China: A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People, Volume 1Macmillan and Company, 1878 |
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... called into existence the five elements of earth , water , fire , metal , and wood.1 Chinese writers say also that , in order to people the earth , Poon - koo Wong made a cloud of vapour rise from a piece of gold , and a similar cloud ...
... called into existence the five elements of earth , water , fire , metal , and wood.1 Chinese writers say also that , in order to people the earth , Poon - koo Wong made a cloud of vapour rise from a piece of gold , and a similar cloud ...
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... called Cathay , or the Flowery Land ; and as , before the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope , the highway from Europe to China lay through these countries , this was the name Europeans became acquainted with . The word China is said to ...
... called Cathay , or the Flowery Land ; and as , before the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope , the highway from Europe to China lay through these countries , this was the name Europeans became acquainted with . The word China is said to ...
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... 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 shores of the respective provinces of Fo - kien , Che - kiang , and Kiang - soo is called ...
... 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 shores of the respective provinces of Fo - kien , Che - kiang , and Kiang - soo is called ...
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... called Taiping - tsieng , or great peace wells . They are large and contain abundant supplies of water , and over the mouth of each a stone slab is placed , which is only removed when any of the neighbouring houses is on fire . It is ...
... called Taiping - tsieng , or great peace wells . They are large and contain abundant supplies of water , and over the mouth of each a stone slab is placed , which is only removed when any of the neighbouring houses is on fire . It is ...
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... called upon to render their assistance . By way of illustration let me take Canton . Each magistrate of the city has in his service several men , whose duty it is , on the occasion of a fire , to prevent robberies . Thus the Kwong - hip ...
... called upon to render their assistance . By way of illustration let me take Canton . Each magistrate of the city has in his service several men , whose duty it is , on the occasion of a fire , to prevent robberies . Thus the Kwong - hip ...
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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 deity district door Dragon dress duty emperor empire erected father female festival flogged four friends funeral gate Genii gentleman geomancer governor-general grave hand head Honam honour husband idol imperial instances kneeling 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 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 temple tombs tunic village visited visitor votaries wife wives women Wong worship yamun youth
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Page 179 - In the multitude of people is the king's honour : but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Page 247 - 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 39 - 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...
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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 182 - Almost all Chinese, 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.