On Mar 6, 6:41 am, al <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Sorry, Dan, I can't comment much. I just don't know Chinese history
> other than my own experience. I grew up without visits to libraries.
>
> Cheers......al
Allan,
Of course you would not be expected to know about Christianity in
China in the late Qing, Hakka culture, late Qing history and politics,
etc. If interested, there is probably plenty of information about
these subjects that can be accessed on the internet. It probably
should not be gone into in too much detail on this forum, however,
unless it more specifically relates to mahjong, so I'll let you
research this yourself if you are interested.
Here is some additional information on gambling although it is all
fairly general and does not mention specific types of gambling:
From Desmond Lam (University of Macau) [A Brief Chinese History of
Gambling]: "The rulers of Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties implemented
nation-wide gambling ban without much success. The punishment for
offenders included caning, exile and even execution. Often, imperial
officials themselves were heavily involved in gambling. Towards the
end of Qing dynasty, wealthy merchant and investors were regular
patrons of gambling dens."
From the Shanghai Star [3/20/2003]: "In fact, gambling was severely
prohibited by the government throughout much of China's history, even
in the more loosely controlled late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Gambling
was especially concentrated in the coastal regions, which also hosted
the foreign concessions, including Canton, Shanghai, Hong Kong and
Macao."
There seems to be plenty of general information of this sort, but I
was hoping for specifics on types of gambling in the late Qing. Even
better would be references specific to mahjong.
Dan
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