A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East / by Herbert A. Giles.

  • Herbert Giles
Date:
1886
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    spirits of the dead. The early Jesuit fathers {q.v.) tolerated this harmless custom among the first converts to Christianity; but the jealous rivalry of other sects brought about a direct prohibition from Clement XI. against the established practice, a move which only resulted in the ultimate collapse of Roman Catholic influence in China and the subsequent persecution of all Catholic missionaries. Abusive language is commonly used amongst the Chinese in jest; but the line is drawn at a maids progenitors, whose persons or memories, as the case may be, are always held strictly sacred. It is only in serious brawls, when words have already given place to blows, that mutual viliflcation of ancestors is heard, though relatives of the same generation may be freely abused without fear of disastrous consequences. ANDTJANI, THE. A term which has occasionally been applied in the Peking Gazette to the late Yakub Khan or Yacoob Beg once designated Ameer of Kashgar, from Andijan ^ ^ ^ the town in Kokand whence he and many of his followers came. He has also been styled ^Hhe An[dijani] chieftain.'’’ ANHON. The oil lamp of the Japanese, enclosed in a square or circular frame covered with paper. AJST-HUI: ^ —“Peace and Beauty.” One of the Eighteen Provinces. So called from the first characters in the names of its two largest cities, An-ch’ing Fu ^ ^ capital, and Hui-chou Fu. Old namef]^. ANNA. The sixteenth part of a rupee. Eurasians {q.v.) are often spoken of as so many annas in the rupee, referring to the proportion of “dark” blood in their veins. Thus, “four annas in the rupee” would be the equivalent of Quadroon.
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