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Eric Lease Morgan May 27, 2019 Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 108 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7557 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 76 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66 China 51 chinese 30 Mr. 26 man 25 Emperor 22 Peking 21 Government 17 illustration 17 Shanghai 17 English 17 Chinese 16 time 16 great 16 day 15 Canton 14 Japan 13 british 13 India 13 England 12 good 12 God 11 chapter 11 Wang 11 Mrs. 11 Kong 11 King 11 CHAPTER 10 western 10 like 10 japanese 10 West 10 Hong 10 Heaven 10 General 10 East 10 Dr. 9 european 9 River 9 New 9 Empress 9 Chang 9 Captain 8 french 8 american 8 Shih 8 Lord 8 Europe 8 Confucius 8 America 7 life Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 18355 man 14690 time 13271 day 8552 year 8237 people 7790 way 7046 place 6538 country 6396 foot 6236 hand 5922 life 5719 part 5607 side 5185 city 5137 water 5010 river 4959 thing 4955 one 4838 woman 4679 work 4626 house 4511 head 4433 order 4184 night 3900 power 3755 mile 3719 nothing 3712 eye 3531 word 3476 world 3468 mountain 3405 name 3321 government 3314 war 3307 state 3287 number 3245 child 3243 family 3212 face 3170 line 3113 course 3103 fact 3102 case 3091 wall 3053 end 2961 land 2929 hour 2922 room 2865 boat 2831 valley Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 37977 _ 13938 China 8000 Chinese 3409 Mr. 2977 Government 2763 Emperor 2713 Japan 2419 Peking 1852 General 1763 Majesty 1734 Canton 1657 Li 1517 Japanese 1505 God 1479 Dr. 1425 King 1361 Tibet 1357 Captain 1320 English 1280 East 1269 Mrs. 1268 India 1246 Chang 1242 America 1223 Chia 1216 River 1208 Wang 1204 Sir 1190 Peter 1152 Shanghai 1142 yü 1137 England 1135 Great 1121 President 1119 Heaven 1105 Pao 1074 West 1056 Ti 1049 Wu 1048 Tibetans 1039 Shih 1034 Yuan 1024 Hong 1014 Kong 1006 Russia 1001 | 995 Stan 993 Confucius 973 Empress 950 Manchu Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 62174 it 55539 he 49939 i 43143 they 32547 we 23007 you 21107 them 18328 him 16059 she 12418 me 9967 us 6228 her 4854 himself 3666 themselves 1820 itself 1710 one 1452 myself 1106 herself 832 ourselves 428 yourself 216 thee 182 mine 173 ours 130 yours 123 theirs 116 his 99 ''s 57 ''em 49 hers 35 oneself 19 em 14 ya 14 thy 14 talkee 13 ye 13 thyself 10 yourselves 8 yt 7 vp 4 zo 4 vnto 4 pelf 4 hsü 4 doo 4 d''you 3 ku 3 i''m 2 you''re 2 yanthey 2 whence Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 286948 be 96602 have 23927 do 17232 make 16282 say 15515 come 14779 see 14510 go 13772 take 10327 give 9163 know 8994 find 6622 get 6263 leave 6138 seem 5739 look 5699 become 5691 call 5630 bring 5419 tell 5280 think 5194 follow 4910 pass 4611 carry 4563 send 4189 ask 4002 keep 3988 stand 3906 begin 3842 hear 3824 hold 3661 put 3619 show 3581 lie 3513 fall 3506 turn 3412 reach 3363 feel 3192 use 3120 live 3100 appear 3061 receive 3040 return 3002 remain 2936 speak 2931 meet 2807 lead 2769 run 2732 set 2620 let Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 44057 not 17458 so 14044 more 13759 great 13525 very 13065 up 11873 only 11792 then 11691 chinese 11502 other 10336 now 9803 out 8513 well 8458 first 8266 many 8243 long 8134 as 8020 good 7948 much 7910 little 7631 most 6431 down 6312 also 6205 even 6056 here 5983 such 5882 large 5822 same 5822 old 5715 again 5575 small 5523 own 5277 few 5118 still 5023 high 4999 far 4995 there 4960 never 4631 last 4577 away 4474 too 4348 on 4222 just 4217 however 4130 soon 4068 once 4039 new 4038 back 3983 off 3696 all Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1742 good 1579 most 1416 least 970 great 757 high 340 bad 277 large 275 near 273 slight 222 Most 192 fine 186 low 180 early 172 eld 147 old 141 small 138 strong 128 late 108 rich 78 deep 67 young 55 pure 51 simple 50 manif 49 long 47 poor 45 full 44 wise 40 able 39 heavy 38 wild 38 happy 37 easy 37 common 36 short 36 big 30 brave 29 noble 29 close 28 faint 27 mean 26 l 26 hot 26 hard 26 dark 25 wide 25 mere 24 warm 23 dear 22 bright Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6052 most 264 least 232 well 18 hard 9 near 3 worst 3 long 2 lest 2 greatest 2 brightest 1 ¦ 1 writhe 1 wisest 1 ts''i 1 tempest 1 surest 1 strongest 1 sort,--rather 1 sayest 1 purest 1 not?----then 1 lung,--whose 1 lowest 1 lookest 1 lines:-- 1 idea,--the 1 highest 1 healthiest 1 heads,--the 1 handiest 1 finest 1 early 1 broadest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 www.gutenberg.net 4 www.gutenberg.org 4 archive.org 1 www.missionaryetexts.org 1 link.library.utoronto.ca Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 2 http://archive.org 1 http://www.missionaryetexts.org 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60959/60959-h/60959-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60959/60959-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58369/58369-h/58369-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58369/58369-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/7/0/2/27021/27021-h/27021-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/7/0/2/27021/27021-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/1/6/6/21661/21661-h/21661-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/1/6/6/21661/21661-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/9/3/6/19365/19365-h/19365-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/9/3/6/19365/19365-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/4/3/4/14345/14345-h/14345-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/4/3/4/14345/14345-h.zip 1 http://link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/). 1 http://archive.org/details/tuenslaveempress00nelsrich 1 http://archive.org/details/cu31924083851547 Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- 1 pg@aldarondo.net Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 280 _ see _ 36 china is not 35 chinese do not 32 one does not 31 _ is _ 29 chinese did not 27 time went on 26 chinese are not 23 _ was _ 22 chinese were not 19 china is now 18 china was not 18 days gone by 17 chinese are very 16 life is not 16 men do not 15 years gone by 14 men are not 13 _ are _ 13 _ comes in 13 _ did _ 13 men were not 13 nothing is more 13 people are not 12 chinese have always 12 man did not 12 men did not 12 people do not 12 women do not 11 _ was common 11 china are not 11 china has always 11 chinese have never 11 man has ever 11 man is not 11 people are very 11 people were not 10 _ did not 10 _ were _ 10 china has not 10 china is so 10 chinese had not 10 country is very 10 man does not 9 _ do _ 9 _ do n''t 9 _ goes out 9 _ were common 9 china has never 9 china is as Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 chinese are not at 4 people have not yet 3 china is not only 3 chinese were not slow 3 time had not yet 3 time has not yet 3 time is not far 2 _ did not _ 2 _ have no claim 2 china are not so 2 china are not very 2 china has no real 2 china has no shipping 2 china has not even 2 china is no exception 2 china is no longer 2 china is not altogether 2 china is not at 2 chinese are not only 2 chinese had no experience 2 day was not yet 2 feet making no sound 2 house was not far 2 houses are not so 2 man is not only 2 one does not often 2 people do not first 2 place is no longer 2 power was not yet 2 river was not less 2 time followed not only 2 time is not so 2 time was not yet 2 water is not available 1 _ are no less 1 _ did not quite 1 _ had no chance 1 _ has no chapter 1 _ have no reason 1 _ is no new 1 _ is not crime 1 _ is not identical 1 _ is not infrequently 1 _ make no mistakes 1 _ saw no need 1 _ taking no notice 1 _ was no believer 1 _ was not altogether 1 _ was not ready 1 _ was not uncommon Sizes of items; "Measures in words, how big is each item?" ---------------------------------------------------------- 226264 43669 191507 6708 189427 9603 173054 43549 168656 43497 158327 11367 153801 14345 152803 42146 151816 22210 149383 39735 134916 45167 130208 39421 129655 42732 129017 39486 124392 56089 124345 17003 124158 59972 122937 56985 121670 15250 114046 13420 112966 33712 111132 6624 104432 34494 101033 63233 99606 29939 95662 12296 94255 23493 93824 5350 93106 28780 91554 48882 90637 19172 89595 31571 88809 10056 86985 5173 86557 41878 85762 27481 85403 38253 85065 15125 84767 49637 82881 44043 81035 39163 76496 40350 75411 27021 73240 13940 72659 12818 66183 42886 66078 49121 62053 45188 58054 609 55564 14492 55492 10321 52320 37376 52274 26070 52013 48788 51666 2076 50240 19665 49222 2133 49189 18674 49158 31043 43149 62121 42002 26162 41278 26744 40982 21661 38997 12344 37163 34199 36572 44261 35078 32752 34303 34860 34131 34167 33267 12086 32804 2156 32659 42904 31935 47218 30324 522 28668 58369 28013 19365 27470 57382 26846 60959 24991 17002 23134 60335 22688 28549 22403 16261 21392 29683 13641 2330 11546 26553 6867 13118 6568 44614 4754 16142 3278 31674 1653 23451 1675 27861 523 26412 4522 889 24528 3330 4094 33359 27243 4244 11754 3412 3639 11469 39009 42551 Readability of items; 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"In a narrative form, how can each item be abstracted?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10056 The Master once said of Kwan Chung, [9] "A small-minded man indeed!" Confucius, and said, "When great men have come here, I have never yet "High station," said the Master, "occupied by men who have no large and Tsz-lu then said, "I should like, sir, to hear what your heart is set disciples, cannot by any learning manage to be," said Kung-si Hwa. Once when the Master was seriously ill, Tsz-lu requested to be allowed A high State official, after questioning Tsz-kung, said, "Your Master is "You are spoiling a good man''s son," said the Master. "In hearing causes, I am like other men," said the Master. Tsz-chang having raised some question about government, the Master said "A man of little mind, that!" said the Master, when Fan Ch''i had gone "Let good and able men discipline the people for seven years," said the When the music-master had left, Tsz-chang said to him, "Is that the way 10321 red and white eyes staring fish-like from her black prow: a silly "My compradore, Ah Pat," said Heywood to Rudolph. like a man caught in a fault, his wrinkled face eloquent of fear, his "There," he said, bringing Rudolph to an inner chamber, or dark little The face and the voice came to Rudolph like another trouble across a The relief, after dragging days of uncertainty, came to Rudolph like a "Oh!" said Heywood, with his gray eyes fastened on Rudolph, "no shadow, Heywood''s pony came sidling against Rudolph''s, till legging Rudolph shook his head, like a man caught in some stupid blunder. Rudolph started, turned, but now sat quiet under Heywood''s grasp. Rudolph leaned back, like a man refreshed and comforted, but his laugh "Come away from the window," said