ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina xiii
... appointed - Keppel's attack on Fatshau - Capture of Yeh - The Government of Canton - The capture of the Taku forts - A reward for Parkes's head . THE WAR OF 1860 X. 275-311 The defeat at Taku - Sankolinsin's tactics- Preliminary ...
... appointed - Keppel's attack on Fatshau - Capture of Yeh - The Government of Canton - The capture of the Taku forts - A reward for Parkes's head . THE WAR OF 1860 X. 275-311 The defeat at Taku - Sankolinsin's tactics- Preliminary ...
Pàgina 5
... the country lying on its banks . In this case Yü , a certain official , was appointed to lead the waters back to their original channel . His labours , we are told , extended over nine years , and we are asked to believe.
... the country lying on its banks . In this case Yü , a certain official , was appointed to lead the waters back to their original channel . His labours , we are told , extended over nine years , and we are asked to believe.
Pàgina 35
... appointed him to office , and gave him , among other employments , a roving com- mission to go through the provinces of Shansi , Shensi , Szech'uan , and Yunnan , and to report on the condition of the districts through which he passed ...
... appointed him to office , and gave him , among other employments , a roving com- mission to go through the provinces of Shansi , Shensi , Szech'uan , and Yunnan , and to report on the condition of the districts through which he passed ...
Pàgina 37
... appointed a scholar of the name of Bashpa to devise an alphabet which should give expression to the thoughts of native writers in a national script . Bashpa executed his task , and Kublai issued an edict ordering that for the future all ...
... appointed a scholar of the name of Bashpa to devise an alphabet which should give expression to the thoughts of native writers in a national script . Bashpa executed his task , and Kublai issued an edict ordering that for the future all ...
Pàgina 46
... appointed a commission of the leading scholars of the time to compile an exhaustive ency- clopædia on all subjects commemorated in Chinese literature . After bestowing the labour of many years on this gigantic compilation , the editors ...
... appointed a commission of the leading scholars of the time to compile an exhaustive ency- clopædia on all subjects commemorated in Chinese literature . After bestowing the labour of many years on this gigantic compilation , the editors ...
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advance affairs Allies appointed army arrived attack British campaign Canton capital Captain captured Ch'ienlung Chiach'ing China Chinese Chinese Government command Confucius Court death decree defeat despatched difficulty districts Dowager Empresses dynasty edict Emperor Empire enemy English envoys Faithful Prince father favour fleet followed force foreign forts frontier Galdan garrison Gordon hands Heaven honour Hungchang Imperial Imperialists Japanese Jehol Jesuits K'anghsi Korea Koxinga Kublai Kunshan Lord Elgin Lord Macartney Manchu mandarins marched Meanwhile ment Ming Dynasty ministers mission missionaries Mongol murdered Nanking native negotiations neighbourhood occasion officials once palace peace Peking port position possession present Prince Kung prisoners province rebellion rebels received recognised reign returned river sent Shanghai ships Sir Thomas Wade soldiers Soochow sovereign success Szech'uan T'aip'ing T'ungchih Taku Taku forts thousand throne Tientsin tion took trade treaty tribes troops Tsêng Tsungli Yamên Tungchow Viceroy victory walls Wang Yunnan
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Pàgina 120 - The lovely Thais by his side, Sat like a blooming eastern bride, In flower of youth and beauty's pride. — Happy, happy...
Pàgina 214 - The merchants of Great Britain wish to trade with all China on principles of mutual benefit; they will never relax in their exertions till they gain a point of equal importance to both countries, and the viceroy will find it as easy to stop the current of the Canton river, as to carry into effect the insane determinations of the hong.
Pàgina 364 - ... sectaries drank up the blood, greedily tore asunder the quivering members, and pledged themselves to eternal secrecy by a mutual consciousness of guilt. It was as confidently affirmed that this inhuman sacrifice was succeeded by a suitable entertainment, in which intemperance served as a...