ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina 29
... Palace , and there they found the sovereign attended by a great company of barons . So they bent the knee before him , and paid their respects to him with all possible reverence , prostra- ting themselves on the ground . Then the lord ...
... Palace , and there they found the sovereign attended by a great company of barons . So they bent the knee before him , and paid their respects to him with all possible reverence , prostra- ting themselves on the ground . Then the lord ...
Pàgina 41
... palace of learning had always been regarded as the highest literary honour which could be obtained by the most erudite scholars . During the many dynastic changes which had taken place since its foundation its existence had been ...
... palace of learning had always been regarded as the highest literary honour which could be obtained by the most erudite scholars . During the many dynastic changes which had taken place since its foundation its existence had been ...
Pàgina 45
... palace until death put an end to his troublous existence . Meanwhile Yen was urged by his followers to usurp the throne . Nothing loth he accepted the crown , and for two and twenty years reigned with vigour over the Empire . During the ...
... palace until death put an end to his troublous existence . Meanwhile Yen was urged by his followers to usurp the throne . Nothing loth he accepted the crown , and for two and twenty years reigned with vigour over the Empire . During the ...
Pàgina 51
... and watches which , under the unwonted treatment to which they were subjected by the palace officials , had gone hopelessly wrong . Intent on interesting and at the same time instructing the mandarins , he utilised his.
... and watches which , under the unwonted treatment to which they were subjected by the palace officials , had gone hopelessly wrong . Intent on interesting and at the same time instructing the mandarins , he utilised his.
Pàgina 77
... palace eunuchs whom he had taken prisoners . The burden of their conversation was that Chunghwan had turned traitor , and had agreed to open the gates of the city TRAVELLING IN MANCHURIA . to the Manchus . So soon as the subtle poison ...
... palace eunuchs whom he had taken prisoners . The burden of their conversation was that Chunghwan had turned traitor , and had agreed to open the gates of the city TRAVELLING IN MANCHURIA . to the Manchus . So soon as the subtle poison ...
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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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