ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina x
... authorities I have consulted are the following : -The native dynastic histories ; the Sheng Wu Ki , or the wars of the present dynasty , by Wei Yuen ; various native biographical works ; the Peking Gazette ; the Parliamentary Blue Books ...
... authorities I have consulted are the following : -The native dynastic histories ; the Sheng Wu Ki , or the wars of the present dynasty , by Wei Yuen ; various native biographical works ; the Peking Gazette ; the Parliamentary Blue Books ...
Pàgina 9
... authorities are to be believed , was graced with every virtue that befits a monarch . By his magnanimous conduct he fulfilled the criterion of an exemplary ruler laid down by Confucius , by drawing all men to him . During his reign ...
... authorities are to be believed , was graced with every virtue that befits a monarch . By his magnanimous conduct he fulfilled the criterion of an exemplary ruler laid down by Confucius , by drawing all men to him . During his reign ...
Pàgina 14
... authorities as fore- telling the downfall of the Chow Dynasty . The brazen vessels which had been set up by the great Yü were seen to shake and totter as though presaging a political catastrophe ; famine and pesti- lence stalked through ...
... authorities as fore- telling the downfall of the Chow Dynasty . The brazen vessels which had been set up by the great Yü were seen to shake and totter as though presaging a political catastrophe ; famine and pesti- lence stalked through ...
Pàgina 48
... authorities at Canton , proceeded to Peking , where he remained some years , acting the part of an amateur ambassador . For some time his relations with the central authorities were amicable , but the outrageous action of his ...
... authorities at Canton , proceeded to Peking , where he remained some years , acting the part of an amateur ambassador . For some time his relations with the central authorities were amicable , but the outrageous action of his ...
Pàgina 174
... authorities that , though it practically entailed the evils complained of , it was again reverted to , while an additional duty of 10 per cent . upon all exports was further imposed . Such was the position of things when Ch'ienlung ...
... authorities that , though it practically entailed the evils complained of , it was again reverted to , while an additional duty of 10 per cent . upon all exports was further imposed . Such was the position of things when Ch'ienlung ...
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advance Allies appointed army arrived attack British campaign Canton capital captured Ch'ienlung Chiach'ing China Chinese command Commissioners Court death defeat despatched difficulty districts dynasty edict Emperor Empire Empress enemy English envoys Faithful Prince father favour fleet followed force foreign forts frontier Galdan garrison Gordon Government hands Heaven honour Hungchang Imperial Imperialists Japanese Jehol Jesuits K'anghsi Koxinga Kublai Kunshan Lord Elgin Lord Macartney Macao Manchu mandarins marched Meanwhile ment Michael Seymour Ming Dynasty Minister mission missionaries Mongol Mongolia murdered Nanking native negotiations neighbourhood Ningyuan occasion officials once opium palace Parkes peace Peking port position possession present Prince Kung prisoners province rebellion rebels received recognised reign returned river sent Shanghai ships soldiers Soochow sovereign succeeded success Szech'uan T'aip'ing Taku Taku forts Taokwang thousand throne Tientsin tion took trade treaty tribes troops Tsungli Yamên Tungchow Viceroy victory walls Wang Wu Sankwei Yunnan
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Pàgina 118 - The lovely Thais by his side, Sat like a blooming eastern bride, In flower of youth and beauty's pride. — Happy, happy...
Pàgina 212 - 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 362 - ... 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...
Pàgina 357 - 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.
Pàgina 362 - that a new-born infant, entirely covered over with flour, was presented, like some mystic symbol of initiation, to the knife of the proselyte, who unknowingly inflicted many a secret and mortal wound on the innocent victim of his error ; that as soon as the cruel deed was perpetrated, the sectaries drank up the blood, greedily tore asunder the quivering members, and pledged themselves to eternal secrecy, by a mutual consciousness of guilt.
Pàgina 31 - He makes them take of the bark of a certain tree, in fact of the Mulberry Tree, the leaves of which are the food of the silkworms, — these trees being so numerous that whole districts are full of them. What they take is a certain fine white bast or skin which lies between the wood of the tree and the thick outer bark, and this they make into something resembling sheets of paper, but black.