Village Life in China
A Study in Sociology
9781465545527
255 pages
Library of Alexandria
Overview
Glossary Boy, a term used by foreigners in China to denote the head-servant, irrespective of his age. Cash, Chinese copper coin with a square hole for stringing. The value of a single cash may be taken as one-thousandth of a Mexican dollar. The cash vary greatly in size. A “string” theoretically consists of a thousand cash, but in many regions has but five hundred. The latter variety is at present equal to one-third of a gold dollar. Catty, a Chinese pound, equal by treaty to one and one-third pounds avoirdupois. Chin-shih, “Entered Scholar.” The third literary degree; Doctor in Literature
