37
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Toy Pedlar
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38
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Dice and Playing-cards
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39
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Xiàngqí, or Elephant Checkers, with Board
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40
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Wēiqí, or Surrounding Checkers. Boards, with Wooden Receptacles for Checkers (conventionally treated)
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40
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Kite-flying
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42
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The Dragon Boat Festival
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43
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Ananda, the favourite disciple of Buddha, and compiler of the Buddhist scriptures
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44
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Worshipping before the ancestral tablets
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45
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Emperor Shî of the Qín Dynasty designing the Great Wall of China
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49
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Chinese house
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50
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House in process of construction
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50
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“The Forbidden City,” Peiping
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54
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Astrologer Casting a Horoscope
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56
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Ancient battle-axe
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59
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Buddhist axe
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59
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Conventional bats
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61
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Bronze cauldron of the Shāng Dynasty, ornamented with the “cloud and thunder pattern” and the “Beast of Greed”
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63
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Eared bronze bell of the Zhōu Dynasty
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66
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The test of the year-old baby to indicate his future tastes
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69
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Sets of books in covers, conventionally treated for decorative purposes
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72
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Bronze sacrificial wine vessel of the Shāng Dynasty
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74
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Bronze wine-pot of the Zhōu Dynasty
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74
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The cangue
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78
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Senna knot and Giordes knot
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79
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Old Chinese temple rug
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80
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Taoist nostrum curing all diseases
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87
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Large Míng polychrome vase
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89
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Kāng Xï “Three Colour” wine pot in the form of the character shòu, longevity
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90
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Lama chisel-knife
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91
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Wüzhü coin
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94
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Coins of the Táng Dynasty
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94
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Kāng Xï coin
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94
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Diagram showing principal shapes of Chinese coins
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97
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The Chinese astrological compass
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101
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The Duke of Zhōu, the reputed inventor of the compass
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102
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Confucius in court costume
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105
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Emperor and Empress in sacrificial costume
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108
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Yáng Guìfēi, dancing before the Emperor Xuán Zōng of the Táng Dynasty
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109
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Ancient warriors
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110
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Official of the first grade under the Manchu regime
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112
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Cí Xî, Empress Dowager
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113
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Men’s clothing (modern)
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114-115
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Women’s clothing (modern)
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116
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Women’s adornments
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117
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Cranes and pine-tree
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119
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Cross-thunderbolt
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120
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The Great Yû, first Emperor of the Xià Dynasty
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126
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Funeral banner
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129
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Funeral procession at Peking
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130
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The chû or diamond mace
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133
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Bronze cauldron of the Zhōu period showing example of key-pattern
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134
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The Wú Zhuān Dîng of the Zhōu Dynasty
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135
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The evolution of the key-pattern
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136
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Diaper patterns
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137
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Dì Zàng Wáng, Ruler of Hades
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138
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The two door gods, military style
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143
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The two door gods, civil style
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143
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Dragon
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145
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Order of the double dragon as conferred during the Manchu Dynasty
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146-147
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Dragon of the clouds
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152
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Dragon of the sea
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152
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Chinese performers in stage dress
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155
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Táogû or hand-drum
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158
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The eight diagrams with the symbol of creation in the centre
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162
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Zhōnglí Quán
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164
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Zhāng Guōlâo
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164
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Lû Dòngbïn
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165
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Cáo Guójiù
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165
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Lí Tiêguâi
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166
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Hán Xïangzî
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166
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Lán Câihé
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167
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Hé Xiāngü
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167
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The eight ordinary symbols
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166
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