China and the Manchus

The Project Gutenberg EBook of China and the Manchus, by Herbert A. Giles This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: China and the Manchus Author: Herbert A. Giles Release Date: March 25, 2006 [EBook #2156] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHINA AND THE MANCHUS *** Produced by John Bickers; Dagny and David Widger CHINA AND THE MANCHUS By Herbert A. Giles Professor of Chinese in the University of Cambridge, and sometime H.B.M. Consul at Ningpo. NOTE It is impossible to give here a complete key to the pronunciation of Chinese words. For those who wish to pronounce with approximate correctness the proper names in this volume, the following may be a rough guide:— a as in alms. ê as u in fun. i as ie in thief. o as aw in saw. u as oo in soon. ü as u in French, or ü in German. {u} as e in her. ai as aye (yes). ao as ow in cow. ei as ey in prey. ow as o (not as ow in cow). ch as ch in church. chih as chu in church. hs as sh (hsiu = sheeoo). j as in French.