Excerpt from The Lore of Cathay: Or the Intellect of China Its contents comprise the Hanlin Papers, revised and enlarged by the addition of much new matter. Its materials have been drawn exclusively from native sources, and are the result of original research. The author has treated, with considerable detail, of subjects so diverse as Chinese education and Chinese alchemy; and he ven tures to believe that he throws fresh light on some points of Oriental literature, science and philosophy; and that he may fairly claim, as a field of his own discovery, the inter national law and diplomacy of the ancient Chinese. 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.