The "ever-victorious Army,": A History of the Chinese Campaign Under Lt.-Col. C.G. Gordon ... and of the Suppression of the Tai-ping RebellionW. Blackwood, 1868 - 395 עמודים |
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עמוד xxviii
... Wall , who at- tempted to destroy all copies of the Classics . 166. - Alleged Roman Embassy to China . A.D. 184-260 . - The period of the three states which struggled with each other for supreme power , when the Chinese character ...
... Wall , who at- tempted to destroy all copies of the Classics . 166. - Alleged Roman Embassy to China . A.D. 184-260 . - The period of the three states which struggled with each other for supreme power , when the Chinese character ...
עמוד 4
... Wall , made a most vigorous attempt to cut out this reverence for antiquity . He sought to destroy all records written previous to his reign ; and , in order to accomplish this end , put nearly five hundred men of letters to death ; but ...
... Wall , made a most vigorous attempt to cut out this reverence for antiquity . He sought to destroy all records written previous to his reign ; and , in order to accomplish this end , put nearly five hundred men of letters to death ; but ...
עמוד 26
... walls of his house as a warning to foolish youth ; no change in old customs to perplex the mind ; the sacred books reverentially read and remembered ; the present definitely arranged ; the fruitage of the past stored ; behind , sages ...
... walls of his house as a warning to foolish youth ; no change in old customs to perplex the mind ; the sacred books reverentially read and remembered ; the present definitely arranged ; the fruitage of the past stored ; behind , sages ...
עמוד 40
... walls of Peking . No small tawdry yamun , or village school - house , was his abode for many years , but the ancient capital of China and the palaces of the Ming . His visions turned into heaven- sent edicts which decided the fate of ...
... walls of Peking . No small tawdry yamun , or village school - house , was his abode for many years , but the ancient capital of China and the palaces of the Ming . His visions turned into heaven- sent edicts which decided the fate of ...
עמוד 41
... walls of a large palace , beyond the outer court of which no male attendants were allowed to enter . In the interior the Heavenly Prince was waited upon by females alone , by his numerous wives , and still more numerous concubines , to ...
... walls of a large palace , beyond the outer court of which no male attendants were allowed to enter . In the interior the Heavenly Prince was waited upon by females alone , by his numerous wives , and still more numerous concubines , to ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
affair arms artillery attack boats British officer Burgevine Burgevine's capital Captain Dew capture cause Celestial Chanchu Chekiang China Chinese Government Ching Chung Wang Colonel Gordon command Confucius death decree disciplined Chinese Emperor empire escape European Ever-Victorious Army Faithful King fire Foreign Frederick Bruce French Futai garrison Gordon's force Governor gunboats guns Hakka Hangchow Hankow Heaven Hung Sew-tsuen Hyson Imperial Government Imperialists Kiangsi Kiangsoo killed Kung LIBRARY Lieutenant Liyang Lord Elgin Manchu Mandarins matters ment miles military Minister Moh Wang Na Wang Nanking Nganking Nien-fei Ningpo operations Peking perialists pings position Prince Prince Kung prisoners province Quinsan Rebels received Regiment river sent Shanghai Sir Frederick Bruce soldiers Soochow soon Staveley steamer stockades Sungkiang surrender Tai-ping Chiefs Tai-ping Rebellion Tai-pings Taitsan taken Tien Wang tion Treaty of Tientsin troops Tseng Kwo-fan UNIVERS UNIVERSIT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA walls Wang's Ward Ward's wounded Wusieh Yangtsze
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 17 - The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the Empire, first ordered well their own States. Wishing to order well their States, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge....
עמוד 20 - Heaven sees according as my people see ; Heaven hears according as my people hear.
עמוד 18 - At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. "At thirty, I stood firm. "At forty, I had no doubts. "At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. "At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. "At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.
עמוד 14 - Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all ? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend when the wind blows across it.
עמוד 10 - 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 honour and love him. Hence it is said, —
עמוד 14 - If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame. "If they be led by virtue, and uniformity sought to be given them by the rules of propriety, they will have the sense of shame, and moreover will become good.
עמוד 12 - When those feelings have been stirred, and they act in their due degree, there ensues what may be called the state of HARMONY. This EQUILIBRIUM is the great root from which grow all the human actings in 'the world, and this HARMONY is the universal path which they all should pursue. 5. Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish.
עמוד 13 - As a sovereign, he rested in benevolence. As a minister, he rested in reverence. As a son, he rested in filial piety. As a father, he rested in kindness. In communication with his subjects, he rested in good faith.
עמוד 15 - This shows that, by gaining the people, the kingdom is gained, and, by losing the people, the kingdom is lost. On this account, the ruler will first take pains about his own virtue. Possessing virtue will give him the people. Possessing the people, will give him the territory. Possessing the territory will give him its wealth. Possessing the wealth, he will have resources for expenditure.
עמוד 18 - Among the countless millions that constitute the empire, almost every man can read and write sufficiently for the ordinary purposes of life, and a respectable share of these acquirements goes low down in the scale of society.