The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts, Religion, &c., of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants, 第 1 卷John Wiley, 1849 |
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ancient animals Board called canal Canton capital census character Chau Chehkiang Chihlí China Chinese language Chinese Repository Chusan archipelago circuit coast common Confucius contains court cultivated degree district duties dynasty east eastern emperor empire examination extending feet foreign four Fuhkien gate heaven hills honor houses Hupeh Ílí imperial inhabitants island Kansuh Kashgar kiang Kiangsí Kienlung known Kwangtung lake land language largest learning ling literary living Macao magistrates majesty Manchuria Manchus Mencius ment military mode Mongolia Mongols mountains native nearly Ningpo northern officers palace Peking persons plain population present prince principles province punishment rank region residence shan Shensí side sound southern species square miles streams Sz'chuen taels Tang dynasty temples Tibet tion town trade trees tribes troops Tsitsihar villages walls western whole words writing Yangtsz Yarkand Yellow river Yunnan
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第 368 頁 - I feel impelled, by ten thousand considerations, to look up and imitate the usage, and with trembling anxiety, rashly assail Heaven, examine myself, and consider my errors ; looking up, and hoping that I may obtain pardon, I ask myself, — whether in sacrificial services I have been disrespectful ? 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 attending to the affairs of government ;...
第 517 頁 - Therefore his fame overspreads the Middle Kingdom, and extends to all barbarous tribes. Wherever ships and carriages reach; wherever the strength of man penetrates ; wherever the heavens overshadow and the earth sustains ; wherever the sun and moon shine ; wherever frosts and dews fall : all who have blood and breath unfeignedly honor and love him. Hence it is said,
第 36 頁 - Mongols, but are given to agriculture or hunting, according to the part of their country they inhabit. They are of a lighter complexion and slightly heavier build than the Chinese, have the same conformation of the eyelids, but rather more beard, and their countenances present greater intellectual capacity. Literary pursuits are more esteemed by them than by Mongolians, and they are less under the priesthood.
第 265 頁 - The first is the only authentic species, according to the Chinese. It has the head of a camel, the horns of a deer, eyes of a rabbit, ears of a cow, neck of a snake, belly of a frog, scales of a carp. claws of a hawk, and palm of a tiger. On each side of the mouth are whiskers, and its beard contains a bright pearl. The breath is sometimes changed into water and sometimes into fire, and its voice is like the jingling of copper pans.
第 304 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...
第 368 頁 - Prostrate I beg imperial Heaven, (Hwang Tien) to pardon my ignorance and stupidity, and to grant me self-renovation ; for myriads of innocent people are involved by me, a single man. My sins are so numerous, it is difficult to escape from them.
第 300 頁 - From the impracticability of providing for every possible contingency," says the 44th section of the Penal Code, " there may be cases to which no laws or statutes are precisely applicable; such cases may then be determined by an accurate comparison with others, which are already provided for, and which approach most nearly to those under investigation, in order to ascertain afterwards to what extent an aggravation or mitigation of the punishment would be equitable.
第 532 頁 - I wish to have you go with me, and fully equalize the empire: what do you think of this ?' The lad replied, ' The empire cannot be equalized ; here are high hills, there are lakes and rivers ; either there are princes and nobles, or there are slaves and servants. If the high hills be leveled, the birds and beasts will have no resort; if the rivers and lakes be filled up, the fishes and the turtles will have nowhere to go ; do away with kings and nobles, and the common people will have much dispute...
第 419 頁 - for the purposes of education among the ancients, villages had their schools, districts their academies, departments their colleges, and principalities their universities.
第 317 頁 - In the first month of the present winter occurs the sixtieth anniversary of her majesty's sacred natal day. At the opening of the happy period, the sun and moon shed their united genial influences on it. When commencing anew the revolution of the sexagenary cycle, the honor thereof adds increase to her felicity. Looking VOL.