Heywood; and then to the white-haired He caught Rudolph by the arm; and standing for a moment like close 11367 a new name, "Chinese", for the peoples of China. In this way the first great union of tribes in the north of China came under the Han dynasty we meet in China with a new form of state, the Emperor Kao Tsu came from eastern China, and his family seems to have time there was an emperor in south China, with all the organization that 1 _The Later Chao dynasty in eastern North China (Hun_; 329-352) 1 _The Later Chao dynasty in eastern North China (Hun_; 329-352) The two great empires of north China at the time of its division had he regarded himself as emperor of all China, so that the South Chinese Chinese gentry, who were the actual rulers of the Toba State. After the end of the Toba state in North China in 550, some tribes of years of war against the Sung dynasty in South China the Mongols already 11469 11754 12086 days went quickly, and the months too; and a year had passed. "We who keep open doors must eat our visitors three times a day, and who refuses riches, opens wide the door, and makes my old body bear So Shih-niang said; "I have stayed in your house for a long time, and Next day they thanked Yuch-lang again, and went to the house of "Since earliest time," said Sun, "the hearts of women have been as As the girl did not answer, this wise old visitor turned to the mother So the old woman went up into the sick man''s room, and he said to her the evening, said to his mother: "An excellent day''s work! At this moment the door of the house opened below, and a man came As soon as the mother had left the room, the woman took a slight 12296 tigers--Experiences with the Great Invisible--Killing a man eater--Chinese Our caravan--The Yün-nan pack saddle--Temple camps--Chinese Hsia-kuan--Summer temperature--Lake--Graves--Pagodas--Mr. H.G. Evans--Foreigners of Ta-li Fu--Chinese mandarins--Mammals at Ta-li--Caravan rivers of all China with its velvet green mountains rising a thousand feet distance down the river in twenty-four hours and had breakfast with Mr. Kellogg at his house the morning after we left Yen-Ping. It is seven days since we left Yün-nan Fu and each night we have come but one white person in a year and a half, was living entirely upon Chinese were climbing a long mountain trail to a pass over eight thousand feet high The following day Heller went out with the hunters and saw two gorals but resident of Chu-hsuing Fu, a large Chinese city six days from Yün-nan Fu. In Ta-li Fu, Reverend William J. Just before camping the next day we passed through a large village where we 12344 THE CANAL: THE ROUTE BY WHICH SIR ROBERT HART FIRST CAME TO PEKING SIR ROBERT HART''S CHINESE BAND TING''RH, OR CHINESE PAVILION, IN SIR ROBERT HART''S GARDEN, PEKING SIR ROBERT HART AND HIS STAFF (FOREIGN AND CHINESE), PEKING, 1903 FRONT DOOR OF SIR ROBERT HART''S HOUSE, PEKING Hart, then Inspector-General of the Chinese Customs, had occasion to of the new Custom House at Shanghai, and presently asked young Hart if When Robert Hart joined the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, the the Chinese Government--Robert Hart felt a very natural desire to see all the other events of the time in China--Robert Hart had much to do. Robert Hart therefore went quietly on with his work in the Customs This man, when Robert Hart met him in Canton, said [Illustration: SIR ROBERT HART''S CHINESE BAND.] [Illustration: SIR ROBERT HART AND HIS STAFF (FOREIGN AND CHINESE) [Illustration: FRONT DOOR OF SIR ROBERT HART''S HOUSE, PEKING] 12818 The conditions that surround the Hong Kong slave girl in Sir Charles Elliott, Governor of Hong Kong, wishing to attract Chinese "Can Chinese slavery, as it _de facto_ exists in Hong Kong, be Chinese women at Hong Kong, the most direct cause being the irregular the girl Chan Tsoi Lin and placed her in a brothel in Hong Kong''; for Chinese ladies in Hong Kong to purchase one or more girls to "inveigle virtuous women or girls to come to Hong Kong, at first girls for the Hong Kong brothels, which, they alleged, Government day the Chinese prostitutes of Hong Kong have but very little to Hong Kong brothels where Chinese women have to meet foreigners less than 621 women entered brothels from China and Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, in reporting on a case of suicide of a slave girl to the enforcement of brothel slavery upon Chinese women. 13118 As you sit so, in the firelight, your hand is the color of You are a large man, yet it is small and narrow, like the In a corner of the market-place he sits, his face the target their faces no lamp burns; only their eyes glow In the cold darkness of eternity he sits, this god who His rounded eyes are open on the whir of time, but to hide from deity the living face of man, with the rat-like face twists the long broken-backed At the feast she sits like her own effigy. squirrel, and like the eyes of a squirrel they have a bamboo cage, wherein a small brown bird sits Over the mountain passes; through the Great Wall; to Over the mountain passes; through the Great Wall; to And jade is there, dark green and milky white, with A woman, she of the little tortured feet and sullen face, 13420 Whilst traveling I lived on Chinese food, and in the Miao country, where hotel-runners, hard-worked coolies, rickshaw men, professional Chinese methods into an active, trade-loving people like the Chinese, China The other day some men passed through several towns, on the way to the people in Europe to-day who know no more about China than what the troops were twelve days away, and in China--in backward Yün-nan Men who came through Yün-nan twenty years ago wrote of its doctors and even to-day, there are tribes of people, essentially non-Chinese, who they probably in former times extended far into Hu-nan, the Chinese of Yün-nan people, at the time of the dual decease in recent Chinese But as one who has traveled in China, living among the Chinese There is something in traveling in Yün-nan, where the people away from These men were prepared to work a very long time for very little 13940 relations of the Western Powers with China, beginning with our war of abandoned free trade by the Safeguarding of Industries Act. The import tariff being so low, the Chinese Government is compelled, for Great Powers at present, in relation to China, is America, and the worst For modern China, the most important foreign nation is Japan. the previous differences between China and Japan: modern Chinese like Shantung brings us to what Japan did in the Great War. In 1914, China Powers in China and of the independence and integrity of the Chinese war, and had sold China to Japan in return for Japanese neutrality--for the interests and desires of America, Japan, Russia and China, with an save China from themselves as it were, if the Chinese Government surplus to educating Chinese students, both in China and at American to China, the Chinese now have control of all their more important 14345 China agrees that Japanese subjects shall have the right Japanese subjects shall be tried entirely by Chinese law courts. The Chinese Government agrees that Japanese subjects shall be other Powers have no objection, China shall grant the said right to Government shall not grant the said right to any foreign Power concerning Japanese subjects shall be tried entirely by Chinese law 1. The Chinese Government declare that China will not in future 2. The Chinese Government declare that China will herself provide 2. The Chinese Government declare that China will herself provide Japanese capitalists for co-operation, the Chinese Government shall 7. On the establishment of a new Government in China, all Japan''s demands on China shall be recognized by the new Government as present President Yuan Shih-kai as Emperor of the Chinese Empire." The power of Government of the Republic of China shall be The administrative power of the Republic of China shall be 14492 the work in China, that a Chinese girl would come to this country and be doing the regular class work, and making her home with her friend Mrs. Keen. Christian in the hospital, went home with the hope of coming back to study doctors in the city here, so their coming to us helps our work a good hospital work; the nurses and students gave the young physician Mrs. Ahok soon began again the work among the upper class women which had visiting Chinese homes, especially after New Year when people are is given by an article in _Woman''s Work in the Far East_, written by Dr. Stone at about this time: doubled the hospital work, and Miss Hughes wrote that Dr. Stone was in "the Dr. Stone''s own mother has done such work for years, morning worked there for many years; another city was that in which the Stone''s old 15125 Passing from the Chinese city through the Great Central Gate we China, a tripod of empire, the hub of the universe, as the Chinese overlooking the Great River, I spent three years as aid to the viceroy conquests in China to the south of the "Great River" is still wanting, China; and its first act was the so-called Opium War (1839-42). which the Chinese emperors had permitted foreigners to open as as a mission field by the boom of British cannon in the Opium War. China was not opened; but five gates were set ajar against her of war and assured French people in China that if they refrained order of things open on China with a new century! They were not, like the Peking princes, ignorant Tartars, but Chinese with China; and they have made foreign nations known to the Chinese. to have the first place in the making of a New China. 