Book. Vademecum containing 1) the list of Chinese surnames; 2) the Three-Character Classic; 3) the Thousand-Character Primer, all with homophones under each character; 4) inscriptions for all occasions in couplet form; 5) formulae how to sign letters; 6) samples for contracts; 7) fortune-telling: Kuan-yin’s 32 answers to coin-throwing; 8) how to raise horses, cattle, and chicken; 9) calendar for burials. Running on top: illustrations; Chang T’ien-shih’s (the Taoist pope’s) prescriptions for exorcising sickness. Published by the “Old Two-Yu Hall” Publishers, Peking. no date. 13.3 x 20.3 cm. Paper, stitched.
Donor:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Ilse Martin Fang
Collection date:
1944
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Books
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Production date:
1944
Accession date:
December 15, 1998
Context of use:
Book. 1944.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 13.3 centimeters and length 20.3 centimeters