A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East / by Herbert A. Giles.
- Herbert Giles
- Date:
- 1886
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East / by Herbert A. Giles. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TUKANG-. A Malay prefix meaning ‘^workman;” e.g. tuhang-ayer tlie water workman, sc. the house-coolie. TUNGf-CHE or T‘UNG OHIH : united rule. The style adopted by the Emperor who reigned over China from 1862 to 1875. T‘UNG.-P'AN: M $!)• A “third Prefect” H )i^, or Assistant Sub-prefect. T‘U]N’G-CHIH: A Sub-prefect often called ‘^second Prefect’^ ZH j^. TUNG- WAH HOSPITAL, THE. A hospital at Hong¬ kong where sick Chinese are treated upon native patholo¬ gical principles and under the superintendence of theri own doctors. The influence of this institution has been brought to bear in more than one instance on matters quite beyond its proper sphere of action; hence it si regarded with no favourable eye by many European resi¬ dents in Hongkong, who object to the association with such an establishment of any political or commercial signi¬ ficance whatever. The name Tung Wah ^ ^ signifies ‘^for Chinese of the Kuang-^M?i^ province.’’ T^UNG-WEN-KUAN: ^ Otherwise known as the Peking College,” an establishment at the capital for the instruction of Chinese students in the languages, literatures, and sciences of the West, under the guidance of foreign masters. The pupils, whose ages have been known to vary from fifteen to fifty, receive a small month¬ ly allowance from the Chinese Government to induce them to attend regularly the classes and lectures provided for their benefit. A similar institution on a small scale exists at Canton under the same Chinese name; otherwise known as the “ Chinese Government School.”](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30093120_0274.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
