A String of Chinese Peach-stonesC. H. Kelly, 1895 - 479 עמודים Chinese tales, anecdotes and literary references strung together on a thread of narrative and picturing the village life of central China during the period of the Taiping rebellion, 1849-1867. |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 46
עמוד 17
... cash , or one penny . The new owner , not being asked for the money , did not pay it until four or five years had gone by , when a representative of the powers that be came round with the tax papers , whereon the sum was marked in plain ...
... cash , or one penny . The new owner , not being asked for the money , did not pay it until four or five years had gone by , when a representative of the powers that be came round with the tax papers , whereon the sum was marked in plain ...
עמוד 18
... cash at the very least to buy the otherwise unobtainable righteousness . and justice . The market price is decidedly high . But then the mandarin to whom he appeals is an under- ling of the next higher mandarin . He has not only to live ...
... cash at the very least to buy the otherwise unobtainable righteousness . and justice . The market price is decidedly high . But then the mandarin to whom he appeals is an under- ling of the next higher mandarin . He has not only to live ...
עמוד 29
... cash . The women add one or two more . With them it is clothes , marriage , babies , crops , and cash . Babies are a perpetual break in the monotony of life . They refuse to be tied to any post , actual or metaphorical . They do their ...
... cash . The women add one or two more . With them it is clothes , marriage , babies , crops , and cash . Babies are a perpetual break in the monotony of life . They refuse to be tied to any post , actual or metaphorical . They do their ...
עמוד 36
... cash to gamble with . Victory means a name for the The former is the Such fame may higher of the two supreme ideals of China . be appreciated by the British schoolboy who is himself the champion fighter of the school . Here there are ...
... cash to gamble with . Victory means a name for the The former is the Such fame may higher of the two supreme ideals of China . be appreciated by the British schoolboy who is himself the champion fighter of the school . Here there are ...
עמוד 37
... cash to form a shuttlecock . This is kicked about with many a nimble con- tortion . Some can kick the shuttlecock a hundred times without letting it fall , and have great fame in consequence . Stilt - walking enlivens many an evening ...
... cash to form a shuttlecock . This is kicked about with many a nimble con- tortion . Some can kick the shuttlecock a hundred times without letting it fall , and have great fame in consequence . Stilt - walking enlivens many an evening ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
ancient asked boat Book of Odes brother Buddhist called Camilla camp captain cash characters China Chinese classical Confucian Confucius coolie cried daughter demon door dragon dynasty Emperor Empress exclaimed eyes father feast fire foreign Fung fung shui Fung-kiao gate hand Hankow Hanyang harpsichord heard heart heaven heavenly honour Hu Fah Hunan hundred husband idols Imperial Kiukiang lake Lieu live Longhaired look mandarin Mencius Ming Ming dynasty monk morning mother Nieh Shen-seng night Nine Recluses official once opium peach-stones Peh-ya Peng perhaps phrase potteries prince rebels replied rice Sacred scholar seemed Seng-teh shouted smoke soldiers sound spirit Taiping Taiping Rebellion tale Taoist tea-shop temple thought tiger told Tortoise Hill tree Ts'ao Tsaitien village walls wife wine wonder words worship Wuchang yamun Yangtse young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 153 - Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakngs. By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature and supplies his incompetencies.
עמוד 227 - Lu asked about serving the spirits of the dead. The Master said, 'While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve their spirits?' Chi Lu added, 'I venture to ask about death?' He was answered, 'While you do not know life, how can you know about death?
עמוד 479 - God's will may be done on earth as it is done in Heaven. Amen.
עמוד 260 - For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, through heaven and earth : And oft, though Wisdom wake, Suspicion sleeps At Wisdom's gate, and to Simplicity Resigns her charge, while Goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems...
עמוד 4 - A mussel was sunning itself by the river bank when a bittern came by and pecked at it. The mussel closed its shell and nipped the bird's beak. Hereupon the bittern said : ' If you don't let me go to-day, if you don't let me go to-morrow, there will be a dead mussel.
עמוד 478 - Forms to be observed when Men wish to forsake their Sins. — They must kneel down in God's presence, and ask him to forgive their sins. They may then...
עמוד 478 - Our Heavenly Father, of his great mercy and unbounded goodness, Spared not his first-born Son, but sent him down into the world To give his life for the redemption of all our transgressions, The knowledge of which coupled with repentance saves the souls of men.20 The hymn was followed by a reading from the Bible, after which their creed was recited.
עמוד 479 - Divine favour, and the Holy Spirit's * assistance to renew their hearts, saying grace at every meal, keeping holy the Sabbath day, and obeying all God's commandments, especially avoiding idolatry. They may then be accounted the children of God, and their souls will go to heaven when they die ; all people throughout the world, whether Chinese or foreigners, male or female, must observe this in order to obtain salvation.
עמוד 227 - Extreme is my decay. For a long time, I have not dreamed, as I was wont to do, that I saw the duke of Chau." 6. The Master said, "Let the will be set on the path of duty. "Let every attainment in what is good be firmly grasped. "Let perfect virtue be accorded with. "Let relaxation and enjoyment be found in the polite arts.
עמוד 90 - DEAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. 2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand ; but a fool's heart at His left.