Northern China, the Valley of the Blue River, Korea

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Hachette, 1912 - 503 頁
 

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第 i 頁 - His Majesty the Emperor of China agrees, that British subjects, with their families and establishments, shall be allowed to reside, for the purpose of carrying on their mercantile pursuits, without molestation or restraint...
第 ii 頁 - If he be without a passport, or if he commit any offence against the law, he shall be handed over to the nearest Consul for punishment, but he must not be subjected to any illusage in excess of necessary restraint.
第 ii 頁 - British subjects are hereby authorised to travel, for their pleasure or for purposes of trade, to all parts of the interior, under passports which will be issued by their Consuls, and countersigned by the local authorities.
第 ii 頁 - Corean local authorities. These passports, if demanded, must be produced for examination in the districts passed through. If the passport be not irregular, the bearer will be allowed to proceed, and he shall be at liberty to procure such means of transport as he may require.
第 i 頁 - Although British subjects are now permitted to enter most foreign countries without Passports, and the rules about Passports have been generally relaxed, nevertheless, British subjects travelling abroad are recommended to provide themselves with Passports...
第 51 頁 - The whole facade seens to be nothing but windows and columns ; the woodwork is gilded, painted and lacquered ; the walls are of grey brick, well shaped and well glazed. The roofs are covered with glazed tiles, red, yellow, blue and violet, which by their combination and arrangement, make a pleasing variety of compartments and designs.
第 xxiv 頁 - Money, Weights and Measures. The sovereign weighs 123-274 grains, or 7-98805 grammes, 916 (or eleventwelfths) fine, and consequently it contains 113-001 grains or 7-32238 grammes of fine gold. The shilling weighs 87-27 grains or 5-6552 grammes, and down to 1920 was -925 (or thirty-seven-fortieths) fine, thus containing...
第 xxvi 頁 - The dollar of 100 cents is of the par value of 49 '32d. , or 4 '8665 dollars to the pound sterling. The monetary unit, in accordance with the monetary law of March 14, 1900, is the gold dollar of 25'8 grains (or 1 '6718 gramme) -900 fine.
第 51 頁 - The whole faqadc is formed of columns and windows, the framework gilded, painted, and varnished, the walls of gray brick well cut and well polished. The roofs are covered with glazed tile, red, yellow, blue, green, and violet, which by their combination and arrangement make a pleasing variety in spacing and design. Most of these buildings have only one floor, but they are raised two, four, six, or eight feet above the level of the ground. Some have one story above the ground floor. These are reached...
第 200 頁 - To thoroughly appreciate the fineness and elegance of the art of the Northern Wei, we shall best study those statues which are life-size. We shall see in them a gentleness of expression and a gracefulness of pose which other periods have not been able to render so successfully. Several of these statues are seated in a crosslegged posture in front of each other ; this posture is no longer seen in the Buddhist carvings executed under the T'ang dynasty.

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