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... pass through this gate , and the same prohibi- tion excludes the bearers of night - soil , or of anything which is regarded as unclean . The south gate of the capital of the 1 1. ] CITIES AND TOWNS . 7 empire , 6 [ CHAP . CHINA .
... pass through this gate , and the same prohibi- tion excludes the bearers of night - soil , or of anything which is regarded as unclean . The south gate of the capital of the 1 1. ] CITIES AND TOWNS . 7 empire , 6 [ CHAP . CHINA .
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... pass that way . The streets of cities , towns , and villages are generally wider in the northern than in the southern provinces of the empire . Those of Pekin are very broad . Indeed in this respect they equal those of European cities ...
... pass that way . The streets of cities , towns , and villages are generally wider in the northern than in the southern provinces of the empire . Those of Pekin are very broad . Indeed in this respect they equal those of European cities ...
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... passing in pro- cession through the street in which she resided . Being greatly pleased with her beauty , he obtained for her a home under the imperial roof of Taou - kwang , where in due course she became the mother of the ill - fated ...
... passing in pro- cession through the street in which she resided . Being greatly pleased with her beauty , he obtained for her a home under the imperial roof of Taou - kwang , where in due course she became the mother of the ill - fated ...
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... passing round the thumb of each hand . His legs are also pushed backwards , and are drawn , his knees still resting on the ground , towards the upper legs of the tressel by cords passing round the large toe of each foot . When the ...
... passing round the thumb of each hand . His legs are also pushed backwards , and are drawn , his knees still resting on the ground , towards the upper legs of the tressel by cords passing round the large toe of each foot . When the ...
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... passes in or out , he falls upon his knees immediately in front of the ruler's sedan chair . The magistrate calls upon his chair - bearers to stop , in order that he may ascertain the nature of the sup- pliant's petition . When the ...
... passes in or out , he falls upon his knees immediately in front of the ruler's sedan chair . The magistrate calls upon his chair - bearers to stop , in order that he may ascertain the nature of the sup- pliant's petition . When the ...
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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.
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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 178 - 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 178 - They act," writes Mr. Low from the United States Legation, at Pekin, in an official letter2 to his government, " as advisers to the lower classes, and their good offices are sought by the governing class in the management of local concerns. By their superior intelligence they are enabled to control most of the property, and yet few acquire such wealth as would enable them to oppress the people, were they so disposed. " This class create the public opinion of the country, which exercises a controlling...
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Page 248 - that 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.
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.