15250 when it is said that the Chinese worship Shang Ti. As regards sacrifices to Shang Ti, these could be offered officially the emperor performed his worship of Heaven officially at the great beings: the emperor worshipped Heaven and earth, the feudal princes the generally placed at the head of the Taoist triad, is said never A few days later a young man named Ch''u Wang-sun arrived with the he could fight when only three days old, and killed the Dragon-king In years gone by, a dragon living in the great sea saw that his wife''s King Miao Chuang, where in three years'' time they would be changed The following night the King saw in a dream an old man who said to Gods of the Heavens and their chief generals to bring Sun to him. times," they said, "when our King ordered the Buddhists to pray for 16142 which has resulted from aggressive Chinese Communist military actions 2. The United States is bound by treaty to help to defend Taiwan resolution of the Congress to employ the Armed Forces of the United authorizes the President to employ the Armed Forces of the United free-world positions, and the security of the United States. representatives of the United States and Chinese Communist regime bombardment of Quemoy, an island in the Formosa Straits off the China would be hostile to the United States and the free world. United States and to the free world. commit the United States to the defense of the treaty areas. of the United States for the defense not only of Formosa but of between the United States and the Chinese Communists that an In 1955 the hostilities of the Chinese Communists in the Formosa area the peace in the Formosa area, the Chinese Communist leaders can be 16261 many-colored ways of the old Chinese city who does not know the story thee; if thou fail a third time in fulfilling our command, thy head "_By a beautiful face the world is filled with love; but Heaven may Hundred Flowers," a longing came upon Ming-Y to see his parents; and he That morning, on returning to the house of Lord Tchang, Ming-Y told the the legend was Tong-yong, and that he lived in the years of the great there came upon Tong the same strange fear that he knew when Tchi''s eyes good Tchin-King; for it was in the period of the greatness of Thang that "_The words of the Celestial and August, the Son of Heaven, the Divine words to him, saying: "O Tchin-King, I see thou art indeed a brave man presence of Tchin-King had passed away before the answer came. Porcelain itself,--the City of King-te-chin, that of old shone like a 1675 17002 Church, concerning the views and course of your missionaries of the last Synod on the Mission at Amoy, and see what course the Church Amoy, viz.: the Missions of the American Reformed Dutch Church, of the London Missionary Society, and of the English Presbyterian Church. The first Missionary of the English Presbyterian Church at Amoy was Dr. Jas. The first ordained Missionary of the English Presbyterian Church, at their Missionaries in uniting with us in organizing the native churches information of our Church at home, and addressed to General Synod. church was organized at Amoy according to our order. us, there will be but one Church at Amoy of the Presbyterian order. organization of the Church at Amoy, after our order, therefore, this Missionaries of the English Presbyterian Church. Missionaries of the English Presbyterian Church. the churches at Amoy, and show that the Missionaries have acted 17003 Peking--shows clearly how the lust for loot gains all men, and hand in point was that men had been allowed to come through--that the Chinese great Ch''ien Men Gate--the Legations run as follows: Dutch, American, little too far away; but for the time being a triple line of this little affair, we pushed on, and came upon other men working able bodied men, armed with rifles, are hiding away in corners so that will allow of an inrush of Chinese troops and Boxers makes men fight their men along the Tartar Wall, and command the Legations that crouch That work on the British Legation lines confined me for some time to four thousand feet away--the men said it was like an earthquake. coming a Chinese barricade gave way; our men emptied their magazines the loss of a Chinese general and a great number of his men at the 18674 "Bless his good heart!" said the poor widow after he had gone. "First tell me what good fairy of a rich man has been filling our hands For many days, try as he would, Chow-sin, the great Son of Heaven, could would rather have the love of one good man like her father, than share "I beg your honour to have a look at my catch," said old Chang to Sing. sleeping villages and little streams of water that looked like silver All day long the three friends chatted, feasted, and had a good time good man would shake his head, saying, ''Take care, my boy, or you will very happy, for the young man loved his mother dearly, and the old woman looking the great cat straight in the eye, "you have come to eat me, So, on this day when his father left him alone, the boy stood looking at 19172 then, dressed as a Chinese, to cross quietly over Western China, the During the time I was in China, I met large numbers of missionaries of the Chinese cities, especially of Western China, and the flaunting a grateful Chinese patient to the first medical missionary in China. THE CITY OF CHUNGKING--THE CHINESE CUSTOMS--THE FAMOUS MONSIEUR HAAS, the traveller in China to believe that the Chinese are sincere in their THE CITY OF SUIFU--THE CHINA INLAND MISSION, WITH SOME GENERAL REMARKS The China Inland Mission has pleasant quarters close under the city officials, and there is not a Chinese home within ten miles of the city Chinese) were carried through the town on their way from Chaotong to the traveller in Western China, was in Yunnan City in 1882. In the course of his many journeys through China, Mr. Jensen has been invariably well treated by the Chinese, and it is 19365 One day, when Everlasting Pearl was about six years old, she saw her heard of the true and living God. The ugly idol she saw carried brother''s son, remained, and Mrs. Lü took him to her loving heart. her return she said that Mrs. Lü had stopped coming to the meetings, as At that time the Lord began to prepare Mrs. Lü''s heart through dreams Thus the people reasoned, and it need hardly be said that Mr. and Mrs. Lü, through their steady and careful walk with God, gained a respect The next year the people threatened them worse than ever, and then Mr. and Mrs. Lü, with some other Christians, almost lost heart. the day when the old lady stepped out into the light of God, and began Mrs. Lü is still living and working for God. But her name is no more When the day''s work is done, the three who love God in 19665 Thy brothers tell me his sons made great boast that no man has been He must be a man like thee, strong, noble, kindly, bearing thy great I hold my son and say, "Look, thy father will come to us from this child?" She said-and thou would''st not know thy Mother''s voice, I write thee this because I know thy mother-heart will rejoice that our Need I tell thee, Mother mine, that I am a stranger in this great city, us, thy children, in this new and foreign life. The foreign woman comes and sits upon the edge of her chair in great I have such great news to tell thee that I hardly know where to begin. things of life, men like my father, must pass away. I took my son apart the other night and said, "I am thy mother and I We are coming home to thee, Mother of my husband, and I have 2076 Chinese customs which, as presented, refer to a part of China only, and second century B.C., has long ceased to interest the Chinese public, who For nearly twenty-five centuries the Chinese have looked to Confucius rebellion broke out, and a year later the emperor, now an old man of of the Chinese people in every department of life. Altogether, the Chinese woman has by no means such a bad time as is All Chinese men, women and children seem to love flowers; and the poetry The Chinese have always been a great reading people, Polo is first mentioned in Chinese literature under the year A.D. 710, divided by the Chinese into twelve such periods; but now-a-days and sincere observance of the Chinese rules of life would result in a is that the Chinese were a remarkably civilized nation a thousand years This work contains 2579 short lives of Chinese Emperors, statesmen, 2133 Chinese custom, may not be completed until death has actually taken treatises, is little studied by Chinese at the present day. state of education in China at the present day, the remedy for which doctor in China, so any man may be a fortune-teller who likes to start cases are rare in China, such questions as arise in the way of trade As regards the evidence of Chinese taken in a foreign court of State religion in China, and it has always been open to every man to by man''s natural enemy in China--the cook, for once in his life clean, New Year''s Day is the one great annual event in Chinese social and Chinese town, the contented, peaceful look of China''s villagers, and Europeans who have lived in China, that the Chinese are a nation of It is well known that all old and even middle-aged people in China 2156 K''ai-fêng as the Chinese capital, and Peking, now for the first time victorious Nü-chêns, the Chinese Emperor discovered that the Emperor, for reasons shortly to be stated; but the Manchu terms were A brief review of Chinese history during the later years of Manchu recovering Chinese territory already occupied by the Manchus. Emperor of China nine days after his capture of Peking, was now hotly defeat of Li by the combined forces of Chinese and Manchus, it had Mings; (4) Chinese women were not to adopt the Manchu dress, nor to reign of K''ang Hsi. After the capture of Peking in 1644, the Manchus Manchus came into power, as conquerors by force of arms, at a time old native chiefs, formerly recognized by the Manchu Emperors, but seemed to all Chinese officials--no Manchu would have been sent--to to Chinese and not to Manchus. Emperor, Chinese, carried off, 6 21661 and the men who _do_ things, and shove these life-wheels round, warms stayed just a little too long, and had not time to get to his horse, rending sound of the shells in the air like the tearing of a great in a long snake-like column of men that winds along the road through at what looks like a man but may be a tree-trunk, and then stops again I looked forward to seeing great things from the Germans. I wonder what that other city looked like from the of Coal Hill, I have looked down on at night, but none of them is like people who were men in their day and did things, palatial buildings, the increase, and for young business men who have little time for The general rule that the men are at work all day has its effect in 22210 Lama Chokden--A Tibetan guard--The sacred Kelas--Reverence of my men I was provided with a very light mountain _tente-d''abri_ seven feet long, pass for the first time Shokas invariably cut a strip of cloth and place a large Tibetan tent manufactured to shelter my future followers--if enter Tibet by the Lippu Pass, was surrounded by Tibetan soldiers, and he wonder, a great human hand (as the Tibetans and Shokas call it), which is fear of being surprised by the Tibetan soldiers, and we passed hour after Tibetans had given me--had taken a large army of men into Tibet, and that remain in his tent, guarded by Tibetan soldiers. of Tibetan men, women and children, who seemed very good-natured and Tibetans pray to their god by means of water, wind and hand-power, are Travelling Tibetans--Over a high pass--A friendly meeting--A [Illustration: A SHOKA-TIBETAN HALF-CASTE] with a handful of men, escaped from the Tibetan soldiers watching 2330 God the Father, Earth the Mother.--The Yellow Emperor was followed by with all due reverence, fell into evil ways, and was abandoned by God. This was the beginning of the end. dynasty, offered sacrifices to Almighty God, and also to Mother Earth. spirits wishing to undermine man''s allegiance to God, or desiring to time between the third and sixth centuries A.D. Chinese Terms for God.--Before passing to the firmer ground, Only the Emperor worships God and Earth.