Ten Thousand Things Relating to China and the Chinese: An Epitome of the Genius, Government, History, Literature, Agriculture, Arts, Trade, Manners, Customs, and Social Life of the People of the Celestial Empire, Together with a Synopsis of the Chinese CollectionHyde Park Corner, 1842 - 273 頁 |
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... attendants and officers of the court , to whom the merciful goddess Kwan - yin appears , in order to save from punishment a soul that is condemned to be pounded in a mortar . Other punishments consist of sawing asunder , tying to a red ...
... attendants and officers of the court , to whom the merciful goddess Kwan - yin appears , in order to save from punishment a soul that is condemned to be pounded in a mortar . Other punishments consist of sawing asunder , tying to a red ...
第 41 頁
... attendant ; " the word being derived from Kan , " the heel of the foot , which they call the root of the foot . In this person's hand is carried a mourning lantern , of which the Chinese exhibit an abun- dance in their funeral ...
... attendant ; " the word being derived from Kan , " the heel of the foot , which they call the root of the foot . In this person's hand is carried a mourning lantern , of which the Chinese exhibit an abun- dance in their funeral ...
第 59 頁
... attendants and horsemen to accompany Keo's chariot . The minister immediately took leave of his majesty , and went to the neighbourhood of Leang - shan , in search of the decayed mulberry- tree . Having found the body of his friend , he ...
... attendants and horsemen to accompany Keo's chariot . The minister immediately took leave of his majesty , and went to the neighbourhood of Leang - shan , in search of the decayed mulberry- tree . Having found the body of his friend , he ...
第 61 頁
... attendants by the nearest way to King's temple , when he addressed the following remonstrance to the spirit , — “ You are a common fellow of the province of Yen , descended from the prince's concubine ; who when entrusted with official ...
... attendants by the nearest way to King's temple , when he addressed the following remonstrance to the spirit , — “ You are a common fellow of the province of Yen , descended from the prince's concubine ; who when entrusted with official ...
第 62 頁
... attendants , went to Pih's tomb , and covered the whole area with his tears . " My brother ( he said ) is suffering under the tyranny of King's audacious spirit without any prospect of emancipation - conduct which I cannot bear , and ...
... attendants , went to Pih's tomb , and covered the whole area with his tears . " My brother ( he said ) is suffering under the tyranny of King's audacious spirit without any prospect of emancipation - conduct which I cannot bear , and ...
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第 76 頁 - Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While in the mean time two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?
第 262 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 76 頁 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave.
第 96 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 134 頁 - The inscriptions in the shops are sometimes amusing, and at the same time highly characteristic of the keenness and industry of the people as traders. We have seen the following : — " Gossiping and long sitting injure business." " Former customers have inspired caution — no credit given." " A small stream always flowing.
第 222 頁 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
第 139 頁 - ... 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 bliss the opiumsmoker madly seeks — an emblem of the long sleep to which he is blindly hurrying.
第 263 頁 - ... early, constant, vigorous, and efficient training of the disposition, manners, judgment, and habits both of thought and conduct. This most efficient department of education is almost wholly overlooked and neglected by us; but it seems to be well understood and faithfully attended to by the Chinese. With us...
第 105 頁 - I regarded with an air of considerable embarrassment, the two little sticks, with which, notwithstanding the experience acquired since the commencement of the repast, it seemed very doubtful whether I should be able to eat my rice, grain by grain, according to the belief of Europeans regarding the Chinese custom. I therefore waited until my host should begin, to follow his example, foreseeing that, on this new occasion, some fresh discovery would serve to relieve us from the truly ludicrous embarrassment...
第 91 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...