A Short History of China: Being an Account for the General Reader of an Ancient Empire and PeopleAllen, 1893 - 436 pàgines |
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Pàgina 3
... whole the rulers of the Chow dynasty were not particularly distinguished , and one of them in the eighth century B.C. was weak enough to resign a portion of his sovereign rights to a powerful vassal , Siangkong the Prince of Tsin , in ...
... whole the rulers of the Chow dynasty were not particularly distinguished , and one of them in the eighth century B.C. was weak enough to resign a portion of his sovereign rights to a powerful vassal , Siangkong the Prince of Tsin , in ...
Pàgina 11
... whole fighting force of what had been a disjointed and barbarous confederacy . The Chinese rulers had succeeded in keeping back this threatening torrent from overflowing the fertile plains of their country , as much by sowing dissension ...
... whole fighting force of what had been a disjointed and barbarous confederacy . The Chinese rulers had succeeded in keeping back this threatening torrent from overflowing the fertile plains of their country , as much by sowing dissension ...
Pàgina 19
... whole , a brilliant one , and the Sienpi tribes , who had taken the place of the Hiognou , were , ofter one arduous campaign , defeated in a pitched battle . The Chinese were on the verge of defeat when their general , Twan Kang ...
... whole , a brilliant one , and the Sienpi tribes , who had taken the place of the Hiognou , were , ofter one arduous campaign , defeated in a pitched battle . The Chinese were on the verge of defeat when their general , Twan Kang ...
Pàgina 23
... whole of China , and it is absolutely true to say that they were the least worthy family ever intrusted with so great a charge . Of the fifteen Emperors who ruled for 155 years there is not more than the founder whose name calls for ...
... whole of China , and it is absolutely true to say that they were the least worthy family ever intrusted with so great a charge . Of the fifteen Emperors who ruled for 155 years there is not more than the founder whose name calls for ...
Pàgina 25
... whole Vouti was a creditable ruler , although the Chinese annalists blame him for his superstition and denounce his partiality for Buddhism . Vouti's prediction that his family was destroyed proved correct . He was succeeded in turn by ...
... whole Vouti was a creditable ruler , although the Chinese annalists blame him for his superstition and denounce his partiality for Buddhism . Vouti's prediction that his family was destroyed proved correct . He was succeeded in turn by ...
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A Short History of China: An Account for the General Reader of an Ancient ... Demetrius Charles de Kavanagh Boulger Visualització completa - 1900 |
A Short History of China: An Account for the General Reader of an Ancient ... Demetrius Charles Boulger Visualització completa - 1900 |
A Short History of China: An Account for the General Reader of an Ancient ... Demetrius Charles Boulger Visualització completa - 1900 |
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ARTICLE attack British Burgevine campaign Canton Canton river capital capture carried chief Chinese army Chinese authorities Chinese government Ching Chung Wang command Commissioner conquest Consul Corea death declared defence doubt duty dynasty Emperor of China Empire enemy English Europeans execution favour force foreign fortune French frontier Galdan garrison Genghis honour hostility Imperial Imperialists Kanghi Kashgar Kashgaria Keen Lung Khan Khokand Kins Kublai Leaoutung Lord Elgin Mahomedan Major Gordon Manchu mandarins ment merchants military Ming ministers Mongols Nankin Noorhachu officers opium palace peace Pekin Plenipotentiary ports position possession Prince Kung province rebels reign river ruler Russian seemed sent Shanghai siege Sir Thomas Wade Soochow sovereign subjects succeeded success Sung surrender Szchuen Taepings Taitsong Taoukwang Tartar throne Tibet Tientsin tion town trade Treaty Treaty of Tientsin troops Viceroy victory Vouti Wang Khan Wang Mang Wou Sankwei Yunnan
Passatges populars
Pàgina 308 - When beggars die there are no comets seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
Pàgina 383 - ... have resolved to conclude a Treaty for that purpose, and have therefore named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., a Major-General in the employ of the East India Company, &c.; And His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China...
Pàgina 384 - Government the sum of three millions of dollars, on account of debts due to British subjects by some of the said Hong merchants, or Co-Hong, who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of her Britannic Majesty.
Pàgina 383 - His Majesty the Emperor of China agrees, that British subjects, with their families and establishments, shall be allowed to reside, for the purpose of carrying on their mercantile pursuits, without molestation or restraint...
Pàgina 393 - HER MAJESTY the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of China, being desirous...
Pàgina 385 - Merchandise may be conveyed by Chinese Merchants, to any Province or City in the interior of the Empire of China on paying a further amount as Transit Duties which shall not exceed per cent, on the tariff value of such goods.
Pàgina 409 - It is farther understood that so long as the laws of the two countries differ from each other, there can be but one principle to guide judicial proceedings in mixed cases in China, namely, that the case is tried by the official of the defendant's nationality ; the official of the plaintiff's nationality merely attending to watch the proceedings in the interests of justice. If the officer so attending be dissatisfied with the proceedings, it will be in his power to protest against them in detail....
Pàgina 401 - British merchant cannot agree with the Customhouse officer, then each party shall choose so many chests out of every hundred, which being first weighed in gross, shall afterwards be tared, and the average tare upon these chests shall be assumed as the tare upon the whole, and upon this principle shall the tare be fixed upon all other goods and packages.
Pàgina 395 - ... under passports which will be issued by their Consuls, and countersigned by the local authorities. These passports, if demanded, must be produced for examination in the localities passed through.
Pàgina 395 - ... handed over to the nearest consul for punishment, but he must not be subjected to any ill-usage in excess of necessary restraint. No passport need be applied for by persons going on excursions from the ports open to trade to a distance not exceeding 100 li, and for a period not exceeding five days. The provisions of this article do not apply to crews of ships, for the due restraint of whom regulations will be drawn up by the consul and the local authorities.