Untitled : * This is a travelogue by a 19th century Christian missionary who visited several sacred locations in China, including places holy to all three of China's principal religions: Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. The writer is not exactly neutral, but he is appreciative and knowledgeable. Kupfer...
Preface : * "Sacred Places in China", by Carl F. Kupfer, [1911], p. 5 PREFACE. The chief reason for producing this little volume is to give to the thoughtful reader of China and the Chinese a clearer conception of the readiness of the people to accept, with full credence, such whimsical and mythological...
Ngn Ren Tsz The Monastery Of Benevolence : * "Sacred Places in China", by Carl F. Kupfer, [1911], p. 22 NGN REN TSZ--THE MONASTERY OF BENEVOLENCE. The premises of this temple are in close proximity to the campus of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society at Kiukiang, only a narrow lane intervening. The temple facing south and the girls'...
Conclusions : * "Sacred Places in China", by Carl F. Kupfer, [1911], p. 107 CONCLUSIONS. The places described in this little volume represent the centers of religious life among the three religions of the great Imperial Kingdom. The time spent in visiting these places gives one an entirely new view...
The Mandarin's Grave : * "Sacred Places in China", by Carl F. Kupfer, [1911], p. 81 THE MANDARIN'S GRAVE. Fifteen "li", or about five English miles, southeast of Kiukiang, near the foot of the "L" Mountains, and on the southwestern slope of the Oak Tree Hill, is the grave of the celebrated "Chou Fu Tsz", called...
Kiu Hua Shan Or The Nine Lotus Flower Mountain : * "Sacred Places in China", by Carl F. Kupfer, [1911], p. 27 KIU HUA SHAN--OR THE NINE-LOTUS-FLOWER MOUNTAIN. The traveler on a Yangtze River steamer, passing from Wuhu to "Nganking", will see about midway between these two cities, and twenty-five miles from the southern bank, a long range...
Title Page : * "Sacred Places in China", by Carl F. Kupfer, [1911], SACRED PLACES IN CHINA BY CARL F. KUPFER, A. M., PH. D. "President Of William Nast College, Kiukiang, China, Kiangsi Province". CINCINNATI: PRESS OF THE WESTERN METHODIST BOOK CONCERN [1911] Frontispiece: HO SHANG FEN--SEPARATI...
Early Buddhism In Hwang Mei : * "Sacred Places in China", by Carl F. Kupfer, [1911], p. 8 Sz Tseo--THE FOURTH PATRIARCH'S MONASTERY. p. 9 EARLY BUDDHISM IN HWANG MEI. It is probably not generally known, that in Hwang Mei Hsien, Hupeh, Buddhism found a most fruitful field in the early centuries of the Christian era. That long...
Lung Hu Shan The Dragon Tiger Mountain : * "Sacred Places in China", by Carl F. Kupfer, [1911], p. 92 LUNG-HU SHAN--THE DRAGON-TIGER MOUNTAIN. Wherever in China this mountain is mentioned, whether in "Kiang-si" or in the most distant province, every one knows what it stands for. Just as much as Rome is known to all Catholics to be...
Poot'oo. China's Sacred Island : * "Sacred Places in China", by Carl F. Kupfer, [1911], p. 43 MAP OF POOT'OO. POOT'OO: CHINA'S SACRED ISLAND. This islet is one of the Chusan Archipelago, situated in the 30 North latitude and 122 25 East longitude. This archipelago includes over one hundred islands and takes its name from Chus...
The White Deer Grotto University : * "Sacred Places in China", by Carl F. Kupfer, [1911], p. 70 THE WHITE DEER GROTTO UNIVERSITY. On the southeastern slope of the L Mountains, in a little valley at the junction of the two rippling brooks, one flowing east and the other south, stands one of the oldest universities of which we have...
