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The religious system of China, its ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, customs and social institutions connected therewith (1892)

Groot, J. J. M. de (Jan Jakob Maria), 1854-1921 · Leyden, E. J. Brill · leaf 310

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stone. It is an established rule that gravestones of civil and military dignitaries inactual service, and those of persons witha titulary official rank obtained for meritor by purchase, should display in a fewcharacters their official quality, and thegrave stones of then consorts, in an abridged… … 1 Comp. page 767. 1104 THE GRAVE. purchased in very great numbers. Consequently, the title jii-jen ,which pertains to the wives of title-bearers of the three lowestdegrees, occurs oftener on grave stones for women than any other,and the more so because the people are accustomed to place iton the…

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