Village Life in China: A Study in Sociology

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