CHINESE RESEARCHES.

FIRST PART.

CHINESE CHRONOLOGY & CYCLES

THOMAS FERGUSSON,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, NORTH CHINA BRANCH,

Consul for the Kingdom of Belgium at Chefoo.

Chefoo: Now known as Yantai, a treaty port in Shandong Province, China.

Author of "An Overview of the Situation in China" original: "Un aperçu de la situation en Chine", "The treaty illegality of the transit dues and likin taxes likin: a form of internal tariff or provincial transit tax in late Imperial China actually levied by the Chinese government," "British shipping interests in China," and "The treaty illegality of the coast trade duties levied by the Chinese Government."

Chinese Chronology and Cycles

CHINESE RESEARCHES.

FIRST PART.

CHINESE CHRONOLOGY & CYCLES

THOMAS FERGUSSON,

SHANGHAI, CHINA.

1880.