--From the records of this who had personally received the Imperial mandate from God. This same Minister is said to be responsible for the following First of all, there were the great sacrifices to God and to their great sacrificial ceremonies the ancients served God; by their The great sacrifices to God and to Earth, as performed by the early attention of the Chinese people from the simple worship of God and of 23451 called Little Yellow Wang-lo. Little Yellow Wang-lo had to get up very Little Yellow Wang-lo had to get up very Little Yellow Wang-lo had to get up very Little Yellow Wang-lo had to get up very Little Yellow Wang-lo had to get up very little black pig that had white feet; he Wang-lo got a stick and beat the pig, little Yellow Wang-lo tripped over a fat old mother pig and seven little When it was bed-time all the little pigs and catching up little Yellow Wang-lo in he suddenly let little Yellow Wang-lo saw little Yellow Wang-lo returning the little black Pig. He soon found the gate, and knocked and So little Yellow Wang-lo gathered a lot When the mother pig and all the little Now little Yellow Wang-lo had no pockets pig said: "Take off your shirt, little little Yellow Wang-lo had brought back, Little Yellow Wang-lo lived on in the 23493 "All right, sir," said Baldwin, returning the letter without looking at "Just so," said the diver, looking about him with a thoughtful air. "Come, old fellow," said Edgar, with a laugh, "mind what you say about "Come, cut it short and look alive," said Maxwell gruffly, as he stood "Pump away," said the man, holding the round glass in front of Maxwell''s "Good-evening, Miss Hazlit," said Edgar, recovering himself, and holding "All right," said Baldwin, turning gravely to his men, while a little "I mean, sir," said Maxwell, turning to Edgar with a look of unwonted gun-boat was steaming out to sea with Edgar, Baldwin, Rooney, Maxwell, "Gentlemen," said the captain of the gun-boat to Mr Hazlit and Edgar as "It feels quite like old times, sir, don''t it?" said Joe Baldwin to "It is sent down by means of an air-pump," said Edgar, who took on 24528 26070 there lived in very early times a man of the name of Chan. shall be looking for you, and this day eighteen years hence will be the anxious heart to the day when she would once more meet the man to whom Chan is an old man by this time; no doubt he has long ago when a man appeared upon the scene and invited him to come home with "One day while my mind was full of anxiety, a man suddenly appeared at she had lived as a man, and for many years had freely mingled with men. "May I ask," said Sam-Chung, "what was the reason for the great looks, he would one day turn out to be a man of great power, for he had Next day, in readiness for the coming of the old man, they this time to save the life of the only son of the man whose fame for 26162 "Ask the Chinese Government?" repeated the young man, scornfully. with many foreigners who have lived in China for a long time, who have China has suffered at the hands of the great powers, "China in Fetters"--a significant term for a Chinese newspaper to use. realize that the foreign governments have given China no assistance in already talking of the great day, only six months distant, when China As I told you the other day, the opium traffic in China is to come pressure upon the Chinese Government to extend the time by nine months. foreigner in China knows it, and the Chinese know it themselves only too Foreign Office, warning the Chinese Government against allowing the China, you wish Chinese interests to have the right of way. Chinese press referred to as "a glorious day for China and her various British officials in China, and to the Foreign Office in 26412 26553 ADELMA, Princess of Keicobad, slave to Turandot. Yet, sure ''tis he--his eyes--his legs--his head,-But tell me, Barak, shall I in divan So thou but force me not to take thy life; He ne''er shall wed the hateful Turandot. Turandot, on the following conditions:--The Princess shall With honour canst thou quit this high divan, Sweet prince, our son-in-law thou''lt be to-morrow, (_to_ TURANDOT.) I see thou crav''st my head--then be content. To-morrow''s high divan shall seal her fate; TURANDOT, ADELMA, SKIRINA, TRUFFALDIN, _and slaves, exeunt_ R.) If not, my slaves shall pierce thy heart. By Fo-hi''s face, no harm shall touch thy friend His life be thy reward, thou faithful slave. Prince Kalaf, heir to Tartary''s high throne, Thou''rt right, Brighella; go to thy repose. ''Tis time to join divan, Prince, if you please. Shall I by thy hand fall? slaves in black veils: then_ TURANDOT, ADELMA, _and_ SKIRINA, _all 26744 J. HUDSON TAYLOR, M.R.C.S., F.R.G.S. _Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee._ China for personal service, but he was led to pray that if GOD should time came, however, GOD gave increased health, and my life has been Let me tell you how GOD answered the prayers of my dear mother and of my Little did I know at the time what was going on in the heart of my dear China, far away from all human aid, there to depend upon the living GOD If we are faithful to GOD in little things, we shall gain assurance that to wait His time was best; and that GOD in some way or wait patiently; and now GOD was going to work for me in some other way. I was spared in answer to prayer to work for GOD in China. 27021 High mountain ranges bound the Tibetan plateau on all sides. way with great caution, particularly as by the time we reached that spot We arrived at Lama Chokten, a pass protected by a Tibetan guard. and louder, and then we saw coming our way a stream of limpid snow-water Tibetan officers, followed by their men, came trembling to meet us. When darkness came I placed a guard a little distance off our camp. pass and on the other side, a number of Tibetans following the yaks we (the name the Tibetans had given me) had taken a large army of men into then allowed to remain in his tent, guarded by Tibetan soldiers. bank of the stream, was a large Tibetan camping-ground with a high wall Next morning, the 20th idem, a number of Tibetans came to Mr. Landor''s tent, bringing food and ponies. 27243 27481 cross the great rivers and ranges of western Yunnan, a weary month-long Our day''s stage usually ended in a good-sized town. friendly way, generally stopping after I had passed to ask my coolies and a century ago the Chinese frontier stopped at Tachienlu, but to-day Later in the day we left the river, and crossing a head ridge or pass While in Chia-ting I crossed the river one day to see the great Buddha Kalgan stands hard-by the Great Wall; here China and Mongolia meet, and wild-looking men on sturdy little ponies told of an open country. these people, however, looked like Western men, and one simply could not a few Chinese, with a little group of frightened-looking Mongols. Or put it in another way: with Chinese and man of the West alike, that has lived a long time, the Chinese have found out a great many 27861 28549 frequently the consequence of drinking India teas, its injurious nature especially nervous disorders, in proportion as the use of India tea receive, from the use of the sanative tea, the most beneficial effects, From this the medicinal effects of the tea upon the solids are of your Sanative Tea, to all persons afflicted with nervous and other and spirits, by the use of this celebrated Tea. CASE III. drinking the Sanative English Tea is now enjoying a good state of effects your excellent Tea had done in nervous disorders, in various benefit, till an acquaintance recommended me to use the Sanative Tea. I SOME time ago being recommended to drink your Sanative Tea for a recommended to drink your Sanative Tea, which after a little time did YOUR Sanative Tea being recommended to me for a nervous disorder and a Sanative Tea, which she continued to drink for some time, and I am 28780 When Peter Moore entered the static-room, picked his way swiftly and "Sh!" warned Peter Moore, conscious that in China the walls, doors, "Miss Vost is why I''m drunk, Peter," said Bobbie MacLaurin sadly. nonsense," declared Miss Vost, looking away from Peter. "You don''t know Bobbie, the way I do," said Peter stubbornly. into unhealthy-looking foam, Peter Moore and Miss Vost leaned upon the Miss Vost dropped her eyes to Peter''s hand which was resting on the "The young man," said Peter gravely, "desires neither wealth nor Quite suddenly the light gave way, and Peter was aware that the night Peter caught Miss Vost by one hand and raced down the steps. Miss Vost lifted both of Peter''s hands, and one was still blue from the red-faced man, and his look sent a curdle of fear into Peter''s brave "Where?" demanded Peter, staring over the red-faced man''s shoulder for 29683 Nelly Grey was a little English girl who had never been in England. When Nelly said that she was going to meet her father, Little Yi offered road outside Peking, Hung Li stopped the carts and said every one was to ''I should not like to have a Chinese mother,'' said Nelly. Nelly and Little Yi were given a small room adjoining Ku Nai-nai''s in By the time that Nelly and Little Yi had been at Yung Ching a month, An Ching, Nelly, and Little An Ching did not reply, but next day, when Nelly told her that she had And Nelly at once began to give English lessons to An Ching, and Little One morning the two children and An Ching had been singing and Nelly the children were together in Peking, Little Yi gave way to Nelly in Ching, Nelly, and Little Yi were sitting on the bench in the small 29939 One day his friend said to him: "My father is sure to want to reward And one day the mother said to her daughters: "Take good care of Mother has come home!" But they looked out through a crack and said: the Heavens on the Dragon-Tiger Mountain meets the gods at all times. The ancient man said: "How much money would you need in order to live The spirits of the Yellow River are called Dai Wang--Great King. Once upon a time, in the old days, there lived a young man by the name the old man and he said: "Little one, something may be made of you! One day his mother was angry and said: "My son has a wife, and yet I Said they: "It is well that you have come back again, great king! Said the Dragon-King: "But that is the rod which the Great Yu used 31043 Nice old blue Canton plates and other things Japanese. Kabuki, where we sit on the floor and see real old Japanese acting, We liked the old Japanese theater better than the said it was the only place in Tokyo where Japanese men and women really met in a free sociable way, and the president said that when Japanese after dinner, and, like several of the little girls of the new to-day another young lady called, and said she wanted to go back to After a little I said: "I did not know the Emperor went to The Geisha girls are all the way from eleven years old to something like little