Project Gutenberg 2024-11-11 Public domain in the USA. 127 Lee, Yan Phou 1861 04023227 When I was a boy in China $aBoston :$bLothrop Publishing Company, $c1887. Emmanuel Ackerman, Brian Wilcox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "When I Was a Boy in China" by Yan Phou Lee is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work chronicles the author's early life and experiences as a boy growing up in China during a period of significant cultural and social change. The narrative provides a personal perspective on the customs, traditions, and beliefs of Chinese society, exploring themes such as family structure, education, and the stark differences between Eastern and Western cultures. At the start of the narrative, Lee recounts his birth in 1861 and the associated celebrations, emphasizing cultural practices such as name-giving and the societal value placed on male heirs. The opening portion vividly describes the author's infancy, the customs surrounding parenting and child-rearing, and his first memories, providing insight into the familial expectations and restrictions he faced. Lee's recollections illustrate a childhood steeped in the rich traditions of Chinese culture, alongside the strict discipline imposed by societal norms, setting the stage for his eventual journey to the United States. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/wheniwasboyinchi00leey 20210517180753lee 1887 us Reading ease score: 69.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en China -- Social life and customs -- 1644-1912 Lee, Yan Phou, 1861-1938? DS Text Category: Biographies Category: History - Other 150358 2025-06-29T12:23:46.967831 text/html 125795 2024-11-10T22:56:34 text/html 460842 2025-06-29T12:23:51.418806 application/epub+zip 458933 2025-06-29T12:23:48.490816 application/epub+zip 180610 2025-06-29T12:23:47.610806 application/epub+zip 835891 2025-06-29T12:23:53.527758 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 816027 2025-06-29T12:23:50.808814 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 128415 2025-06-29T12:23:46.654833 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 108501 2024-11-10T22:56:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15806 2025-06-29T12:23:53.661764 application/rdf+xml 11142 2025-06-29T12:23:47.793786 image/jpeg 1731 2025-06-29T12:23:47.701792 image/jpeg 509509 2025-06-29T12:23:46.993785 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia