The Cambridge (Eng.) Library—(A) The Confucian Canon—(B)
Dynastic History—The "Historical Record"—The "Mirror of
History"—Biography—Encyclopædias—How arranged—Collections
of Reprints—The Imperial Statutes—The Penal Code—(C)
Geography—Topography—An Old Volume—Account of Strange Nations—(D)
Poetry—Novels—Romance of the Three Kingdoms—Plays—(E) Dictionaries—The
Concordance—Its Arrangement—Imperial Catalogue—Senior Classics ... 37


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