| I. GENERAL REFERENCE WORKS |
| II. ASIA, EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC |
| III. CHINA |
| 1. General Works |
| | A. Bibliographies & Catalogues |
| 2. Geography |
| | A. General description |
| | B. Travels through China |
| | C. Local topography & Travels |
| | | a. North China |
| | | b. Central China |
| | | c. South China |
| | | d. West China |
| | D. Mountains & Rivers; Lakes & Canals |
| | | a. Mountains & Rivers |
| | | b. Rivers, Canals, & Lakes |
| | E. China Coast & China Sea |
| | | a. Description, Nautical Direction, &c. |
| | | b. Cruise or Voyage in China Sea (or along China Coast) |
| | | c. China Seas Islands |
| | F. Ancient & Mediaeval Description & Travel |
| | | c. Individual Works (Marco Pole) |
| | G. Chinese Knowledge of Foreign Lands |
| | I. Maps & Atlases |
| 3. Anthropology and Ethnology |
| | A. Physical Anthropology |
| 4. Physiography and Other sciences |
| | A. Physiography |
| 5. Natural history |
| | A. General description |
| 6. Archaeology |
| | A. General |
| 7. History | | | |
| | A. General history; Collected essays |
| | B. Ancient history | | |
| | C. Mediaeval history |
| | D. Modern history | | |
| | E. Recent history | | |
| | F. Foreign relations | | |
| | | a. General history of foreign relations with China |
| | | b. Portugal | |
| | | d. Holland | |
| | | e. Great-Britain | |
| | | f. Russia | |
| | | g. France | |
| | | h. U.S. of America | |
| | | i. Germany | |
| | | k. Belgium | |
| | | l. Sweden, Norway & Denmark |
| | | n. Japan (Including Shino-Japanese War) |
| | | o. Other Asiatic peoples | |
| | G. The Boxer rising, 1900-01 |
| | H. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05 |
| | I. Chronological tables |
| | J. Historical geography |
| 8. Biography |
| | A. Biographies of the Chinese |
| 9. Philosophy | | | |
| | A. General works (Chinese thought in general, History of Chinese philosophy, &c.) |
| 10. Religion |
| | A. General |
| | B. Confucianism (as religion) |
| | C. Taoism |
| | D. Buddhism in China |
| | E. Christianity | | |
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| a. General works |
| | | b. Nestorian Christianity |
| | | c. Roman Catholic |
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| c1. General |
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| c2. Jesuits; Rite Controversy |
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| c3. Particular Orders & Missionary Societies |
| | | d. Protestantism | |
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| d1. General; Term Question |
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| d2. Mission Story & Missionary Experience |
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| d3. Particular Churches & Societies |
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| d4. Missionary Conference |
| | | f. Relation with other religion | |
| | | g. Bible and Christian literature | |
| | | h. Missionary education | |
| 11. Art & Art Industries |
| 12. Philology |
| | A. Chinese language in general. History, Origin, Comparative study, Ethymology |
| 13. Literature | | | |
| 14. Customs & Manners |
| | A. General; Social Life; Etiquette |
| | B. Town & Village Life |
| | C. Costume; Toilet |
| | D. Food & Drink |
| | E. Dwelling |
| | F. Family |
| | G. Women |
| | H. Boys & Girls |
| | I. Marriage & Divorce |
| | J. Funeral; Burial System |
| | K. Infanticide; Suicide; Homicide |
| | L. Ancestor-worship; Filial Piety |
| | M. Superstition; Popular Belief; Folk-ways |
| | N. Feasts & Ceremonies |
| | O. Measures |
| | P. Sign-board; Symbols; Advertisement & Poster |