things went back and danced for more men. has in Japan, Japanese officered Chinese, and her possession of Maybe you would like to know a little about how we look this morning and 31571 This imperial Amazon was the wife of the mikado Chinai, who in 193 A.D. set out at the head of his army for Kiushiu, a rebellion having broken ten thousand men was sent to Japan, but was soon driven from the country Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor of China, now sent nine armies of China, when word came from Japan (in 1598) that Hideyoshi was Nobunaga''s great generals, as the rising power in Japan. This took place five thousand years or more ago, and for a long time the Fortunately for the young emperor, the great princes, having no fear of The long reign of the great emperor had not been confined to wars with The war that followed continued for twelve years, the armies of The "sublime" emperor, the supreme head of the great realm of China and War between China and Japan was at hand. 31674 Apodemus peninsulae, with Description Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Apodemus peninsulae, with Description of a New Subspecies from North China (1951:566) have arranged _peninsulae_ as a subspecies of _Apodemus specimens of _peninsulae_ available to me from central and southern The type specimens of _Apodemus praetor_ Miller (type from Sungari _nigritalus_, like _peninsulae_, as a subspecies of _flavicollis_. _peninsulae_, especially in summer pelage when _praetor_ lacks the subspecies of _Apodemus sylvaticus_. In China the extent of the distribution of _Apodemus peninsulae_ is also The western limits of the geographic range of _Apodemus peninsulae_ are Apodemus peninsulae sowerbyi, new subspecies _Apodemus peninsulae nigritalus_, Tapucha, Altai Mts., Siberia _Apodemus peninsulae praetor_, Sungari River, 60 mi. _Apodemus peninsulae sowerbyi_, Kuei-hau-cheng, Shansi From _Apodemus peninsulae From _Apodemus peninsulae From _Apodemus peninsulae _Apodemus peninsulae_, then, is known or suspected to occur over much of _Apodemus peninsulae nigritalus_ Hollister, 1913 _Apodemus peninsulae praetor_ Miller, 1914 _Apodemus peninsulae sowerbyi_ Jones, 1956 32752 When the Sikkim-Tibet Mission Force marched to Lhassa, it carried along About two or three days'' marching takes you out of India into Sikkim, men of the British working class whom one has known in old days. very long train of pack-mule transport in our column, and the checks up As we foraged on the days following these fights our way was strewn with hundred mule loads, and so could not start our march with many days'' course, before our five-mile-long column had reached the top. the value set by a Tibetan on a ''chit'' written by a British officer. exciting climax to our march, such as a good fight in the Lhassa plain, place with the post, prepared to proceed to Lhassa the next day; but it miles up the river, and the following day I was able to reach Lhassa Sixteen days later the column left Lhassa. 3330 33359 33712 five miles south of Kashgar, Yakoob Beg constructed a strong fort, where introduced by Yakoob Beg. Ush Turfan, New Turfan, is a small town on the road from Kashgar to followed by the Chinese caravans, and Yakoob Beg converted it into a by Yakoob Beg, offered to assert his claims on Kashgar, Alim Kuli have placed the fact before the peoples of Asia, and required Yakoob Beg THE INVASION OF KASHGAR BY BUZURG KHAN AND YAKOOB BEG. Sending Buzurg Khan back to Kashgar, Yakoob Beg resolved to the new Khoja dynasty located at Kashgar; and when Yakoob Beg advanced Kashgar had been unvisited by a Russian merchant, another, a Mr. Morozof, came to put Yakoob Beg''s assertions to the test. Chinese had been driven out of Kashgar, and that Yakoob Beg was ruling 1877, or to a time after the first defeat of Yakoob Beg by the Chinese, 3412 34167 Consul--Visit of Than-Sing--Good-bye to Captain Rooney _page_ 122 That same night the sailors bore her body upon deck, and the captain three days, said the captain, we should probably arrive at the end of Chinese shores for more than twenty days, the captain informed us that "Caldera"--Chinese Pirates--Scene between Decks--A Crew in "Caldera"--Chinese Pirates--Scene between Decks--A Crew in Soon after this, Than-Sing and the captain came in search of me. The pirates of the Chinese seas make their junks their homes, and Once at sea, it is scarcely likely that the pirates, busy as they Captain Rooney then came up, and Than-Sing, Having boarded and pillaged the merchant-junk, the pirates, it seemed, with any pirate-junks, the captain of the "Lady Mary Wood" prepared to pirates in the Chinese seas, has just returned to France in pirates in the Chinese seas, has just returned to France in 34199 "I don''t think I care to go to China now, father," Sybil then said. "I shall like to see Chinese soldiers," Leonard said. "What Chinese shops are like, I think," said Sybil. "I remember," Sybil said, "a girl at school having a Chinese "I thought the Chinese were clever people," Sybil said; "if so, how can "You were saying the other day, father, that Chinese people smoke "I wonder what made people first think of doing this?" Sybil said. "There is one thing I cannot understand the Chinese doing," Leonard said It seemed strange to Sybil and Leonard to think that boat-children never "I do think, do you know, Leonard," Sybil said, as she wished her "How little," Sybil and Leonard said to one another, "we ever thought, Sybil and Leonard were told, were to be seen on almost all Chinese And Sybil, who had said "_I like my father to be a missionary very 34494 "Yes, uncle," said Stan, who had more ears for the sounds below than for "Bravo, Stan!" cried Uncle Jeff.--"Now, Oliver, old lad, let''s get the "Let me do the throwing, Stan," said Uncle Jeff calmly, as he set one "Yes," said Uncle Jeff; "but mind this, my fine fellow: if you come back "We shall be all right, Stan," said Uncle Jeff heartily; "it is we who "Yes, he is quite right, Stan, my boy," said the lad''s father, grasping "Yes; I''m ready," said Stan, smiling, and having hard work to keep from "No," said Stan promptly; "I don''t feel--Yes, I do," he cried. "Yes; I made a mistake there," said Blunt bitterly; and as Stan watched "The enemy do not come, Lynn," said Blunt a short time later, when they "Yes, that is most likely, uncle," said Stan. "Then we can''t be ready for them this time, Stan," said Uncle Jeff. 34860 [WU _comes back and hands_ HARRY _a dollar, and then goes out_. [GEORGE _looks at_ DAISY _for a moment_. [DAISY _gives a deep sigh of relief_, HARRY _comes in_. missy Daisy old amah--yes? Old amah got velly good eyes in her What would my little Daisy do without old amah, hi, hi? You think old amah no got eyes? He no likee Daisy''s old amah. Lee Tai velly clever man, Daisy. makes up his mind the best thing is to leave_ DAISY _with the_ AMAH. Don''t kneel, Harry; that isn''t the way a woman wants to be loved. [DAISY _gives_ HARRY _the glass and he helps_ GEORGE _to drink_. [_There is a pause._ HARRY _looks from_ DAISY _to the_ AMAH. Daisy, you know I love you. [_Sombrely looking away from her._] Daisy, I think you can never [DAISY _takes the_ AMAH''S _long pipe in her hands._] Who Daisy, Harry come soon. 3639 37376 There was food in plenty, too; the boy could eat all day long, and he huge foreign-devil, with a yellow beard and a great whip in his hand two days'' time the Court would come out of the city. he went far afield, running all the way home so as to have ample time to The boy held out his hands but the old man did not consult the palms: he "From the west city gate," said the boy. caught each one unfailingly--finally coming to rest on the boy''s hand. hard the boy ran on until he came upon a large crowd of foreigners. like the foreigners walked; and the strangers would ask who was this boy boy saw that the soldiers stopped and interrogated each man leading his The boy''s eyes never moved from the man''s face. one extra day to make your way through the city to the foreign quarter." 38253 time ago on account of the great trade in gold which they carry on country saw such great destruction of their people and ships, The King of Guzarat is a great lord, both in revenue and people, and This King possesses great cities in his kingdom, and especially the river, with a large town called Baticala,[167] of very great trade very large town, peopled by Moors and Gentiles, of the kingdom of said that many men come from all the other kingdoms to this king''s has a Moorish king, a great lord; and in former times this kingdom women relations of the kings and great lords come also to see the king lives, towards the south is a very good town called Cananor.] country-born Moors, and much shipping and a great trade of exporting The king and people of this kingdom are Gentiles. kingdom of Gentiles which has a king who resides in a very great and 39009 39163 who became the Emperor Tait-sou, a little great man-boy," said Chow. "Surely thy dogs of servants must have been accomplices," said Chow. "What words are these, O Chow?" said Nicholas, placing his hand to his "Truly, O Chow, thou wert born in an unfortunate hour," said Nicholas. "These are wild words and foolish fancies, Chow," said Nicholas; adding, parents, will prove thy destruction, my poor Chow," said Nicholas, as "Noble Ki, I am thy servant for life," said Nicholas, kneeling and Nicholas, she said, "Haste youth, for thy life;" but knowing the attempt "Thou art a coward, Chow, draw thy sword, and follow," said Nicholas, "All is prepared, O noble Nicholas, according to thy order," said Chow. We dare not, O noble Nicholas," said Chow! "Silence, thou dog," said Nicholas; adding in a whisper to Chow, "Let us "Then," said Nicholas, "let thy servant seek the young Emperor, and upon 39421 Summit of Mount Everest and North Peak from the Island, West Rongbuk Mount Everest from the Rongbuk Glacier, nine miles north-west 214 Mount Everest from the 20,000-foot camp--wind blowing snow off the Mount Everest at sunset from the 20,000-foot camp, Kharta Valley 316 descended nearly 5,000 feet by the time that we reached the P.W.D. bungalow at Peshoke, which was situated in a clearing in the forest. glacier that swept down from below the rock walls of Cho-Uyo. On arriving at the end of the moraine, the boots that my coolie was lovely views of Mount Everest and that great group of snow peaks of Mount Everest and its great ridges filled up the head of the valley. way I climbed 1,000 feet up among the rocks opposite to the big glacier possible way up Mount Everest from this valley, but at present the snow-covered hill to the West of the camp, about 21,000 feet, I had some 39486 two thousand years ago, that a man that did not know how to rule his home After a careful study of the family life of this great people, one the yellow face sooner than to ask a man if the idols love men. comparatively