Excerpt from Social Life in the Chinese: A Daguerreotype of Daily Life in China The reader is invited to the perusal of an original work on the inner life of the most ancient and populous, but least under stood and appreciated of nations. In it an attempt is made to describe many of their singular custom and opinions relating to almost all subjects of interest, and also to give their own explanation of the origin or the rationale of some of them. If an undue colouring or prominence has been given to any custom, or a false statement has been made in regard to any subject, no one will regret it more sincerely than the Author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.