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Village Life in China
Village Life in China
A STUDY IN SOCIOLOGY
BY
ARTHUR H. SMITH, D.D.
AUTHOR OF “Chinese Characteristics”
Foreword
Acknowledgment.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Glossary
PART I
The Village, Its Institutions, Usages and Public Characters
I
THE CHINESE VILLAGE
II
CONSTRUCTION OF VILLAGES
III
VILLAGE NOMENCLATURE
IV
COUNTRY ROADS
V
THE VILLAGE FERRY
VI
VILLAGE WELLS
VII
THE VILLAGE SHOP
VIII
THE VILLAGE THEATRE
IX
VILLAGE SCHOOLS AND TRAVELLING SCHOLARS
X
CHINESE HIGHER EDUCATION—THE VILLAGE HIGH SCHOOL—EXAMINATIONS—RECENT EDUCATIONAL EDICTS
XI
VILLAGE TEMPLES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES
XII
COÖPERATION IN RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES
XIII
COÖPERATION IN MARKETS AND FAIRS
XIV
COÖPERATIVE LOAN SOCIETIES
XV
SOCIETIES FOR WATCHING THE CROPS
XVI
VILLAGE AND CITY RAIN-MAKING
XVII
THE VILLAGE HUNT
XVIII
VILLAGE WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS
XIX
NEW YEAR IN CHINESE VILLAGES
DUMPLINGS
REUNION
NEW CLOTHES
RELIGIOUS RITES
SOCIAL CEREMONIES
NATIONAL LEISURE
GAMBLING
DEBT-PAYING
XX
THE VILLAGE BULLY
XXI
VILLAGE HEADMEN
PART II
Village Family Life
XXII
VILLAGE BOYS AND MEN
XXIII
CHINESE COUNTRY GIRLS AND WOMEN
SUICIDE AS A VIRTUE.
XXIV
THE MONOTONY AND VACUITY OF VILLAGE LIFE
XXV
UNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE CHINESE FAMILY
XXVI
INSTABILITY FROM FAMILY DISUNITY
PART III
Regeneration of the Chinese Village
XXVII
WHAT CAN CHRISTIANITY DO FOR CHINA?
Index
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