Catalogue of the Chinese library of the Royal Asiatic Society.

  • Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Date:
1838
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Credit: Catalogue of the Chinese library of the Royal Asiatic Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Kin king mei chuen “The Golden-potted Plums Narrated,”—another copy of “The Most Wonderful Book,” with a dif¬ ferent title; both works containing a description of Chinese manners and customs, especially with refer¬ ence to courtships and marriage, the design of which, according to the preface, is to promote virtue, and discourage vice. Shift tsing ya tseu “ The Pleasures of a Tranquil Disposition,” or the eighteen transformations of the pang—a fabulous bird transformed from a fish of an immense size; several thousand Chinese miles in extent; at every frisk or leap it rises 90,000 miles, and hence it is used to denote rapid promotion (Morrison): in two copies, live vols. each. Shin low die An account of a visionary monster seen at sea, said to be like a snake with horns, and like a dragon, in the lower part of the body, having scales; some¬ times assumes the form of a watch-tower. (Mor¬ rison’s Die.): in six vols. Km koo Ue kwan Ancient and modern wonders; in ten vols.