Chao-shih-shan (hill), 21 Character of people of Weihaiwei, 168 seq. Charities in China, 70, 73-4 Charms, 173-4, 187, 188, 194, 198, 346, 358 Chatterton Hill, G., quoted, 224, 306 (1) Chefoo, 14, 24, 78, 426 Chemulpo, 14 Chên-jên of Taoism, 355 Chêng-ch'i Shan, see Mount Macdonald Ch'êng Huang (city god), 364-71 Ch'êng-shan-tsui, see Shantung Promontory Ch'êng-shan-wei, 46 seq., 51, 53, 63 Chi-ming-tao ("Cock-crow Island"), 25, 52 Chi-t'ien (sacrificial land), 122, 135, 258-9 Chiang-chia-chai (village), 158 Chih-hui, 47 seq., 70 Children of Weihaiwei, 129, 179, 183-4, 245-53 Chin dynasty, 59 China's Millions (missionary journal), 316-7, 336 Chinan-fu (capital of Shantung), 407 Chinese drama, 130 seq. Chinese Regiment, The, 28, 82-7 Ching-hai-wei, 53 Ching-wei (a mythical bird), 38 Ch'i Ch'ung-chin, 70 Ch'i K'uang (village), 18 Ch'i, State of, 17, 42 seq. Ch'iao-t'ou (village), 14, 53, 129 Ch'ien-hu, 47 Ch'ien Li-k'ou (village), 18 Ch'ien Lung, Reign of, 65 Ch'in dynasty, 20, 43 Ch'in Shih Huang-ti (the "First Emperor"), 20 seq., 42, 43 Ch'ing dynasty, 62 Ch'ing Chou (one of the nine provinces of Yü), 39 Ch'ing-chou-fu, 407 Ch'ing-fêng-t'êng, a Chinese medicinal herb, 177 Ch'ing-ming Festival, 70, 185-7, 255-6 Cho-ch'i Shan, see Mount Macdonald Chou dynasty, 20, 43 Christendom, Pagan survivals in, 182 seq., 186 Christianity, 104, 157, 302-3, 305 seq., 314 seq., 333, 407, 412, and see Missionaries Christian Science, 176 Chronicles, Chinese, see Annals Chrysanthemum wine, 192 Chuang Tzŭ (Chinese philosopher), 351 (1), 354 Ch'un Ch'iu (the "Spring and Autumn Annals"), 34 Ch'ü Yüan (ancient statesman of Ch'ü), 188 Cicero quoted, 174 (4) Cinderella of the British Empire, The, 2 City-god, 364-71, and see Ch'êng Huang Civil authority, Chinese respect for, 47, 434-6 Civil Service of Weihaiwei, 97-101 Climate of Weihaiwei, 28, 63, 81-2 Club, United Services, at Weihaiwei, 25 Coffins, 121, 290-1 Coffin-nails, Superstitions regarding, 290-1 Coffin-wood, Chinese and other superstitions regarding, 290-1 Cold Food, Festival of, 185-6 Comets, 59, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67 Commercial probity of Chinese, 138 Commissioner of Weihaiwei, 28, 79, 80, 81, 98 Concubinage in China, 169, 214 seq. "Confucian Pencil," 31 Confucianism, 10, 11, 109, 116, 123, 300-50, 434-6, 449, and see Confucius Confucianism not unreligious but untheological, 330 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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