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DOORS OF WISDOM

"THIRD MILLENNIUM LIBRARY"

ATTILA

KING OF THE HUNS

AND HIS PREDECESSORS

Tâo Teh Ching

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NICE READING HISTORY OF CHINA

A HISTORY OF CHINA BEING THE HISTORICAL CHAPTERS FROM "THE MIDDLE KINGDOM"

Chronology and Early History - Foreign Intercourse with China - Origin of the First War with England - The Opium War - The Tai-ping Rebellion - The Second Anglo-Chinese War - The Administration of the Empresses -bNarkative of Recent Events

IMPERIAL HISTORY OF CHINA

The Mythical Period. The Legendary Period. The Hia Dynasty. The flood. The Shang Dynasty. Battle of Muh. The Chow Dynasty. Confucius . The Ts'in Dynasty. The Han Dynasty. Rebellion of Liu Hoan and Liu Sui. The Later Han Dynasty. Introduction of Buddhism. Battle of Ch'ang-pan bridge. Battle of Red Ridge. The Three Kingdoms. War with Burmah. The Western Tsin Dynasty. The Eastern Tsin Dynasty. Battle of Fei-shui. Rebellion of Ho Lien. The Sung Dynasty. Invasion of Cochin China. The Ts'i Dynasty. The Liang Dynasty. The Ch'en Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty. Invasion of Corea. Rising of Turcomans. The T'ang Dynasty. The Era of the Five Dynasties. The After Liang. The After Tsin. The After Han Dynasty. The Sung Dynasty. Capture of Nanking. Rebellion in Cochin China. Destruction of Liau dynasty. The Southern Sung Dynasty. Battle of the Yang-tze. Kins defeated by Mongols. Genghis Khan. Genghis' invasion of China. Alliance of Sungs and Mongols. Capture of K'ai-fung-fu by the latter. Fall of the Kins. Conflict of Chinese with the Mongols. Battle of Yai-shan. Suicide of Queen-Dowager and death of Ti Ping. The Yuan Dynasty. Death of Kublai Khan. Battle on Poyang Lake. Capture of Peking and overthrow of dynasty. The Ming Dynasty. Burmese invasion of China. Removal of capital to Peking. War with Japan. Manchus conquer Corea. Capture of Peking by rebels and suicide of Emperor. Battle of Shan-hai-kwan. The Ts'ing Dynasty. Treaty with Russia. Lord Macartney's mission. Troubles in Turkestan. Rising of the Miautze. Taiping rebellion. Capture of Canton. Treaty of Tientsin. English at Taku. Fall of Peking. Tientsin massacre. Suppression of Mohammedan revolt. War with France. War between China and Japan. Treaty and cession of Formosa. The Boxer rising. Russia in Manchuria. Russia-Japan war.

ANNALS & MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF PEKING (FROM THE 16th TO THE 20th CENTURY)

THE MING DYNASTY - A CHINESE HAROUN AL RASCHID - LI TZU-CH'ENG's REBELLION AND THE FALL OF PEKING - WU SAN-KUEI - THE MINGS AT NANKING - THE SACK OF TANG CHOU-FU- THE LAST OF THE MINGS - THE MANCHU DYNASTY . THE EMPEROR SHUN CHIH - THE TRIBULATIONS OF YUNG CHENG - HIS MAJESTY CHIEN LUNG - THE DOWNFALL OF HO SHEN - CHIA CHING - TAO KUANG. THE IMPACT OF THE WEST - HSIEN FENG AND T'UNG CHIH - THE SORROWS OF HIS MAJESTY KUANG HSU - MEMOIRS OF THE BOXER YEAR (1900) - THE COURT UNDER THE LAST REGENCY
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THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF CHINA TO THE END OF THE CHOU DYNASTY

