ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina 15
... offered a deter- mined opposition . All the national love for antiquity accentuated by the sayings and writings of Confucius and his followers was outraged by this draconic measure . They pointed back to the halcyon days when the ...
... offered a deter- mined opposition . All the national love for antiquity accentuated by the sayings and writings of Confucius and his followers was outraged by this draconic measure . They pointed back to the halcyon days when the ...
Pàgina 21
... offered to despatch an embassy to the Chinese Court , where to his astonishment the Papal envoy found assembled envoys from Persia and Nepaul . Already the Nestorian Christians had sent missionaries to proclaim the truth , as they had ...
... offered to despatch an embassy to the Chinese Court , where to his astonishment the Papal envoy found assembled envoys from Persia and Nepaul . Already the Nestorian Christians had sent missionaries to proclaim the truth , as they had ...
Pàgina 31
... stouter a resistance the Chinese offered to the invading Mongols than the inhabitants of Western Asia and Eastern Europe were able to present . It was only after a long siege that Hsiang- yang fell into the hands of the Mongols , and.
... stouter a resistance the Chinese offered to the invading Mongols than the inhabitants of Western Asia and Eastern Europe were able to present . It was only after a long siege that Hsiang- yang fell into the hands of the Mongols , and.
Pàgina 47
... offered to release his Imperial prisoner on the payment of a hundred taels of gold , two hundred taels of silver , and two hundred pieces of silk , the Chinese were unable to provide the ransom . Eight years Chêngt'ung remained in ...
... offered to release his Imperial prisoner on the payment of a hundred taels of gold , two hundred taels of silver , and two hundred pieces of silk , the Chinese were unable to provide the ransom . Eight years Chêngt'ung remained in ...
Pàgina 51
... offered to Michel Roger , the first of the Jesuit missionaries who attempted to gain a footing in the Middle Kingdom . The great Ricci who arrived at Macao in 1582 was more successful . He was a man with wide sympathies , great learning ...
... offered to Michel Roger , the first of the Jesuit missionaries who attempted to gain a footing in the Middle Kingdom . The great Ricci who arrived at Macao in 1582 was more successful . He was a man with wide sympathies , great learning ...
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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...