Excerpt from A View of China for Philological Purposes: Containing a Sketch of Chinese Chronology, Geography, Government, Religion and Customs; Designed for the Use of Persons Who Study the Chinese Language Recently attached Mung-kooc, New Boundaries on the West, Latitude of Places on the Imperial Map, New dependant Territories, Nations reputed Tributary to China, government Names and Functions of the Officers of Government, Of the Supreme Government, Of Provincial Government, Civil Oflicers, Military Officers, Of the Nine Ranks, Literary Examinations, time, The Twenty-eight Constellation 3, Terms, twenty-four in the year, Hours Night Watches, festivals, The New Year, &c. 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.