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List of Illustrations
| Shòu Shān, the taoist Paradise (Print with key and reference number plate | Frontispiece |
| Sacrificial ploughing | 35 |
| Alarm-staff | 36 |
| Buddhist priest with alarm-staff | 36 |
| Amida Buddha | 37 |
| Toy Pedlar | 38 |
| Dice and Playing-cards | 39 |
| Xiàngqí, or Elephant Checkers, with Board | 40 |
| Wēiqí, or Surrounding Checkers. Boards, with Wooden Receptacles for Checkers (conventionally treated) | 40 |
| Kite-flying | 42 |
| The Dragon Boat Festival | 43 |
| Ananda, the favourite disciple of Buddha, and compiler of the Buddhist scriptures | 44 |
| Worshipping before the ancestral tablets | 45 |
| Emperor Shî of the Qín Dynasty designing the Great Wall of China | 49 |
| Chinese house | 50 |
| House in process of construction | 50 |
| “The Forbidden City,” Peiping | 54 |
| Astrologer Casting a Horoscope | 56 |
| Ancient battle-axe | 59 |
| Buddhist axe | 59 |
| Conventional bats | 61 |
| Bronze cauldron of the Shāng Dynasty, ornamented with the “cloud and thunder pattern” and the “Beast of Greed” | 63 |
| Eared bronze bell of the Zhōu Dynasty | 66 |
| The test of the year-old baby to indicate his future tastes | 69 |
| Sets of books in covers, conventionally treated for decorative purposes | 72 |
| Bronze sacrificial wine vessel of the Shāng Dynasty | 74 |
| Bronze wine-pot of the Zhōu Dynasty | 74 |
| The cangue | 78 |
| Senna knot and Giordes knot | 79 |
| Old Chinese temple rug | 80 |
| Taoist nostrum curing all diseases | 87 |
| Large Míng polychrome vase | 89 |
| Kāng Xï “Three Colour” wine pot in the form of the character shòu, longevity | 90 |
| Lama chisel-knife | 91 |
| Wüzhü coin | 94 |
| Coins of the Táng Dynasty | 94 |
| Kāng Xï coin | 94 |
| Diagram showing principal shapes of Chinese coins | 97 |
| The Chinese astrological compass | 101 |
| The Duke of Zhōu, the reputed inventor of the compass | 102 |
| Confucius in court costume | 105 |
| Emperor and Empress in sacrificial costume | 108 |
| Yáng Guìfēi, dancing before the Emperor Xuán Zōng of the Táng Dynasty | 109 |
| Ancient warriors | 110 |
| Official of the first grade under the Manchu regime | 112 |
| Cí Xî, Empress Dowager | 113 |
| Men’s clothing (modern) | 114-115 |
| Women’s clothing (modern) | 116 |
| Women’s adornments | 117 |
| Cranes and pine-tree | 119 |
| Cross-thunderbolt | 120 |
| The Great Yû, first Emperor of the Xià Dynasty | 126 |
| Funeral banner | 129 |
| Funeral procession at Peking | 130 |
| The chû or diamond mace | 133 |
| Bronze cauldron of the Zhōu period showing example of key-pattern | 134 |
| The Wú Zhuān Dîng of the Zhōu Dynasty | 135 |
| The evolution of the key-pattern | 136 |
| Diaper patterns | 137 |
| Dì Zàng Wáng, Ruler of Hades | 138 |
| The two door gods, military style | 143 |
| The two door gods, civil style | 143 |
| Dragon | 145 |
| Order of the double dragon as conferred during the Manchu Dynasty | 146-147 |
| Dragon of the clouds | 152 |
| Dragon of the sea | 152 |
| Chinese performers in stage dress | 155 |
| Táogû or hand-drum |
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