In China the family name comes first, and the personal name afterward.

Instead of saying Benjamin Franklin or Walter Scott they would say Franklin Benjamin, Scott Walter.

Thus the Chinese name of Confucius, Kung-fu-tsee, means the Holy Master Kung;--Kung is the family name.

In the recent wars with the English the mandarins or soldiers would sometimes run away, and then commit suicide to avoid punishment.

In getting on a horse, the Chinese mount on the right side.