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 77
עמוד vii
... means of a series of character sketches , in which the details are drawn from the life , to picture the normal village life of Central China , to describe some leading incidents in the earlier Taiping Rebellion , and to indicate how ...
... means of a series of character sketches , in which the details are drawn from the life , to picture the normal village life of Central China , to describe some leading incidents in the earlier Taiping Rebellion , and to indicate how ...
עמוד 3
... means such fields and lakes as these . As a fact the produce of the land in this region is bought by traders , whose large boats ply on the lakes for this purpose . The waters are stocked with a variety of fish , most of them familiar ...
... means such fields and lakes as these . As a fact the produce of the land in this region is bought by traders , whose large boats ply on the lakes for this purpose . The waters are stocked with a variety of fish , most of them familiar ...
עמוד 4
... means of cormorants is one of the " hundred methods , " and is largely practised on these lakes . These birds fish best when hungry , and deliver up what they have caught without extorting commission , owing to the fact that a ring is ...
... means of cormorants is one of the " hundred methods , " and is largely practised on these lakes . These birds fish best when hungry , and deliver up what they have caught without extorting commission , owing to the fact that a ring is ...
עמוד 6
... defend the country ; why do you want us ? " ( 6 " 2 " The cranes . What mean you ? " Of what use are they to defend the country ? " " Why then nourish the useless , and neglect the populace ? 6 A STRING OF CHINESE PEACH - STONES .
... defend the country ; why do you want us ? " ( 6 " 2 " The cranes . What mean you ? " Of what use are they to defend the country ? " " Why then nourish the useless , and neglect the populace ? 6 A STRING OF CHINESE PEACH - STONES .
עמוד 10
... is beaten out with flails as the corn had been . Then it is hulled in a stone mortar by means of a huge stone - headed hammer , worked by the foot . After this , if another crop of rice ( of 10 A STRING OF CHINESE PEACH - STONES .
... is beaten out with flails as the corn had been . Then it is hulled in a stone mortar by means of a huge stone - headed hammer , worked by the foot . After this , if another crop of rice ( of 10 A STRING OF CHINESE PEACH - STONES .
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
A String of Chinese Peach-Stones <span dir=ltr>William Arthur Cornaby</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 2010 |
STRING OF CHINESE PEACH-STONES <span dir=ltr>W. Arthur (William Arthur) 186 Cornaby</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
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.