[LECTURE III]
DEMOCRATIC CHINA
The Emperor—Provincial Government—Circuits—Prefectures—Magistracies—Headboroughs—The People—The Magistrate—Other Provincial Officials—The Prefect—The Intendant of Circuit (Tao-t'ai)—Viceroy and Governor—Taxation—Mencius on "the People"—Personal Liberty—New Imposts—Combination—Illustrations ... [73]
[LECTURE IV]
CHINA AND ANCIENT GREECE
Relative Values of Chinese and Greek in Mental and Moral Training—Lord Granville—Wên T'ien-hsiang—Han Yü—An Emperor—A Land of Opposites—Coincidences between Chinese and Greek Civilisations—The Question of Greek Influence—Greek Words in Chinese—Coincidences in Chinese and Western Literature—Students of Chinese wanted ... [107]
[LECTURE V]
TAOISM
Religions in China—What is Tao?—Lao Tzŭ—The Tao Tê Ching—Its Claims—The Philosophy of Lao Tzŭ—-Developed by Chuang Tzŭ—His View of Tao—A Taoist Poet—Symptoms of Decay—The Elixir of Life—Alchemy—The Black Art—Struggle between Buddhism and Taoism—They borrow from One Another—The Corruption of Tao—Its Last State ... [141]
[LECTURE VI]
SOME CHINESE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
Origin of the Queue—Social Life—An Eyeglass—Street Etiquette—Guest and Host—The Position of Women—Infanticide—Training and Education of Women—The Wife's Status—Ancestral Worship—Widows—Foot-binding—Henpecked Husbands—The Chinaman a Mystery—Customs vary with Places—Dog's Flesh—Substitutes at Executions—Doctors—Conclusion ... [175]