The Middle Kingdom, Volume 1 (of 2) / A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants

by S. Wells Williams

[237] Dr. W. A. P. Martin, The Chinese.

[238] Mayers’ Manual of Chinese Titles furnishes the best compend for learning their duties and names.

[239] Rollin’s Ancient History, Chap. IV. Manners of the Assyrians. Heeren’s Asiatic Researches, Vol. I., Chap. II.

[240] Chinese Repository, Vol. VI., p. 48.

[241] Chinese Repository, Vol. IV., p. 59.

[242] Embassy to China, Vol. III., p. 26.

[243] Chinese Repository, Vol. III., p. 241.

[244] Chinese Repository, Vol. IV., pp. 61-66.

[245] Compare Dr. Bowring in N. C. Br. R. A. Soc. Journal, Part III., Art. VII. (Dec., 1852).

[246] Chinese Repository, passim. Oliphant, Lord Elgin’s Mission to China and Japan, Chap. XVII. Minister Reed, in U. S. Dip. Correspondence, 1857-58.