ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina xi
... successes - A Japanese invasion - An Empress Regent - Spain and the Philippines - A rebellious son -K'anghsi and the mis- sionaries - Missionary quarrels . III . THE RISE OF THE MANCHUS 64-130 Nurhachu - Manchu victories - Chinese ...
... successes - A Japanese invasion - An Empress Regent - Spain and the Philippines - A rebellious son -K'anghsi and the mis- sionaries - Missionary quarrels . III . THE RISE OF THE MANCHUS 64-130 Nurhachu - Manchu victories - Chinese ...
Pàgina xiii
... successes — An impious proclamation - The T'ienwang called to account - A march on Peking - Rebel reverses . THE SECOND CHINA WAR IX . 254-274 An ominous portent - Imperial remonstrances - Bowring and Yeh The Arrow affair - Lord Elgin ...
... successes — An impious proclamation - The T'ienwang called to account - A march on Peking - Rebel reverses . THE SECOND CHINA WAR IX . 254-274 An ominous portent - Imperial remonstrances - Bowring and Yeh The Arrow affair - Lord Elgin ...
Pàgina 9
... successful rebel leaders the " Warlike Prince " seized the Imperial sceptre with the full approval of the nation . His- torians of every class , from Confucius downwards , have poured unceasing praise on the administration of the ...
... successful rebel leaders the " Warlike Prince " seized the Imperial sceptre with the full approval of the nation . His- torians of every class , from Confucius downwards , have poured unceasing praise on the administration of the ...
Pàgina 12
... success only when his influence was regarded as necessary for the support of some ruler or cause . It was only after his death that people turned to him as to a great leader of mankind , and for the last three and twenty centuries his ...
... success only when his influence was regarded as necessary for the support of some ruler or cause . It was only after his death that people turned to him as to a great leader of mankind , and for the last three and twenty centuries his ...
Pàgina 15
... successful , and the pros- perity which the new policy secured for the nation at large gained for its author very general support . With genuine zeal he also set himself to improve the material condition of the country , and recognising ...
... successful , and the pros- perity which the new policy secured for the nation at large gained for its author very general support . With genuine zeal he also set himself to improve the material condition of the country , and recognising ...
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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
Passatges populars
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...