ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina 1
... position in the Eastern world , and has enlarged rather than diminished her boundaries . The earliest existing records of the people describe them as a small body of settlers dwelling in the fertile regions of North - eastern China , in ...
... position in the Eastern world , and has enlarged rather than diminished her boundaries . The earliest existing records of the people describe them as a small body of settlers dwelling in the fertile regions of North - eastern China , in ...
Pàgina 18
... position , did all that lay in their power to encourage the literary spirit of the nation . So keen was the zeal of the people in the cause that not only were the old texts restored , but a new and scholarly school of letters was ...
... position , did all that lay in their power to encourage the literary spirit of the nation . So keen was the zeal of the people in the cause that not only were the old texts restored , but a new and scholarly school of letters was ...
Pàgina 19
... position , and having retired with a certain pusillanimity into private life , left his Empire to be contended for by the three chieftains . Then followed a period of bitter internecine strife , and the period is notorious in Chinese ...
... position , and having retired with a certain pusillanimity into private life , left his Empire to be contended for by the three chieftains . Then followed a period of bitter internecine strife , and the period is notorious in Chinese ...
Pàgina 40
... position he displayed as far - seeing a judgment as that which had already secured him temporary success . He recognised the importance of fostering that learning of which the nation was justly proud , and one of his first public acts ...
... position he displayed as far - seeing a judgment as that which had already secured him temporary success . He recognised the importance of fostering that learning of which the nation was justly proud , and one of his first public acts ...
Pàgina 44
... position was eventually accentuated by the obligation which Chienwên felt to be incumbent upon him of inviting his uncles to take part in the Imperial obsequies . With the exception of one , the Prince of Yen , they all with one consent ...
... position was eventually accentuated by the obligation which Chienwên felt to be incumbent upon him of inviting his uncles to take part in the Imperial obsequies . With the exception of one , the Prince of Yen , they all with one consent ...
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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...