"Ten Thousand Chinese Things.": A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection, Now Exhibiting at St. George's Place, Hyde Park Corner, London, with Condensed Accounts of the Genius, Government, History, Literature, Agriculture, Arts, Trade, Manners, Customs and Social Life of the People of the Celestial Empireproprietor, 1842 - 163 頁 |
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第 39 頁
... rivers are here of essential utility . In no country in the world is agriculture more encouraged , or deemed more honorable than in China . Not only does the emperor himself plough a piece of land once a year , in public , in imitation ...
... rivers are here of essential utility . In no country in the world is agriculture more encouraged , or deemed more honorable than in China . Not only does the emperor himself plough a piece of land once a year , in public , in imitation ...
第 40 頁
... river has occasioned an importation of from 15,000 to 20,000 tons in ships of various nations - a small quantity , after all , for the demands of an enormous population . A considerable quantity of grain is used for fermented liquors ...
... river has occasioned an importation of from 15,000 to 20,000 tons in ships of various nations - a small quantity , after all , for the demands of an enormous population . A considerable quantity of grain is used for fermented liquors ...
第 42 頁
... river , and stream of whatever description , are literally thronged and darkened by fisherman , who resort to the most ingenious and novel methods of alluring and entrapping their victims . Nor do they forget or omit to take * A model ...
... river , and stream of whatever description , are literally thronged and darkened by fisherman , who resort to the most ingenious and novel methods of alluring and entrapping their victims . Nor do they forget or omit to take * A model ...
第 43 頁
... rivers , where boats are made to serve in their stead . Private gentlemen , are allowed only two bearers ; the host of civil officers , four ; viceroys , eight ; while the emperor's dignity requires sixteen . Mandarins are preceded by ...
... rivers , where boats are made to serve in their stead . Private gentlemen , are allowed only two bearers ; the host of civil officers , four ; viceroys , eight ; while the emperor's dignity requires sixteen . Mandarins are preceded by ...
第 56 頁
... river . A pair of cuspadors , or spittoons , formed of white metal . 153 to 155. Three specimens of carved bamboo roots , as described in Nos . 143 and 148 . 156 . 157 . 158 . Vessel of a peculiar ware , resembling cast iron in its ...
... river . A pair of cuspadors , or spittoons , formed of white metal . 153 to 155. Three specimens of carved bamboo roots , as described in Nos . 143 and 148 . 156 . 157 . 158 . Vessel of a peculiar ware , resembling cast iron in its ...
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afford Ancient porcelain appearance bamboo basket beautiful beautifully painted birds black tea boats bronze Buddha called Canton province Canton river carved China Chinese colour Common Quail Confucius contain copper costume covered cups curious Ditto dress embroidered emperor empire esteemed European feet female figures flower pots flower vase foreign fruit Gallinule gentleman's George Staunton grotesque hand hard wood Honan Hong merchant idols imperial incense vessel inscribed ivory kind labour lacquered box lacquered ware ladies lanterns leaf Macao mandarins manufacture marble matchlock maxims ments metallic Model moon Nankin officers Ornamental stand pagoda painted and gilt pair of beautifully Pekin person pipe placed plough porcelain vessel present province rank representing resembling rice rice paper richly river sedan chair side silk silver singular sometimes species specimens stone streets of Canton taels Tartar taste Tea brick temples tion tree variety various visitor wall white porcelain worn
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第 110 頁 - When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice : but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
第 155 頁 - When we turn from the ravings of the Zendavesta, or the Puranas, to the tone of sense and of business of this Chinese collection, we seem to be passing from darkness to light — from the drivellings of dotage to the exercise of an improved understanding : and redundant and minute as these laws are in many particulars, we scarcely know any European code that is at once so copious and so consistent, or that is nearly so free from intricacy, bigotry, and fiction.
第 43 頁 - Invites them forth to labour in the sun: Some lead their youth abroad, while some condense Their liquid store, and some in cells dispense : Some at the gate stand ready to receive The golden...
第 73 頁 - ... smile upon their countenance, too much under the influence of the drug to care for passing events, and fast merging to the wished-for consummation. The last scene in this tragic play is generally a room in the rear of the building, a species of dead-house, where lie stretched those who have passed into the state of insensibility the opiumsmoker madly seeks — an emblem of the long sleep to which he is blindly hurrying."* 360.
第 39 頁 - Whether or not pride and prodigality have had a place in my heart, springing up there unobserved ? Whether, from the length of time, I have become remiss in...
第 154 頁 - The most remarkable thing in this code is its great reasonableness, clearness, and consistency ; the business-like brevity and directness of the various provisions, and the plainness and moderation of the language in which they are expressed.
第 110 頁 - Unsullied poverty is always happy ; while impure wealth brings with it many sorrows." — " Petty distinctions are injurious to rectitude; quibbling words violate right reason.
第 70 頁 - There is a variety of amusing inscriptions on the scrolls hung up in the interior of some of the shops, which serve at the same time to mark the thrifty habits of the traders. A few specimens are subjoined : — " Gossiping and long jitting injure business." " Former customers have inspired caution — no credit given." " A small stream always flowing.
第 72 頁 - ... of the day are over, crowds of Chinese who seek these places to satisfy their depraved appetites. The rooms where they sit and smoke, are surrounded by wooden couches, with places for the head to rest upon, and generally a side room is devoted to gambling.
第 124 頁 - The lineal descendants of the deceased, clothed in coarse white cloth, with bandages of the same round their heads, sit weeping round the corpse on the ground, the women keeping up a dismal howl after the manner of the Irish.