| | Q. Sports & Amusements |
| | R. Theatre; Cinema; Dance; Other Shows; Story-telling |
| | S. Association & Club |
| | T. Secret Societies |
| | U. Sexual Life; Prostitution; Eunuchs |
| | V. Slaves; Beggars |
| | W1. Social Evil; Robbers & Pirates |
| | W2. Opium |
| | X. Mutual Aid; Self-governing System |
| | Y. Police & Fire-brigade |
| | Z. Foreigners' Life in China |
| 15. Politics & Administration |
| | A. Politics |
| | | a. General; Political Parties; Political Movements |
| | | b. Political Thought & Theories |
| | B. Government & Administration |
| | | a. Political Institutions; Ancient Institutions |
| | | b. Imperial Court |
| | | c. President; Diet |
| | | d. Ranks & Decoration; Salary |
| 16. Finance | | | |
| | A. Finance in General |
| | B. Revenue & Expenditure; Budget |
| | C. National Debt |
| | D. Tax and Taxation |
| | E. Custom Tariff; Custom House |
| | F. Likin |
| | G. Gabelle; Salt Monopoly |
| | H. Monetary System |
| 17. Law | | | |
| | A. Law & Legislation in General; Legal History |
| | B. Constitution; Parliamentary Law; Election Law |
| | C. Criminal Law; Prison |
| | D. Civil Law |
| | E. Commercial Law |
| | F. Other Laws |
| | H. International Law |
| | | a. Treaty Texts; Conventions, Agreements, Protocoles |
| | | b. Extraterritoriality; Consuhar Jurisdiction; Foreign Concession |
| 18. Education | | | |
| 19. Medicine & Hygiene |
| 20. Economy and Industry |
| | A. Economy and industry in general; statistics in general |
| | B. Agriculture |
| | | a. Agriculture in General |
| | | c. Reclamation & Irrigation | |
| | | e. Injurious & Useful insectes; Disease of plants |
| | | f. Famine & famine relief works |
| | | g. Agricultural products | |
| | | h. Horticulture | |
| | C. Sericulture | | |
| | D. Live stock and allied industry |
| | | b. Livestock; wool & fur | |
| | | d. Poultry; Feather | |
| | E. Forestry | | |
| | | a. General | |
| | | b. Afforestation | |
| | F. Fishery and marine products |
| | | a. General | |
| | | d. Timbers | |
| | | e. Marine products industry | |
| | | f. Salt industry | |
| | G. Industry | | |
| | | a. General | |
| | | b. Textile industry | |
| | | | b1. Cotton |
| | | | b2. Hemp, Flax, Jute, Ramie, &c. |
| | | | b3. Silk & Silk products |
| | | | b5. Wool & worsted; Muslin; Carpet |
| | | c. Chemical industry | |
| | | | c1. Fuel & Combustibles |
| | | | c5. Paper |
| | | | c11. Artificail fertilizer |
| | | e. Electric industry | |
| | | g. Ship-building | |
| | | h. Civil engineering | |
| | | i. Mining industry | |
| | | | i1. General |
| | | | i2. Iron & Steel |
| | | | i3. Copper |
| | | | i4. Coal |
| | | | i5. Petroleum |
| | | | i7. Other metals |
| | H. Commerce | | |
| | | a. General | |
| | | b. Open ports | |
| | | c. Foreign trade | |
| | I. Money market and Banking |
| | | a. General | |
| | | b. Money market, exchange | |
| | | d. Banking & pawnbroking | |
| | | e. Trust | |
| | | f. Investment, Enterprise | |
| | | g. Stock exchange; bourse | |
| | | h. Insurance | |
| 21. Communication |
| | A. General |
| | B. Communication by Land |
| | | a. Road |
| | | b. Railway |
| | C. Communication by Sea; Ships & Vessels; Ports & Harbours |
| | D. Inland Navigation; Canals & Creeks; River Conservancy; &c. |
| | F. Telephone & Telegraph; Cable & Radio. |
| | G. Post |
| 22. Social Problems |
| | A. General; Social Movements. |
| 23. Emigration: Chinese in foreign lands |
| 24. Army & Navy |
| | A. General; Strategics |
| IV. KOREA |
| V. MANCHURIA AND MONGOLIA |
| VI. SIBERIA |
| VII. TIBET |
| VIII. CENTRAL ASIA |
| IX. EAST INDIES |
| X. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS |