Excerpt from The Middle Kingdom, Vol. 1: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and Its InhabitantsThe chapter on the census remains for the most part without alteration, for until there has been a methodical inspection of the Empire, important questions concerning its population must be held in abeyance. It is worth noticing how generally the estimates in this chapter - or much ...
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