of whom have ever come back to look upon the land of great here come the people from the great city below, slowly winding could come to life to-day he would see that the old clumsy thing that he Chinese life and scenes afford to the Westerner, there comes a sense of mysteries of Chinese life and see how men and women can lead what seems to the remote times of Chinese history was a man who was taken direct from whilst men who had passed their lives in the commission of great wrongs, cognizance of men''s lives--Heaven looks after great moral 39735 The Kan-wang, the missionaries'' friend, having left the city while Mr. Muirhead was there, that event was mentioned in the following different offices of Ti-ping Government in Hang-chow, and completing his French aiding by six vessels only, a fact suppressed by Captain Dew. The final expulsion of the Ti-pings from Ningpo was thus effected:-placed directly between the British and French men-of-war and the guns the foreign men-of-war, as stated by Captain Dew. The Ti-pings fought their battery against the overwhelming fire from the A march of five days brought our forces to the city of Soo-chow, when Nankin and Soo-chow, the Chung-wang''s immediate command, and other The British men-of-war, the Manchoo gunboats, the French vessels, the China having just reached Shanghae, Major Gordon, R.E., took command of British army_; while General Brown sent a force of 550 men (including Ti-ping stockades outside Soo-chow; consequently, the Chung-wang 40350 the old Chinese society lay not in the power of an organized body of National Government of China and of the Nationalist armies under Chiang nationalism required of China in the new Westernized world--this was a the pivot of modern Chinese government and politics. possessed the power, under the legal sanction of the Chinese government, military power of the Nationalist armies led by Chiang K''ai-shek. China the background of a Chinese-dominated world society in the Far Chinese government appearing in quasi-military form. Undoubtedly China was and is too large to be governed by mere military provincial military commanders; many Chinese expected a new Yüan to making the Chinese government independent of Japanese and Western Western government and makes no attempt to transpose Chinese politics include much material on Chinese politics and government. How can modern government be made Chinese, Chinese political and military development may well 4094 41878 these two bodies reach, I am told, to every educated man in China. ill-paid but efficient working men to the great Western market will realises why the Chinese are feeling that Western education is an the old Chinese hands merely said, "How like China," or "Just like China now needs help to found a University teaching Western knowledge. missionary work in China they also started schools, but the difference of China and the great demand for men skilled in Western learning make Chinese school, and at the same time they realised what great value and Another Western University under Chinese Government control is the one Chinese girl who had been educated in a Shanghai mission school. Christian or missionary to a Chinese official and it would have the The great Chinese race has need of the wealth of Western {328} China for the Chinese, 216, 296 42146 valley is traversed by a little stream descending from the mountains, Sutlej valley; but the lofty ranges north of that river, covered with immediately above the valley of the river Giri, a large mountain tree at 4-5000 feet in the north-western Himalaya, always in valleys precipitous rocks, to the valley of the Sildang river, a large stream few hundred feet, the road continued nearly level for some miles, with few other species, all common mountain-plants at low elevations, which mountain range north of the Sutlej, at the great bend of that river feet, into a wide steeply-sloping valley, descending from the north to Kuru -Great contraction of valley -Mountain pass of Waris the river and near a village, a considerable tree perhaps forty feet Chenab valley -Chishot -Snow-beds -Camp at 10,500 feet -Chenab valley -Chishot -Snow-beds -Camp at 10,500 feet -- 4244 42551 42732 by British Government -To conciliate Chinese as in days commodity by a British agent on the mere demand of a Chinese official, case, that the Chinese Government regarded the treaty of Nanking as a As regards the attitude of the Chinese Government towards foreigners places, or at Canton, generally with the Chinese natives; port limits, a trade which was invisible alike to Chinese and British prevailed between British and Chinese officials and people in Shanghai treaty consuls acted as trustees for the Chinese Government, there was which marked the opening of China to foreign trade. the successful establishment of trade at the new ports in China, Lord [20] The annual value of the whole foreign trade with China, imports characteristics of the two trading communities, foreign and Chinese. Trading facilities -Relations with Chinese Government -To trade as such the Chinese Government never seem to have 42886 Rob also was pleased with the foreign lad, whose appearance recalled a "I''d call it ''white-handed,''" replied Rob, with a grin, at the same time "Yes," said Rob, speaking in fragmentary but intelligible Chinese, "the "Yes, of course," replied Rob; "but in this case it happens that only So determined was the Chinese lad upon this course that even when Mr. Hinckley had arranged the bond business with some of his friends, and "The big boy scrambled to his feet, and just then Rob Hinckley came did, they would punish them instead of Rob Hinckley, and the Chinese "Yes, sir," replied poor Rob, who, longing for sympathy in this moment summer of 1900, the young American, Rob Hinckley, on a peaceful mission Chinese army with twenty American cow-boys," boasted Rob, as he reined 1900 when Rob Hinckley, accompanied by his stanch friend, Chinese Jo, 42904 Chinese Soldiers; Family Life; Power of Parents; Foot-Binding 1 Life; Chinese Cities; Peking; Temple of Agriculture; Official Reception by Viceroy; Chinese Writing; Life of Year Customs; Hong Kong Races; Curious Forms of known as the Yu people, in whose territory no Chinese officials are old Chinese proverb frequently heard at the present day, "Long united reciting that a wealthy young Chinese, whose mother controlled a large The most incomprehensible custom among Chinese women of family is that Chinese, like all Easterns, have a great respect for men of letters, The men who work the nets live in a hut built upon long poles Hong Kong--a practically Chinese city where every man was free to day of the Chinese New Year offers a sacrifice on the great white have seen in Hong Kong two women gravely carrying a small house, Here the shops are purely Chinese, and every trade may be seen 43497 During the following days Muhamed Isa was always on his feet, looking Muhamed Isa set up for the caravan men a large Tibetan tent with a broad We needed a day''s rest in this camp, for before us was the high pass however, little water, ran to the lake, and all day long we fell in with We have not seen a drop of water all day long, and the caravan is small pass we came to a new longitudinal valley, where the country was men for several days, but after that should pass black tents daily. Our day''s march ran round the lake and into a broad valley extending in slowly marching over passes and through winding valleys, over small long day''s journey and a difficult pass, and therefore it was still dark This time Muhamed Isa accompanied me, and the Tashi Lama received me in 43549 east of the mountain the flat open valley of the Targo-tsangpo comes seven short days'' journey; the pilgrim road closely follows the lake great river drink of the water, because it comes from the holy mountain On the same day a large white-and-blue tent was set up by our camp, but Tabie-tsaka, how far they marched each day, and where they passed lakes, gain our camp on the bank of the Tsangpo; the river looks like a lake, After a while we passed the valley junction and the unlucky camp No. 283, and were again on the great caravan route, the road of dead horses. Mountain north-east of Camp 310; the freshwater Lake white limits of the valley was seen to the south-east the large lake Three tents stood in a side valley and some men came out to look passed two tents, where four Tibetans came out to look at us. 43669 the Land''s End. At daylight, the little island of Porto Santo having been passed, the this time the only British man-of-war in the Chinese waters was the Scarcely had this taken place, when down came to Macao a new Chinese Chinese batteries and the war-junks, immediately the boat reached the the arrival of Major-General Sir Hugh Gough, from Madras, in H.M.S. Cruizer, to assume the command in chief of all the land-forces, by the As soon as our vessels and boats approached, the Chinese opened a vessels, Chinese junks, boats of all kinds, and the long line of On the Chinese side, the river batteries opened upon the Nemesis and In the mean time, the boats of the Nemesis, under Captain Hall, having island without landing a body of men to attack the Chinese soldiers, the little party again returned to the steamer, the Chinese having 44043 years'' residence in Hong Kong.--Opium smoking as practised by the Chinese the Anti-Opium Society.--British and other foreign residents in China hold Anti-Opium Society that British trade with China has suffered from the Indo-China Opium trade, Chinese residing there have better means of iniquity of the Indo-China Opium trade.--Character of the Chinese as Opium smoking in China.--Although the Chinese are a spirit-drinking trade.--Missionaries detested in China.--Indian Opium welcomed.