MYTHOLOGICAL CHINA: P’an-ku, etc. — Fu-hi (2852-2738 b.c.). — Shon-nung (2737-2705 b.c.).—. Huang-ti (2704-2595 b.c.). —Shau-hau (2594-2511 b.c.). — Chuan-hu (2510-2433 b.c.). — Ti-k’u (2432-2363 b.c.).— 10. Ti-chi (2362-2358 b.c.). —THE CONFUCIAND LEGENDS: Yau (2357-2258 B.c.). — Shun (2258-2206 b.c.). —The Hia dynasty (2205-1766 b.c.). — Yu, or Ta-yti (2205-2198 b.c.). — Yu’s successors (2197-1766 B.C.) THE SHANG OR YIN DYNASTY (1766-1122 b.c.) Ch’ong-t’ang (1766-1754 b.c.). — Chou-sin. —Won-wang, Duke of Chou. — Wu-wang and the fall of the Shang dynasty. — THE CHOU DYNASTY (1122-249 b.c.) THE PERIOD OF IMPERIAL AUTHORITY — Wu-wang as King of Chou (1122-1116 b.c.)— Ch’ong-wang (1115-1079 b.c.). —The “Chouli.”— Origin of the mariner’s compass in China. — K’ang-wang (1078-1053 B.C.)— GRADUAL DECLINE OF CENTRAL POWER. Chau-wang (1052-1002 b.c.). — Mu-wang (1001-947 B.C.). — Kung-wang (946-935 b.c.). — I wang (934-910 b.c.). — Hiau-wang (909-895 b.c.). — . I-wang (894-879 b.c.). —Li-wang (878-842 B.C.). — Kung-ho period (841-828 b.c.)— Siian-wang (827-782 b.c.). — Yu-wang (781-771 B.C.). — P’ing-wang (770-720 b.c.). — Geography of the Ch’un-ts’iu period (722-481 b.c.)—40. Huan-wang (719-697 b.c.—THE CENTURY OF THE FIVE LEADERS (685-591 b.c.)—Chuang-wang (696-682 b.c.). — Hi-wang (681-677 B.C.). —Hui-wang (676-652 b.c.). — Siang-wang (651-619 b. K’ing-wang (618-613 b.c.). — K’uang-wang (612-607 b.c.). — Tiug-wang (606-586 B.C.) THE AGE OF LAU TZI AND CONFUCIUS —Kien-wang (585-572 b.c.). — Ling-wang (571-545 B.C.). — King-wang, the elder (544-520 b.c.).— King-wang, the younger (519-476 b.c.). THE CONTENDING STATES —Ytian-wang (475-469 b.c.). — Chon-ting-wang (468-441 B.C.). — K’au-wang (440-426 b.c.).— Wei-lié-wang (425-402 b.c.). — An-wang (401-376 B.C.). — Lie-wang (375-369 b.c.). — Hién-wang (368-321 b.c.). —The philosophers Yang Chu and Mo Ti. — Mencius. — Chuang-tzi.— Minor Philosophers. — Su Ts’in and Chang I. — Shon-tsing-wang (320-315 b.c.). —Nan-wang (314-256 b.c.). — The “Four Nobles.” —67. The leadership of Ts’in (256-221 b.c.).

CHU HSI AND HIS MASTERS. AN INTRODUCTION TO CHU HSI AND THE SUNG SCHOOL OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY

I. The Pive Philosophers. The Rise of the Sung School—Political Events of the Sung Period—The literature of the Sung School. II. Chou Tun I and Shao Yung III. The Brothers Cheng and Chang Tsai IV. Chu Hsi Childhood and Education—Office at T'ung An—Study under Li Yen Ping—Literary Pursuits—Nan K‘ang and Shao Hsing —Court Enemies — Closing Years — Chu Hsi’s Theory of the Universe V. Law and Matter VI. The First Cause and the Evolution of the Cosmos. The Diagram and Chon Tzu’s Classic—Chu Hsi’s Doctrine of the Supreme Ultimate—The Two Modes—The Five Agents—The Dual Powers Chien and K‘un—The Cosmic Cycle.VII. The Moral Order. Chu Hsi’s Doctrine of Human Nature VIII. The Essential Nature IX. The Physical Nature. Man and the Brute—Destiny—The Problem of Evil—Conversion. X, Mind —Body, Soul, and Spirit—Buddhism and the External World-MindCulture. XI. Virtue and the Virtues PART IV The Theistic Import of Chu Hsi’s Philosophy XII. Heaven The Divine Immanence—The Empyrean — The Supreme Ruler—Personality and Anthropomorphism, XIII. The Mind of the Universe Mind and Personality—Love, the Vital Impulse.

