A Short History of ChinaW H Allen & Company, 1893 - 436 pàgines |
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Pàgina 15
... soon leaked out . imaginary . The generals had never ventured to face the Tartars , and they were given no option by their enraged and disappointed master but to poison themselves . Other generals were appointed , and the Tartars were ...
... soon leaked out . imaginary . The generals had never ventured to face the Tartars , and they were given no option by their enraged and disappointed master but to poison themselves . Other generals were appointed , and the Tartars were ...
Pàgina 16
... soon got rid of , and Wang Mang proclaimed himself Emperor . He also decreed that the Han dynasty was extinct , and that his family should be known as the Sin . Wang Mang the usurper was certainly a capable administrator , but in ...
... soon got rid of , and Wang Mang proclaimed himself Emperor . He also decreed that the Han dynasty was extinct , and that his family should be known as the Sin . Wang Mang the usurper was certainly a capable administrator , but in ...
Pàgina 17
... soon became brigands . After murdering the Emperor , Fanchong , their leader , threw off all disguise , and seizing Singan , gave it over to his followers to plunder . Liu Sieou , on becoming Emperor , took the style of Kwang Vouti ...
... soon became brigands . After murdering the Emperor , Fanchong , their leader , threw off all disguise , and seizing Singan , gave it over to his followers to plunder . Liu Sieou , on becoming Emperor , took the style of Kwang Vouti ...
Pàgina 21
... soon began between these princes , and the balance of success gradually declared itself in favour of Wei . It would serve no useful purpose to enumerate the battles which marked this struggle , yet one deed of heroism deserves mention ...
... soon began between these princes , and the balance of success gradually declared itself in favour of Wei . It would serve no useful purpose to enumerate the battles which marked this struggle , yet one deed of heroism deserves mention ...
Pàgina 23
... soon drawn into a struggle for power , if not existence , with his northern neighbour the King of Wei , who was one of the most powerful potentates in the Empire . The principal and immediate bone of con- tention between them was the ...
... soon drawn into a struggle for power , if not existence , with his northern neighbour the King of Wei , who was one of the most powerful potentates in the Empire . The principal and immediate bone of con- tention between them was the ...
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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 Commissioner conquest Consul Corea death declared defence doubt duty dynasty Emperor of China Empire enemy English Europeans execution favour force foreign fortune 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 306 - When beggars die there are no comets seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
Pàgina 381 - ... 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 281 - China had recovered from her internal confusion, there was nothing to be gained and much to be lost by protracted resistance to the peoples of the West.
Pàgina 407 - 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 381 - 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 391 - HER MAJESTY the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of China, being desirous...
Pàgina 407 - With reference to the area within which, according to the treaties in force, likin ought not to be collected on foreign goods at the open ports, Sir Thomas Wade agrees to move his Government to allow the ground rented by foreigners (the so-called Concessions) at the different ports, to be regarded as the area of exemption from likin...
Pàgina 383 - Emperor further engages, that when British Merchandise shall have once paid at any of the said Ports the regulated Customs and Dues agreeable to the Tariff, to be hereafter fixed, such 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 391 - 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 393 - ... 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.