The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts, Religion, Etc. of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants, כרך 1Wiley and Putnam, 1848 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 54
עמוד vii
... Coast line- Great Wall and Canal - Five races within the Empire . CHAPTER II . GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EASTERN PROVINCES . Climate of the provinces - Table of their divisions - CHIHLí ; the city of Peking , its divisions and ...
... Coast line- Great Wall and Canal - Five races within the Empire . CHAPTER II . GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EASTERN PROVINCES . Climate of the provinces - Table of their divisions - CHIHLí ; the city of Peking , its divisions and ...
עמוד xix
... coast is delineated from the recent surveys of the English naval officers , and the provinces from the old surveys of the Jesuits , corrected in their divisions from a large map of the empire published by the Chinese government , which ...
... coast is delineated from the recent surveys of the English naval officers , and the provinces from the old surveys of the Jesuits , corrected in their divisions from a large map of the empire published by the Chinese government , which ...
עמוד xxi
... coast , which are sounded accord- ing to the local patois , and not the court pronunciation , Ma - ngau , Hiangkiang , Hiamun , Hwangpu , & c . Many of the discrepancies seen in the works of travellers and writers are owing to some fol ...
... coast , which are sounded accord- ing to the local patois , and not the court pronunciation , Ma - ngau , Hiangkiang , Hiamun , Hwangpu , & c . Many of the discrepancies seen in the works of travellers and writers are owing to some fol ...
עמוד 6
... coast line from the mouth of the Amur to Hainan is 3350 miles . This immense country com- prises about one - third of the continent , and nearly one - tenth of the habitable part of the globe ; and , next to Russia , is the largest ...
... coast line from the mouth of the Amur to Hainan is 3350 miles . This immense country com- prises about one - third of the continent , and nearly one - tenth of the habitable part of the globe ; and , next to Russia , is the largest ...
עמוד 7
... Yunnan is 1669 miles , and that from Amoy to the north - western part of Kansuh is 1557 miles . line from Hainan to Liautung is more than 2500 miles , and the The coast- line of land frontier 4400 miles . Thus China Proper.
... Yunnan is 1669 miles , and that from Amoy to the north - western part of Kansuh is 1557 miles . line from Hainan to Liautung is more than 2500 miles , and the The coast- line of land frontier 4400 miles . Thus China Proper.
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Amoy ancient animals beautiful birds Board called canal Canton capital censors census character Chau Chihlí China Chinese language Chinese Repository Chusan archipelago coast color common Confucius contains court cultivated degree district duties dynasty east eastern emperor empire examination extensive feet fish foreign four Fuhkien gate heaven hills honor hundred Ílí imperial inhabitants island Kansuh Kashgar kiang Kiangsí Kienlung known Kwangtung lake land language laws ling literary Macao magistrates majesty Manchuria Manchus Mencius ment miles military Ming dynasty mode Mongolia Mongols mountains native nearly Ningpo officers palace Peking persons plants population present prince principles province punishment rank region revenue shan Shensí southern species square mile Sz'chuen taels temples Tibet tion town trees tribes troops Tsitsihar usually villages walls western whole writing Yangtsz Yarkand Yellow river Yunnan
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 362 - I have been disrespectful ; whether or not, pride and prodigality have had a place in my heart, springing up there unobserved ; whether from...
עמוד 38 - 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.
עמוד 263 - 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.
עמוד 523 - How can you dare to destroy or injure it ? Let females guard their chastity and purity, And let men imitate the talented and virtuous. When you know your own errors then reform ; And when you have made acquisitions do not lose them. Forbear to complain of the defects of other people, And cease to rely [too much] on your own superiority.
עמוד 26 - ... great trade. This great work is seen scaling the precipices and topping the craggy hills of the country, which have along this coast a most desolate appearance. Some of the party who went in-shore in the steamer to within two miles...
עמוד 298 - 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...
עמוד 362 - Prostrate I beg Imperial Heaven, Hwang Teen, 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.
עמוד 263 - It has nine resemblances, or forms, viz. : 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.
עמוד 415 - for the purposes of education among the ancients, villages had their schools, districts their academies, departments their colleges, and principalities their universities.
עמוד 311 - 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.