TERMS RELATING TO DEATH AND BURIAL.
The Chinese language is rich in some respects and poor in others, p. 245; words and phrases connected with Pig, 246; names for year, 249; for periods of human life, 252; terms for death, 257; for dying, 259; to die, 262; to die prematurely, 274; to die ill, 279; the dead, 282; terms for ceremonies on behalf of the dead, 292; terms for customs to be observed by mourners, 297; terms for the coffin and its parts, 299; the bier, 303; the site for the grave, 305; terms for burial, 307; for temporary resting of coffin, 309; the grave and tomb, 310; the cemetery, 318; terms for mourning, 321.
FOREIGN WORDS IN CHINESE.
Foreign words in Chinese not numerous, 328; Barbarians, 329; commodities known by names of countries, 329; An-hsi, Chiam-pi, Ho-lan, 330; Greek and Roman terms, 331; Spanish and Portuguese, 333; Dutch and German, 334; French, 334; English, 335; Malay, 341; Persian, 347; Arabic, 352; Turkish, 356; Manchu, 362; Mongolian, 369; Tibetan, 375.
THE INFLUENCE OF BUDDHISM ON THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.
The influence of Buddhism on Chinese only sketched in outline, p. 379; intercourse with India before the Han period asserted but not proven, 379; Chang Ch'ien gives report of India, 380; first missionaries from India, 380; effects of Buddhism on Chinese like those of Christianity and Mahometanism on other languages, 380; the Chinese were taught Sanskrit by the mis-