--Saying of the Indo-Chinese opium trade interlard their case with political matters and ruining the people of China, as is alleged by the Anti-Opium Society, hold of the public mind, with respect to opium smoking in China, arose, Calcutta, and Hong Kong, by which all Indian opium for the China trade is Chinese Government, and on the effect of opium smoking on the people of nor the subject of these lectures, which is opium smoking in China. missionaries and the Anti-Opium Society allege, China would not be the 44261 watchful Chang paou was on every side, the pirates took great care to pirates visited this place whenever they passed it with their vessels, killed about ten hands in attacking this vessel, and the pirates retired Chang paou ordered his vessels to remove to Shaou ting, and his men till he saw the Chang lung, or government vessels come on. Chang paou following and attacking them, the foreign vessels sustained a vessels, and joined the foreigners to attack the pirates. he met the pirates near Nan gaou, and prepared his vessels[86] to attack pirate vessels, our commander attacked them. vessel of the pirate, and cried out: "I Chang paou am come," and at the Governor-general ordered one of his officers to kill[104] the pirate [1] The Chinese have particular histories of the robbers and pirates [112] We know by the "History of the Chinese Pirates," that these 44614 Shanghai Courier, in regard to foreign education for the Chinese, and educated, and, unless they can receive foreign instruction in China, Chinese in foreign branches of knowledge, either by the government of made to educate the Chinese in foreign branches of knowledge, either in regard to the education of Chinese in foreign languages within this government schools in Hong Kong are too great to enable private English or any other foreign language to their Chinese pupils now, nor education of Chinese in foreign knowledge in this consular district. I know of no schools founded by private enterprise in which foreign course of (4) reading books used in the government schools at Hong girls'' school, which numbers 14 scholars, has any foreign secular to the education of Chinese in foreign knowledge within this consular or sustain schools in which foreign knowledge has been taught. been taught in schools elsewhere, either at other ports or in foreign 45167 Wealth--Mongols--Russians--Name of Kalgan--Chinese Leave China--Mishap in the pass--Steep ascent--Chinese Marshes--Camels dislike water--Chinese caravan--Travellers'' Custom-house delay--Fine country--Good roads--Hotels Amoor that time extended as far south as the Great River, and included a non-military nation like the Chinese, as they were in the days person, and a man of great authority among Mongols, whether lamas or mission to the great lamasery at Dolonor, a Mongol town a few days'' fellow, who speaks Mongol like a native, to a Lama convent, called a halting-place, the Mongols generally contrive to combine a good the Chinese government sought to divert the Mongols from forming any in the pastoral peoples, the great race of the Mongols has in the for as we intended to travel as the Russians do, night and day, it The Russians lose a great deal of time the country been as great as it is now, China might have become a 45188 The locality of our projected port is nearest to deep water line, Our projected Railway will start at the Great Northern Port and follow The Peking-Hankow Railway is a line of over eight hundred miles running railway construction, city building, harbor works, and various kinds international development of Canton as a world port in South China. for line (c), and following the left bank of the West River enters the Kolan, there crossing the Great Eastern Port-Urga line. it crosses the Great Eastern Port Urga and Uliassutai lines. b. The Great Eastern Port-Canton Line b. The Great Eastern Port-Canton Line This line starts from Foochow, crosses the Min River and proceeds by This line starts from the Great Southern Port--Canton--proceeds in crosses the Great Northern Port-Urumochi line. line proceeds northward to a quite new country by first crossing the China with the great "Northern Port," and the development of coal and 4522 47218 report addressed by the Tartar general Tsen-Konan-Wei, to the Emperor THE EMPEROR OF PEKING, a Tartar of the Tsing (Pure) Dynasty (aged 30) FOUNT-IN-THE-FOREST, Councillor to the Tartar Emperor THE SON OF SPRINGTIME, the little Chinese Emperor at Nanking THE DAUGHTER OF HEAVEN, Chinese Empress of the Ming (Bright) Dynasty SECOND NURSE [_Respectfully approaching the_ TARTAR EMPEROR] the Tartar Emperor----But this torch which shall illumine The EMPRESS [_Making a sign to the_ TARTAR EMPEROR, _to be Ah, how ardently I wish I were the Tartar Emperor reigning FAITHFUL PRINCE, _who gives it to the_ EMPRESS. The day will come when I shall throw away the mask, THE EMPRESS, _the_ FAITHFUL PRINCE, ARROW-BEARER, _the_ _The_ TARTAR EMPEROR _and The_ EMPRESS _The_ TARTAR EMPEROR _and The_ EMPRESS [FAITHFUL PRINCE _approaches the_ EMPRESS.] _The_ EMPRESS, FAITHFUL PRINCE, TRANQUIL BEAUTY, _The_ The_ EMPRESS, FAITHFUL PRINCE, VEILED-LIGHT, TRANQUIL interview of an Emperor and an Empress, power speaking to 48788 Chinese gentlemen, smiling, look at them with soft eyes. "Of course it doesn''t look like a room in London," she said, "but it the head of the pass till he came to the old river bed which was the in Chinese things tends a little to the grotesque, I think." looked with distrust upon any man who studied the Chinese language. He sought to look as little like "Mr. Wingrove thinks it''s bad for the work to go away for a year like "Mr. Wingrove won''t hear a word against the Chinese," said his wife, little intimate beer-houses of Berlin where the tired working man could "That''s what I looked like when I first came out to China," he said. He has lived in China for five years, but he knows no Chinese and takes He knows more Chinese than any man in China. 48882 "We must save Vera and Geoffrey," he said. "It was Uncle Ralph," said Marion. "Come and let us walk," said Geoffrey. At the same time Abell passed the little brass case into Ralph''s hand. Geoffrey and Vera and Marion kept them going. Before Marion could reply, Mrs. Gordon Ravenspur came into the room. Was it possible, Geoffrey wondered, that Ralph Ravenspur had "It was Marion!" said Geoffrey in a thrilling whisper. "You may be certain," Geoffrey said carelessly, "that I shall come if To him Ralph repeated all that Geoffrey had said. "Did not care to leave Uncle Ralph," Geoffrey said. "It sounds like a woman," said Geoffrey. Ralph Ravenspur, with Tchigorsky and Geoffrey, sat smoking in the "There is one thing I am curious to know," said Geoffrey. To the impatient Geoffrey came Ralph Ravenspur with a Tchigorsky, Ralph Ravenspur, and Geoffrey sat smoking in the blind man''s 49121 small boats--little steam tugs--hurry like busy people among the big cannot count on seeing the great walls of Pekin for six or seven days. THE GREAT WALL SURROUNDING THE OUTER CITY OF PEKIN] As we come through the separating wall and see the Chinese City framed the wood, great Pekin in its dust, which the sun is beginning to gild And every time each gate in the red walls with the yellow faience permit himself to be seen, to act in the light of day like other men, I shall come to a fresh opening in an old wall, which will be my crossed the wall of the Chinese City by this southern gate, first The place is paved with marble, and straight ahead, rising like a wall, walls the vests of Chinese soldiers are fastened up and arranged like and the "yellow wind" before reaching Y-Tchou, another old walled city 49637 Kamtchatka and the New Discovered Islands are sea-otters, foxes, sables, to the Aleutian and Fox Islands: they are called by the Russians Bobry The Russians remained until June, 1754, upon this island: at that time [Sidenote: The Crew reach Beering''s Island in two Baidars.] In spring tribute, calls in his account the first island by the Russian name of sea the spring following--The vessel is stranded in a bay of the island islanders, that a Russian ship, under the command of Ivan Solovioff[53], [Sidenote: Sails to the Fox Islands.] Every preparation for continuing [Sidenote: The Russians winter at Kadyak.] The islanders now appearing [Sidenote: Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants.] The Fox-islands are [Sidenote: Account of the Inhabitants of the Fox Islands.] The any Russian vessels have hitherto sailed, a chain of islands has been An island without a name, called by the Russians [Sidenote: Islands called by different Names in the Russian Journals.] 5173 To-day Zen as a living faith can be found in its pure form only among Mahayana Zen, and calls the last by the name of the Buddha''s Holy gives a short life, in Dirghagama-sutra, of each of the six Buddhas, Bodhidharma as the best explanation of Zen, by Gunabhadra in A.D. 433; Saddharma-pundarika-sutra, in its complete form, by Kumarajiva Shan said that some practise Zen in order to attain Enlightenment, founder of the Japanese Ten Dai Sect, known as Den Gyo Dai Shi. After visiting holy places and great monasteries, he came home, This Universal Life, according to Zen, pillars the heaven, Therefore man, according to Zen, is not good-natured nor bad-natured For these reasons Zen proposes to call man Buddha-natured or [FN#190] Zen is often called the Sect of Buddha-mind, as it lays Buddha, or Universal Life conceived by Zen, ''What is life and death?'' ''What is the real nature of mind?'' and so 522 Chinese rhymes, stories and games into the foreigner''s home for the Boy and Girl as real little folk, human like themselves, and thus think All of these have called forth rhymes among Chinese children similar to little boy''s queue instead of his hand when walking with him on the The Chinese boys and girls are little men and women. children playing their sober little games." Why we should call such a the little street children who spend a large part of their time in asking that we study into the character of Chinese children''s games. "Chi," we asked, "what kind of games do boys play?" The boys spent a long time playing this game--indeed they seemed to of the unfortunate features of Chinese children''s games and rhymes. children that look like the little folks who play with them. passed by a boy and girl were born to them, little star children, 523 5350 Japan 56 per cent of the cultivated fields, 11,000 square miles, is The average area of the rice field in Japan is less than five square grave lands had become nearly naked soil, as seen in Fig. 27 where a Fields which had matured two crops of rice during the long summer, applied to rice, Fig. 45 showing a field as seen in Japan. lands is largely used upon the rice fields, more than sixteen inches inches of water applied to the rice fields of the three main islands a closer view than Fig. 27 of the farmer watering his little field The basal food crop of the people of China, Korea and Japan is rice, of water rice on the plains land at 44 bushels per acre, and that of cultivated land produces a crop of water rice each year and 7.96 per 56089 Others whose knowledge of Chinese was exceptional were Mr. Sidney Mayers, representative of the British China Corporation, who had attack on me personally, and on American action in China generally. visited China in 1913, Chinese officials expressed to him the wish in China unless the Chinese Government shall give some positive proof At this time I informed the Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs that American Government did not object to any arrangement whereby China The Chinese Government gave to the American concern the right to build The Japanese Government was still trying to get China into the war, The American Government had held to its view that China should not be the Chinese to feel that the American Government, desiring them to But the Japanese minister had already informed the Chinese Foreign The Americans in China, as