本书刊印了美国皮博迪·埃塞克斯博物馆所藏220幅描绘广州市井行当的中国外销画。其中一套是18世纪末蒲呱的100幅水粉画，另一套是19世纪30年代庭呱的120幅黑色线描画。表现当时生产生活和民间习俗方面较生动、有特色的。所谓“三百六十行”，无非是说中国行当之多，其实并无定数。有这220幅图像，它们的一般风貌，也大致呈现出来了。

“三百六十行，行行出状元。”这是一句中国流传已久的谚语。三百六十行乃是对街坊市井各种谋生行当的通称。在中国历史上，随着社会经济生活的发展，城市街道上的行当日渐增多。宋元时代已有一百二十行的说法，从明代中叶起进而发展为三百六十行，这个泛称行当众多的数字一直延用至今。

水粉画

卖猪肉A Pork Peddler

卖缸瓦An Earthenw are Peddler

卖鸡毛扫A Duster Peddler

卖鱼AFishMonger

演大戏法A Performing Juggling

卖老鼠药A Rat Poison Seller

看蚕A Silkworm Attendant

找钱A Man Giving Change of Money

塑神像A Modeler Making an Immortal Statue

浇烛A Candle Maker

整弓箭A Bow and Arrow Maker

做鞭杆AWhip andRodMaker

补鞋ACobbler

卖豆腐A Bean Curd Peddler

打辫线A Making Braid Lady

卖风炉A Charcoal Stove Peddler

造酒Making LiquoI

山水梅汤A Plum Juice Vendor

铲刀A Repairman for Sharpening Knives

弄雀A Bird Trainer

写画A Painter．

车夫A Wheelbarrow Pusher

补瓷缸A Chinaware Repairman

赶猪郎A Man Driving a Pig(to Market]

卖手巾袋A Peddler Selling Towel Purse

整架A Picture Frame Maker

织帽AHatWeaver

捶金箔Hammering Gold Foil

裱扇面Mounting Paper Fan“Face”

