China: A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People, Volume 1Macmillan and Company, 1878 |
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... four thousand years , with- out having undergone any great change either in the laws by which it is governed , or in the speech , manners , and customs of its teeming population . It is generally allowed that celestial observations were ...
... four thousand years , with- out having undergone any great change either in the laws by which it is governed , or in the speech , manners , and customs of its teeming population . It is generally allowed that celestial observations were ...
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... four sections . The portion of sea between Cochin China and the island of Hainan is called the Tonquin Gulf ; that between Hainan and Formosa , is known as the China Sea ; that which stretches from the north cape of Formosa along the ...
... four sections . The portion of sea between Cochin China and the island of Hainan is called the Tonquin Gulf ; that between Hainan and Formosa , is known as the China Sea ; that which stretches from the north cape of Formosa along the ...
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... four thousand walled cities , Pekin ( which though a royal city , and the seat of the central government , is without exception the dirtiest place I ever entered ) being the capital . The cities which rank next to the capital in point ...
... four thousand walled cities , Pekin ( which though a royal city , and the seat of the central government , is without exception the dirtiest place I ever entered ) being the capital . The cities which rank next to the capital in point ...
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... four great ministers of state . In addition to this council there are six supreme tribunals for the conduct , in detail , of all governmental business These tribunals , which are designated by the general appellation of Loo - poo , are ...
... four great ministers of state . In addition to this council there are six supreme tribunals for the conduct , in detail , of all governmental business These tribunals , which are designated by the general appellation of Loo - poo , are ...
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... four great ministers of state . When the decisions of the boards have been thoroughly discussed by the cabinet , they are submitted with becoming reverence to the notice of his imperial majesty . The power of these ministers , however ...
... four great ministers of state . When the decisions of the boards have been thoroughly discussed by the cabinet , they are submitted with becoming reverence to the notice of his imperial majesty . The power of these ministers , however ...
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amongst ancestral altar ancestral hall ancient attendants attired bachelor of arts body bridal bride bridegroom Buddha Buddhist called cangue Canton river ceremony chair Chin-kiang China Chinese Chinese characters coffin Confucius corpse custom customary dead death deceased district door Dragon dress duty emperor empire erected father female festival four friends funeral gate gentleman geomancer gold governor-general head Honam honour host husband idol imperial instances kneeling Kwang-si Kwang-tung ladies letter magistrate mandarins marriage monastery Mongolia month mother mourning observed occasion offenders offerings officers paper parents Pekin performs the kow-tow person placed Poee polygamy pomeloe present priests prison province punishment rank receive regarded relatives remains residence sedan-chair servants Shing Wong side silk slaves sometimes sons soul spirits streets suburb of Canton supposed tablet Taouist temple tombs tunic village visited visitor votaries wife wives women Wong worship yamun youth
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Page 255 - A certain man made a great supper, and bade many : and sent his servant, at supper time, to say to them that were bidden, Come ; for all things are now ready. And they all, with one consent, began to make excuse.
Page 289 - And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son ? And he said unto her, Give me thy son.
Page 41 - For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: and let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour...
Page 182 - He had to detect the exact place it was necessary to occupy between the rival political sections on the one hand, and the mass of the people on the other.
Page 256 - Ameen-ad-Dowlah, or second vizier, was to give an entertainment to the ambassador and suite ; and on the day appointed, as is usual in Persia, a messenger came to us, about five o'clock in the evening, to bid us to the feast. I might make use of scriptural language to commence my narration. A certain man made a great supper, and bade many, and sent his servant, at supper time, to say to them that were bidden, Come, for all things are ready.
Page 107 - ... dies, a new being is produced in a more or less painful and material state of existence, according to the karma, the desert or merit, of the being who had died.
Page 17 - ... withal, and an enduring sense of right and wrong. These all form what must be considered an essentially satisfactory basis and groundwork of national character. Among the people there is practical sense; among the gentry, scholarly instincts...
Page 186 - Balfour, loc. cit. vol. ii. p. 882. " robust or infirm, well-formed or deformed, are called upon by their parents to marry so soon as they have attained the age of puberty. Were a grown-up son or daughter to die unmarried, the parents would regard it as most deplorable.
Page 15 - ... word-symbols. In the same individual virtues and vices, apparently incompatible, are placed side by side. Meekness, gentleness, docility, industry, contentment, cheerfulness, obedience to superiors, dutifulness to parents, and reverence for the aged, are in one and the same person, the companions of insincerity, lying, flattery, treachery, cruelty, jealousy, ingratitude, avarice, and distrust of others.
Page 291 - Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and people making a noise.