"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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... says to his guest , Shing Kwán ! " - raise , or put off the cap , — after which the scruple no longer exists . Besides this distinctive button , the removal of which by the emperor , would be to degrade the person from all rank in the ...
... says to his guest , Shing Kwán ! " - raise , or put off the cap , — after which the scruple no longer exists . Besides this distinctive button , the removal of which by the emperor , would be to degrade the person from all rank in the ...
第 17 頁
... says , " not to be orderly is to fail in filial duty ; in serving our sovereign , not to be faithful , is to fail in filial duty ; in acting as a magistrate , not to be careful , is to fail in filial duty ; in the intercourse of friends ...
... says , " not to be orderly is to fail in filial duty ; in serving our sovereign , not to be faithful , is to fail in filial duty ; in acting as a magistrate , not to be careful , is to fail in filial duty ; in the intercourse of friends ...
第 19 頁
... says , that he admitted he did not understand much con- cerning the gods ; and he adds , that his most celebrated commentator , Choo - footze , affirmed that sufficient knowledge was not possessed to say positively that they existed ...
... says , that he admitted he did not understand much con- cerning the gods ; and he adds , that his most celebrated commentator , Choo - footze , affirmed that sufficient knowledge was not possessed to say positively that they existed ...
第 20 頁
... says Mr. Davis , saw specimens of the military who had the word " yoong❞— valour , inscribed on the breast . This might be all very well , —but when the same individuals turned round and displayed the identical word inscribed on their ...
... says Mr. Davis , saw specimens of the military who had the word " yoong❞— valour , inscribed on the breast . This might be all very well , —but when the same individuals turned round and displayed the identical word inscribed on their ...
第 27 頁
... say , " Good sayings are like pearls strung to- gether : inscribe them on the walls of your dwelling , and regard them night and day as wholesome admonitions . ” The fourth principal figure in this case , is a mandarin of the fourth ...
... say , " Good sayings are like pearls strung to- gether : inscribe them on the walls of your dwelling , and regard them night and day as wholesome admonitions . ” The fourth principal figure in this case , is a mandarin of the fourth ...
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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.