10,000 Chinese NumbersClassification into numbers has long exercised a peculiar fascination over the Chinese mind. There is a tendency to group almost everything into classes, right up to ten thousand. This is a book of reference and intended to be dipped into when necessary to learn about a particular Chinese number or category. But it will be found interesting to browse through..10,000 Categories will help to make Chinese history a little more understandable, and be of benefit and interest to the casual reader as well as the specialist. |
Contents
Section 1 | 61 |
Section 2 | 114 |
Section 3 | 144 |
Section 4 | 161 |
Section 5 | 174 |
Section 6 | 201 |
Section 7 | 222 |
Section 8 | 226 |
Section 18 | 1 |
Section 19 | 5 |
Section 20 | 15 |
Section 21 | 84 |
Section 22 | 95 |
Section 23 | 137 |
Section 24 | 167 |
Section 25 | 170 |
Section 9 | 244 |
Section 10 | 249 |
Section 11 | 266 |
Section 12 | 284 |
Section 13 | 288 |
Section 14 | 292 |
Section 15 | 302 |
Section 16 | 306 |
Section 17 | 310 |
Section 26 | 184 |
Section 27 | 194 |
Section 28 | 197 |
Section 29 | 224 |
Section 30 | 245 |
Section 31 | 249 |
Section 32 | 267 |
Section 33 | 272 |
Common terms and phrases
ancient auspicious became known Beijing believed Buddha Buddhist calligraphy capital century Chang Chao characters Chen Chih Chin Chinese Communist Ching Chou Classics Communist Party concubines Confucian Confucius considered court death Deng Deng Xiaoping Dragon earth Eight Eight Immortals emperor eunuch evil famous Feng Feng Shui Five Forbidden City Four gods Hanlin Academy Heaven Hsiang Hsü Huang Immortals imperial Jade king Kingdoms Kuan Yin Kung later legend lived Manchu Mao Zedong Masters military Ming dynasty monk Mountain nine nine bestowments North official painters painting palace Peking People's period Pinyin poets political Prince principles Province Qing referred represented Republic of China Rites ruler scholars Seven Shan Shang Shen Shih sometimes called stars style Sung symbol T'ang Taiwan Taoist temples thousand Three Tiger tion traditional Tung Wang Western women Yuan