THE RELIGIONS OF CHINA : CONFUCIANSW AND TAOISM DESCRIBED AND COMPARED WITH CHRISTIANIY

A HISTORY OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY . THE PERIOD OF THE PHILOSOPHERS (from the beginnings to circa 100BC)

A HISTORY OF CHINESE LITERATURE

Chinese literature : comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Shi-King, the Sayings of Mencius, the Sorrows of Han, and the Travels of Fa-Hien

Gems Of Chinese Literature

BOOK OF ODES (SHI KING)

LAO-TSZE . THE GREAT THINKER

THE SHU KING OR THE CHINESE HISTORICAL CLASSIC BEING AN AUTHENTIC RECORD OF THE RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY, CUSTOMS AND GOVERNMENT OF THE CHINESE FROM THE EARLIEST

FIFTY YEARSF OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY , 1898-1950,

General Histories - The Precursors of Contemporary Thought - The Specialists in Traditional Chinese Philosophy - Buddhist Philosophy - The Philosophy of Tridetnism and Vitalism - Utilitarianism, Pragmatism, Anglo-American Neo-Realism - Dialectical and Historical Materialism - Mechanistic Materialism -The Voluntarism of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche - Philosophical Anarchism - German Rationalism: Kant and Hegel Various Idealisms: Anglo-American, French - etc. - The Specialists in Logic and Methodology - The Principal Specialists in Ethics and Philosophy of Life - The Specialists in Psychology and Education - The Studies on Aesthetic

The Development Of Neo Confucian Thought Vol 1

The Development Of Neo Confucian Thought Vol 2

Chu Hsi and His Masters.

Classics in Chinese Philosophy: From Mo Tzu to Mao Tse-Tung, 

Chinese Thought'. From Confucius to Mao Tse-tung.

Fang, Yu-lan. A History of Chinese Philosophy, The Period Of The Philosophers (from The Beginnings To Circa 100 B.c.)

CHINESE RELIGIONS

The Philosophy of Wang Yang-ming.

Lin, Yutang. The Wisdom of China and India

History of Philosophy, Eastern and Western.1

History of Philosophy, Eastern and Western.2

Life and work of Mencius

The Arts of China

The development of the logical method in ancient ChinaChinese classics

I. Confucian analects, the Great learning, and the Doctrine of the mea

H. H. Dubs, Hsuntze, the Moulder of Ancient Confucianism

-II. The works of Mencius.

III. The Shoo king, or the Book of historical documents; pt. I. The first parts of the Shoo king, or the Books of T'ang; the Books of Yu; the Books of Hea; the Books of Shang; and the Prolegomena.

III. The Shoo king, or the Book of historical documents; pt. II. The fifth part of the Shoo king, or the Books of Chow; and the indexes.

IV. The She king, or the Book of poetry: pt. I. The first part of the She-king, or the Lessons from the states; and the Prolegomena.

IV. pt. II. The second, third, and fourth parts of the She-king, or the Minor odes of the kingdom, the Greater odes of the kingdom, the Sacrificial odes and praise-songs; and the indexes

V. The Ch'un ts'ew, with the Tso chuen: pt. I. Dukes Yin, Hwan. Chwang, Min, He, Wan, Seuen, and Ch'ing; and the Prolegomena.

V. The Ch'un ts'ew, with the Tso chuen: pt. II. Dukes Seang, Ch'aou, Ting, and Gae, with Tao's appendix; and the indexes

MUCH has been written of the sufferings of foreigners in the recent Boxer uprising and correspondingly little of the conduct of the Chinese Christians. At a recent meeting of the North China Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church it was decided to inquire minutely into the persecutions from the standpoint of the natives, in the belief that a more adequate understanding of their heroism would be a stimulant to the faith of the Church. A committee was therefore appointed, and the native pastors were requested to gather up and forward reports of such cases as might be considered representative of the persecutions as a whole. To these reports were added such incidents in the lives of certain of the members as would contribute to a proper estimate of their character, and thus enable the reader to see the persecutions in their proper settings. Some of these accounts were put in story form, others were strung together in the order in which they happened, and nearly all are given in the words of those who suffered. We need not add that all were not equally faithful; but as the world is not interested in human failure, but only in success, we felt safe in recording only the experiences of those who were true to the faith they professed, and assuring the reader that but a small proportion of the persecuted played the part of the coward— most of these under circumstances which would have tested the courage of either the reader or the writer. I. T. H. Peking, July, 1902