Points and pickings of information about China and the Chinese, by the author of 'Soldiers and sailors'.1844 |
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... parents are honoured , and their poor relations acknowledged and assisted . They are both docile and industrious ; but this is the bright side of their character . I must now rub a burnt cork over their faces . I cannot help it ...
... parents are honoured , and their poor relations acknowledged and assisted . They are both docile and industrious ; but this is the bright side of their character . I must now rub a burnt cork over their faces . I cannot help it ...
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... parents , princes , superiors , and benefactors , will all be paid . The man who would squeeze out the oil must grind the more forcibly ; and the mariner who would stem the swelling tide , must ply the oar more vigorously . If you ...
... parents , princes , superiors , and benefactors , will all be paid . The man who would squeeze out the oil must grind the more forcibly ; and the mariner who would stem the swelling tide , must ply the oar more vigorously . If you ...
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... occasion of grief to her parents . " Though courteously expressed , this Chinese sen- timent of the very great inferiority of females is far from agreeable to an English reader . 186 CHINESE SAYINGS . I must pick out for you.
... occasion of grief to her parents . " Though courteously expressed , this Chinese sen- timent of the very great inferiority of females is far from agreeable to an English reader . 186 CHINESE SAYINGS . I must pick out for you.
Page 262
... parents , the law is very severe . As an instance of this kind , I will relate an affair that took place during the reign of the last emperor . " According to the report of the Viceroy of Hoo - kwang province , there is in the district ...
... parents , the law is very severe . As an instance of this kind , I will relate an affair that took place during the reign of the last emperor . " According to the report of the Viceroy of Hoo - kwang province , there is in the district ...
Page 264
... parents , and who speak to them with a loud voice , or beat , or degrade them , they shall be punished in like manner . ” A parent , if he feel so disposed , may sell his children for slaves ; nay more , if he take away their lives ...
... parents , and who speak to them with a loud voice , or beat , or degrade them , they shall be punished in like manner . ” A parent , if he feel so disposed , may sell his children for slaves ; nay more , if he take away their lives ...
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Page 264 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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Page 250 - Prostrate I beg imperial Heaven (Hwang Tien) to pardon my ignorance and stupidity, and to grant me self-renovation; for myriads of innocent people are involved by me, a single man.