ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina x
... authorities I have consulted are the following : -The native dynastic histories ; the Sheng Wu Ki , or the wars of the present dynasty , by Wei Yuen ; various native biographical works ; the Peking Gazette ; the Parliamentary Blue Books ...
... authorities I have consulted are the following : -The native dynastic histories ; the Sheng Wu Ki , or the wars of the present dynasty , by Wei Yuen ; various native biographical works ; the Peking Gazette ; the Parliamentary Blue Books ...
Pàgina 9
... authorities are to be believed , was graced with every virtue that befits a monarch . By his magnanimous conduct he fulfilled the criterion of an exemplary ruler laid down by Confucius , by drawing all men to him . During his reign ...
... authorities are to be believed , was graced with every virtue that befits a monarch . By his magnanimous conduct he fulfilled the criterion of an exemplary ruler laid down by Confucius , by drawing all men to him . During his reign ...
Pàgina 14
... authorities as fore- telling the downfall of the Chow Dynasty . The brazen vessels which had been set up by the great Yü were seen to shake and totter as though presaging a political catastrophe ; famine and pesti- lence stalked through ...
... authorities as fore- telling the downfall of the Chow Dynasty . The brazen vessels which had been set up by the great Yü were seen to shake and totter as though presaging a political catastrophe ; famine and pesti- lence stalked through ...
Pàgina 48
... authorities at Canton , proceeded to Peking , where he remained some years , acting the part of an amateur ambassador . For some time his relations with the central authorities were amicable , but the outrageous action of his ...
... authorities at Canton , proceeded to Peking , where he remained some years , acting the part of an amateur ambassador . For some time his relations with the central authorities were amicable , but the outrageous action of his ...
Pàgina 174
... authorities that , though it practically entailed the evils complained of , it was again reverted to , while an additional duty of 10 per cent . upon all exports was further imposed . Such was the position of things when Ch'ienlung ...
... authorities that , though it practically entailed the evils complained of , it was again reverted to , while an additional duty of 10 per cent . upon all exports was further imposed . Such was the position of things when Ch'ienlung ...
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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 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...