MARCH STUDY OF THE FIELD: PART II.
“Historical and Political China.”
(Text-book, March Magazine.) THE lesson for the next two weeks will be upon China, but that is so mighty an empire, and so important a missionary field, that we are sure the members of the Missionary Reading Circle will not regret having spent the time required to master a few of the points brought out in Professor Howell’s article. 1. Whence came the Chinese, as indicated by their own records and recent research? Give some evidences tending to establish an intimate relationship between the Chaldeans and the Chinese. 2. How does Chinese mythology account for the formation of the world? 3. What did the “Napoleon of China” accomplish, and when did he live? 4. When was the golden age of China, and what missionary people did the emperor receive during that period? 5. What is remarkable about the empire of Kublai Khan? 6. Name the dynasties of modern China. Under what four conditions did the Ming dynasty give place to the present Tartar, or Manchu, rulers?