ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina ix
... subject within the limits of a single volume of this series . was determined , therefore , to limit the record , in the present instance , to the annals of the Empire from the time of Marco Polo to the present day , leaving the earlier ...
... subject within the limits of a single volume of this series . was determined , therefore , to limit the record , in the present instance , to the annals of the Empire from the time of Marco Polo to the present day , leaving the earlier ...
Pàgina 6
... subjects . Sixteen sovereigns ruled in succession to Yü , and as has been constantly the case , not only in China but in other Oriental countries , there was a woful falling off in his successors on the throne from the higher standard ...
... subjects . Sixteen sovereigns ruled in succession to Yü , and as has been constantly the case , not only in China but in other Oriental countries , there was a woful falling off in his successors on the throne from the higher standard ...
Pàgina 7
... subjects rose against him under the leadership of a man named T'ang , " the Com- plete , " who justified this epithet by dethroning the Emperor and proclaiming himself sovereign by the grace of God . The story of the Shang or Yin ...
... subjects rose against him under the leadership of a man named T'ang , " the Com- plete , " who justified this epithet by dethroning the Emperor and proclaiming himself sovereign by the grace of God . The story of the Shang or Yin ...
Pàgina 16
... subjects from foreign foes as to promote their internal prosperity , he constructed the Great Wall which , stretching from the sea at the 120th degree of longitude , and fringing the northern frontier of the Empire to the 100th degree ...
... subjects from foreign foes as to promote their internal prosperity , he constructed the Great Wall which , stretching from the sea at the 120th degree of longitude , and fringing the northern frontier of the Empire to the 100th degree ...
Pàgina 21
... subject in the histories , it is plain that considerable success attended their efforts . A striking testimony to this is found in a monument which stands at the present day in the city of Hsian Fu , on which is inscribed a record of ...
... subject in the histories , it is plain that considerable success attended their efforts . A striking testimony to this is found in a monument which stands at the present day in the city of Hsian Fu , on which is inscribed a record of ...
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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...