A Short History of China: An Account for the General Reader of an Ancient Empire and PeopleGibbings, 1900 - 436 pàgines |
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Pàgina 2
... passed their leisure from practical work in framing moral axioms , and in carrying out a model scheme of government based on the purest ethics . They considered that " a prince entrusted with the charge of a State has a heavy task . The ...
... passed their leisure from practical work in framing moral axioms , and in carrying out a model scheme of government based on the purest ethics . They considered that " a prince entrusted with the charge of a State has a heavy task . The ...
Pàgina 3
... passed away the practice of letting the most capable and ex perienced minister rule the State . Such an impartial and reasonable mode of selecting the head of a community can never be perpetuated . The rulers themselves may see its ...
... passed away the practice of letting the most capable and ex perienced minister rule the State . Such an impartial and reasonable mode of selecting the head of a community can never be perpetuated . The rulers themselves may see its ...
Pàgina 4
... passed into the classic literature of the country and stood in the place of a Bible for the Chinese . The list of the great Chinese reformers is completed by the name of Mencius , who , coming two centuries later , carried on with ...
... passed into the classic literature of the country and stood in the place of a Bible for the Chinese . The list of the great Chinese reformers is completed by the name of Mencius , who , coming two centuries later , carried on with ...
Pàgina 5
... passed unchallenged as occupants of the Imperial office . It was in the middle of this final struggle , and when the result might warf still be held doubtful , that Tsin Chi Hwangti began his eventful reign . When he began to rule he ...
... passed unchallenged as occupants of the Imperial office . It was in the middle of this final struggle , and when the result might warf still be held doubtful , that Tsin Chi Hwangti began his eventful reign . When he began to rule he ...
Pàgina 13
... passed to his son Lao Chang , he strove to preserve the peace , giving that chief one of his daughters in marriage , and showing moderation in face of much provocation . When war was forced upon him by their raids he did everything he ...
... passed to his son Lao Chang , he strove to preserve the peace , giving that chief one of his daughters in marriage , and showing moderation in face of much provocation . When war was forced upon him by their raids he did everything he ...
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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: Being an Account for the General Reader of an ... Demetrius Charles Boulger Visualització completa - 1893 |
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ARTICLE attack became British Burgevine campaign Canton Canton river capital capture carried chief Chinese army Chinese authorities Chinese government Ching Chung Wang command conquest Consul death declared defence doubt duty dynasty Emperor of China Empire Empress enemy English Europeans favour fleet force foreign fortune frontier Galdan garrison Genghis honour hostility Imperial Imperialists Japanese 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 soldiers 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 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 393 - Treaties hitherto existing between the two countries, have resolved to complete such a revision, based upon principles of equity and mutual benefit, and, for that purpose, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: || Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
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 393 - Knight of the most ancient and most noble Order of the Thistle...
Pàgina 388 - It is accordingly determined that ground and houses, the rent or price of which is to be fairly and equitably arranged for, according to the rates prevailing amongst the people, without exaction on either side, shall be set apart by the local officers in communication with the consul...
Pàgina 393 - Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, and found them to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles : — ARTICLE I.
Pàgina 404 - Who, having met and communicated to each other their full powers, and finding these to be in proper form, have agreed upon the following Convention in eight Articles : — ARTICLE I.
Pàgina 387 - It is agreed that English merchants and others residing at, or resorting to, the five ports to be opened, shall not go into the surrounding country beyond certain short distances to be named by the local authorities, in concert with the British Consul, and on no pretence for purposes of traffic.
Pàgina 206 - 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 395 - The Christian religion, as professed by Protestants or Roman Catholics, inculcates the practice of virtue, and teaches man to do as he would be done by. Persons teaching it or professing it, therefore, shall alike be entitled to the protection of the Chinese authorities, nor shall any such, peaceably pursuing their calling, and not offending against the laws, be persecuted or interfered with.