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 52
עמוד xi
... studying . Such little incidents are as cheering as willow trees in the somewhat dreary expanse , as it seems , of many parts of China . VIEW OF THE PLAIN NORTH OF HANKOW . interesting to the more studious reader , but capable of ix.
... studying . Such little incidents are as cheering as willow trees in the somewhat dreary expanse , as it seems , of many parts of China . VIEW OF THE PLAIN NORTH OF HANKOW . interesting to the more studious reader , but capable of ix.
עמוד xiii
... trees in some parts , no one will deny . But there are many spots where the varied foliage of the hill - slopes lends a grateful colour to the dull brown villages , and even the willow tree affords a touch of nature to the grey and ...
... trees in some parts , no one will deny . But there are many spots where the varied foliage of the hill - slopes lends a grateful colour to the dull brown villages , and even the willow tree affords a touch of nature to the grey and ...
עמוד 1
... trees autumn tinted , autumnal the air . The fishermen's boats like wild geese return , And oh , with the wild fowl for cloudland I yearn ! The wavelets beyond , where are hills higher still , By storm billows circled , each wave crest ...
... trees autumn tinted , autumnal the air . The fishermen's boats like wild geese return , And oh , with the wild fowl for cloudland I yearn ! The wavelets beyond , where are hills higher still , By storm billows circled , each wave crest ...
עמוד 2
... tree on the bank of the Han by the mouth of a creek , since silted up ) . From hence come the grey tiles and the brown pots and pans of the neighbourhood . Ten miles to the north , on the banks of the same winding Han , is the mart of ...
... tree on the bank of the Han by the mouth of a creek , since silted up ) . From hence come the grey tiles and the brown pots and pans of the neighbourhood . Ten miles to the north , on the banks of the same winding Han , is the mart of ...
עמוד 7
... tree , seeing the fowlers beneath , and fearing for her brood if she were pierced with an arrow , tore out her own feathers and threw them down to satisfy the hunters . Sportsmen from the treaty ports go out shooting in the season , to ...
... tree , seeing the fowlers beneath , and fearing for her brood if she were pierced with an arrow , tore out her own feathers and threw them down to satisfy the hunters . Sportsmen from the treaty ports go out shooting in the season , to ...
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.