卖豆腐花A Bean Curd Jelly Peddler

裁缝A Tailor

钻珠A Jeweler

卖绒线A Floss—silk Peddler

卖茨菰An Arrowhead Root Peddler

整番鞋Making Foreign Shoes

整烟筒斗Making Tobacco Pipe

卖猫A CatPeddler

点秤Making Scale

卖扫把A Broom Peddler

倒屎娘A Woman Turning over Nightsoil

弹雀ABirdHunter

整帽Making Hat

解丝Spinning Silk

蹈鼓Repairing Drum

整夹万Making Trunk

凿锁花Chiseling Design on Locks

打银A Silversmith

箍桶Repairing Bucket

织补Mending by Darning

打磨A Stone Mason Making Millstone

卖花A Flower Peddler

唱独脚戏A Monodrama Player

卖鸡鸭A Chicken and Duck Peddler

舞马骝A Monkey T1’ainer

描金漆器A Lacquerware Painter with Gold Color

补镬A Blacksmith Patching Cooker

织布ALadyWeaver

磨面A Miller Millin．g Flour

卖香An Incense Peddler

车烟杆Making Tobacco Pipe

凿石A Mason Chiseling Stone

卖假药A Fake Medicine Peddler

修养A Traveling Physician Specializing in Hemorrhoids

卖梳篦A Comb Peddler

油漆AOilPainter

淘沙Panning Sand

钉屐A Sandal Maker

整天平A Precision Balance Maker

刨烟Shaving Tobacco Leaves

补遮An Umbrella Repairman

织麻Spinning Ramie Thread

挍花Twisting Cotton

舞旱龙Entertaining Dragon Boat Model

卖罗斗A Bamboo Baskets Peddler

卖葵扇A Palm Leaf Fan Peddler

打薄饼Beating Thin Pan—cake

车鱼缸Turning Glass Fish Jar

闸夫ANightWatchman

写灯笼Writing on Lantern

做箱Making Chest

剃头ABarber

梭线Making Thread by Twisting Yarn Together

绣花Embroidering Flower

打锡A Tinsmith

卖扁食Dumpling Peddler

拆字AFortuneTeller

卖皮草A Fur Peddler

整扇骨Making Fan’S Bone

卖羊肉A Mutton Peddler

榨玉香A“Jade”IncenseMaker

卖成菜A Pickled Vegetable Peddler

卖席AMatPeddler

使法A Magician

编麻Making Hemp

卖浆Selling Soybean Milk

卖雀Selling Bird

卖菜Selling Vegetable

苦炼修行A penitential Buddhist Monk

卖蛇药A Snake Medicine Peddler

弹棉花Fluffing Cotton Filler

黑白线描画

拣茶Selecting Tea

炒茶Stir-drying Tea

卖竹笋Selling Bamboo Shoots

唱盲妹Singing Blind Sister

卖铁什物Selling Iron Miscellaneous Goods

吹玻璃Blowing Glass

卖灵符Selling Lin—Fu

镊药材Cutting Herbs

罩鱼Covering Fish

采桑Picking Mulberry Leaves

卖盐Selling Salt

卖笛Selling Flut

卖丝Selling Silk

咸水妹A Prostitute

卖瓷器Selling Porcel ain

藏包先生A Traveling Medical Doctor

执字纸Picking up Wastepaper with Chinese Characters

卖鞋Selling Shoes

凿石狮Carving Stone Lion

写花卉Drawing Flowers

纺纱Spinning Cotton—Threads

卖茶壶SellingTeaPot

看西洋景Watching Peepshows

铞水晶Cutting Cryslal

写瓷器Painting Porcelain

卖福建糕Selling Fujian Cake

狗舂碓Dog Hulling Rice

整蚊烟Making Mosquito Incense

春米Hulling rice

卖鱼圆Selling Fish Ball

访医先生A Visiting Physician

擂鼓Beating Drum

卖月饼SellingMoon Cake

卖衣裳竹Selling Clothing Bamboo

卖新文Selling Newspaper

封元宝Sealing Bullion

收买银尾Purchasing Silver Tails

烧瓷器Burning Chinaware

卖关刀Selling Guan’S Sword

做靴Making Shoes

卖眼镜Selling Spectacles

打包Packaging

磨锡器Polishing Tin Ware

访医杂症A Visiting Physician for All Diseases

卖字画Selling Calligraphy and Painting

卖火腿Selling Ham

涂蚬Catching Clams

卖风车Selling Propeller—like Toy

卖汤丸SellingTangYuan

踏酒饼Treading Distilled Grains Cakes

粜米佬A Rice Peddler

劗布Calendering Cloth

贴新文纸Pasting Newspaper

拗鱼Fishing with a Fishing Net

赁书Renting Books

洗衫婆AWomanWashingCloth

打谷Beating Harvest Rice

卖弦素Selling String

找换钱Changing Money

媒人公MatchMaker

卖枚马Selling Mei—ma

奶妈送礼A Wet Nurse Delivering present

卖麻Selling Hemp

卖武Demonstrating Gong—fu for Living

写辉春Writing Spring Festival Scrolls

睇风水A Geomancer Examining Site of Building or Grave

磨麻油Grinding Sesame Oil

卖袜帽Selling Stocking and Hat

送鸡酒Delivering Chicken and Wine

报子A Messenger

卖糖瓜Selling Cand5

卖槟榔Selling Betel Nut

卖野狸Selling Wild Fox

卖神曲茶Selling Shen—Qu Tea

焙鸭蛋Baking Duck Egg

卖西瓜Selling Water Melon

打帘枪Playing Lian—Qiang

打首饰Making Jewelry

卖蟹Selling Crab

养蚕Raising Silkworm

舞狮Lion Dance

捶帽台Hammering Hat Liner

卖木鱼书Selling a KJnd of Popular Song Book

揸牛奶Milking

收买狗Buying Dog

打猎Hunting

做苏包Making Su—bao

演鼓花A Performance with Drum

卖鱼灯Selling Fish Lantern

做缨帽Making Tassel Hat

做袜Making Stockings

卖波罗鸡Selling Pineapple Chicken

卖蔗Selling Sugarcane

催妆婆Dressing Woman

打丝绳Making Silk Rope

织网WeavingNet

搭棚Building Awning

剦牛皮Scraping Cow Hide

卖杂货Selling Miscellaneous Articles

研辣椒粉Grinding Hot Pepper Powder

卖算盘Selling Abacus

劈柴Chopping Fire Wood

雕花Engraving Flower

摆果摊Setting Fruit Stand

医牙CuringTeeth

洗丝线Washing Silk Thread

卖串炮Selling Series Fire Cracker

雕字板Carving Word Block

设鬼Appeasing Ghost

卖通书Selling Ahnanac

和尚募化A Buddhist Monk Asking for Alms

打铁A Blacksmith

研药末Grinding Herb Powder

磨鉴Grinding Mirror

研颜色Grinding Powder Color

绣鞋Embroidering Shoe

整针Making Needle

印字板Printing Word Plate

唱卦知Singing Divined Information