well as the British and the Chinese, were 56985 At breakfast the day before the time fixed for Frank''s departure, Mr. Bassett told his son that he must make the most of his journey, enjoy it "She''s a nice girl," said Fred to the Doctor as they made their way to after day, and on a great ocean like the Pacific there is little to Fred said the best thing to prevent a horse running away was to sell him and looked at a great variety of Japanese goods, but followed the advice "We think we want to write home now, Doctor," said Frank, "and wish to great cities of Japan, but they are far less frequent than in New York "I know what that is," said Fred, who came along at the moment Frank "That is one point," said Frank, "in which I think the Japanese have [Illustration: A JAPANESE WAR-JUNK OF THE OLDEN TIME.] 57382 I saw Chan-King Liang for the first time on a certain Monday morning in that Chan-King told us about his father, typical Chinese product of his remembered that, fine as Chan-King was, he belonged to the Chinese race. Chan-King looked at him a long time, a quizzical, happy On the way home Chan-King said, "Will this be difficult for you, would see Chan-King''s eyes turned upon me with the look I best loved to Chan-King expressed our views thus: "The Chinese idea is that the family "When I told them of you," said Chan-King, "my mother was visibly related, Chan-King''s mother had been looking forward for years to the Chan-King, his mother and I went to Chinese cafés together and Madame When her visit was ended, our mother said to Chan-King, "This is a grown, we must have them all marry Chinese." Chan-King looked at me long 58369 "He is the god of barbarians and devils, Tuen," her father said sternly. Tuen said nothing more, but that night from her bed in the open court chuckled and said nothing, and poor Tuen had a new thought to torment "The Viceroy sent her to you," the servant who was with Tuen said to the On the day that Tuen arrived at the yâmen, the wife of the Viceroy came "Just look what long ones Tuen has and be consoled," another said "I don''t want little feet," Tuen answered, for the first time taking A year had passed since Tuen came to live at the Viceroy''s yâmen, and in that Tuen should make a tunic for the Viceroy as a present on the coming "I didn''t want anything in the world but to be learned like a man," Tuen "I would like to be wise and great," Tuen said, with a sigh. 59972 the Fortress Commandant, Lieutenant-General Smirnoff, had two enemies Fortress, numbers of officers of the Japanese General Staff, disguised for it to be fortified with the utmost rapidity, and in his order No. 228, of March 23, he authorized the Fortress Commanding Engineer to commanding officer, can give me general orders relating to the defence Next day Order 285 was issued by the Officer Commanding the District, officers, began to get the position on Green Hills into some order; General Fock''s command--the left flank--fared during these days. General Stössel published the following order this day: officer commanding, General Smirnoff went to look at the destruction to persuaded General Stössel to lay mines under our forts in order that and General Smirnoff asked the Officer Commanding the District, through orders direct from General Stössel that the fort was to be abandoned. _Lieutenant-General Smirnoff_, Commandant of the Fortress. Fortress of Port Arthur to its Commandant, Lieutenant-General Smirnoff, 60335 rights--Jolly-boat returns--Chinese--Leave the wreck. questions--Chinese music--Jolly-boat party arrive--Privations-the mandarin--Letters and clothing from Chusan--Chinese After standing here some time, a man came and took me away to another proceeded on, till we came to the head mandarin''s house. In a short time some officers came in, and opening the lid of my cage, had finished, some mandarin officers arrived, one carrying a small I did not remain long in this place, for I was soon walked out into the The day passed on, and supper-time came; this meal was the same as mandarin--Letters and clothing from Chusan--Chinese clothes--Irons room, and, after waiting a short time in the yard, sedans having been Douglas and Captain Anstruther, clothes of all sorts for Mrs. Noble, and a quantity for the child which was drowned; but nothing told them that the mandarins said we were going to Chusan in six days, taken; and each sedan being placed in a separate boat, we were soon 609 Late Chinese Minister to the United States of America, Spain, Peru, American people would like to see Canada incorporated with the United people of the United States, and though subjects, they enjoy as much The general desire of the American people to travel abroad is one of against China by the United States of America. people of China have good reasons to be grateful to America and her America, the Governments of China and the United States, concluded a coming of Chinese laborers to the United States, or their residence the United States from embarrassment, the Chinese Government, contrary States Government to negotiate a new treaty regarding Chinese laborers, Chinese subjects, visiting or residing in the United States, should country the better it is for the State and for the people? Since the United States of America is rich, well governed, says, "is that of ''America for the Americans'' or ''China for the 60959 white labour for surface work on the mines, I have consulted the large number of white men employed on the Rand in the position of to labour on the mines, for that work was only fit for Chinamen; Even if white labour was economically possible the Rand lords of indentured Chinese labourers into the Transvaal Colony until the stated that if a colony desired Chinese labour it was not for the to every Chinese labourer recruited from his native land the Ordinance mines, the Rand lords have urged on the white overseers to force the principle of importing Chinese labour into the Transvaal it would be The British Government wanted Chinese labour to be introduced into the Government in sanctioning the Chinese Labour Ordinance. working of the mines by the Chinese in South Africa was slavery; but The introduction of Chinese labour into the Rand on the top of all 62121 appear, the traveler soon comes to like these little vehicles. [Illustration: A JAPANESE TEMPLE.] The Japanese are usually small their women seem like girls; their [Illustration: A JAPANESE BRIDGE.] [Illustration: A JAPANESE LADY EN ROUTE.] [Illustration: A JAPANESE DOCTOR OF THE OLD STYLE.] [Illustration: A JAPANESE LADY.] [Illustration: A JAPANESE BEAUTY.] [Illustration: A JAPANESE SHOP.] [Illustration: A JAPANESE FAMILY MOVING.] [Illustration: A JAPANESE AT PRAYER.] [Illustration: A JAPANESE BED.] [Illustration: JAPANESE TEA-HOUSE.] [Illustration: TWO MODES OF TRAVEL IN JAPAN.] [Illustration: ENTRANCE TO A JAPANESE TEMPLE.] [Illustration: INTERIOR OF A JAPANESE TEMPLE.] The streets in Kioto, like those of most Japanese cities, are usually [Illustration: A HONG-KONG STREET--IN THE CHINESE QUARTER.] [Illustration: AN OLD CHINESE FORT, CANTON RIVER.] [Illustration: CHINESE BOATS, CANTON.] [Illustration: HALL IN A CHINESE HOUSE.] once said to me: "The more you see of the Japanese the less you will like [Illustration: THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.] 63233 GENERAL LI YUAN HUNG''S AMBITIONS FOR THE NEW CHINA foreign imports which for years have come into China, there is not a on China, the publisher said: "What people want to know is how to gaze out upon a great country like China and a people who go to make Continuing, the General said his idea was that China''s {41} foreign China--some even got to know that it could not take a very great time Yet surely three years was not too long a time for China to prepare Yuan Shih K''ai, cutest of all Chinese in China, probably foresaw With the fall of Hanyang, millions of people, Chinese and foreigners, was generally agreed that the Government of China wanted reforming, form of government is suited to the Chinese nation and people. "My love for China and the Chinese people is certainly as great men of China in regard to foreign nations, it was believed that they 6624 Central Chinese orthodox stales--Fighting instincts all with semiChinese states--Struggle for life becoming keener throughout China Tartar-born rulers of Tsin, and war with T&n--Second Protector prince to Confucius'' state--Lu''s "powerful" family plague--Lu''s Titles of the Emperors of the Chou dynasty--The word "King" in modern times--Posthumous names--The title "Emperor" and the word moon--Celestial observations in different states--Chinese year is Chinese history, and in this year the Emperor had to flee from his This Wei Valley (including the subvalleys of its north-bank tributaries) was also in 842 B.C. colonized by an ancient Chinese family--not of imperial extraction of China, Chinese federal princes between the Han River and the of the Great River branches, In ancient times the Yang-tsz was King died; and as his services to China (i.e. to orthodox Tsin colonists of the imperial Chou family in 1200 B.C. So far as purely Chinese traditions and history go, the cumulative comparatively modern China, 1500 years later, the third emperor of the 6708 three Chinese princes to carry out the arrangement, but the day must come the Chinese army, that ruler sent to demand the reason of the attack on scene and took the command of the Chinese forces in person, the Mongols Chinese people in their authority no doubt induced the Manchu leaders to from the rich and powerful Chinese emperor in his poor State would be object in sending Chinese troops into that state, and Kanghi''s generals sent express messengers to Pekin entreating the Chinese emperor to send an the Chinese had by this time taken the measure of the English commander, from China in the previous eleven years, and, as the Chinese of course Chinese officials had been both consistent and successful, the new English possession of a Chinese army, and a strong force of Tartar cavalry, alone The successes of the Chinese gave their generals and army the confidence 889 9603 Madame Wang likewise took a seat at old lady Chia''s instance; and the Dowager lady Chia, having inquired of Tai-yü what books she was reading, with them, when dowager lady Chia also sent some one to say that, "Mrs. Hsüeh should be asked to put up in the mansion in order that a greater Chou Jui''s wife thereupon came over to dowager lady Chia''s room on this dowager lady Chia; but when Pao-yü heard where she was going, he also sight of Chia Jung come in to pay his respects, which prompted Pao-yü to Lady Feng also got up, said good-bye, and hand in hand with Pao-yü, they A waiting-maid sent by dowager lady Chia came in, meanwhile, to ask what Mrs. Yu, having asked Chia Jung to come round, told him to direct Lai Pao-yü would not agree to this, and dowager lady Chia gave orders to get