Leaves from My Chinese ScrapbookAn eminent writer of the present century has hazarded the conjecture that in the unwritten history of the globe might be found the names of many great and distinguished men of whom the world knows nothing; that in bygone ages and in distant lands there have been Ciceros and Caesars, Hannibals and Homers,--may we suggest, in all seriousness, Beaconfields and Bismarcks?--whose fame has never reached the shores of Europe, and whose memories have perished with their lives. Strange to say, we have heard this striking notion characterised as shallow. The criticism seems ungracious: profound it may not be, but there can be no question of its truth, nor of the fact that it is very little realised or thought of. -- Pg. [1]. |
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... language of China , " The Emperor can do nothing that is not bene- volent . " It is entertaining to study the circumstances under which thanks are offered to His Majesty , and the strange inversion of thought and language by which every ...
... language of China , " The Emperor can do nothing that is not bene- volent . " It is entertaining to study the circumstances under which thanks are offered to His Majesty , and the strange inversion of thought and language by which every ...
Page 63
... language , if he is a bad sovereign , the disfavour of Heaven is shown by manifold disasters and portents ; and when this is the case the people have a right to rebel against the man whom Heaven thus openly rejects . So far , the ...
... language , if he is a bad sovereign , the disfavour of Heaven is shown by manifold disasters and portents ; and when this is the case the people have a right to rebel against the man whom Heaven thus openly rejects . So far , the ...
Page 64
... language it is ch'i , which means , popularly speaking , breath or air . But this is not simply an instance of one word doing duty for two different ideas . Anger has been defined to us by Chinese as an actual rush of breath , ( 64 ) ...
... language it is ch'i , which means , popularly speaking , breath or air . But this is not simply an instance of one word doing duty for two different ideas . Anger has been defined to us by Chinese as an actual rush of breath , ( 64 ) ...
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... language of the different sorts of animals ; but this was a special accomplishment , and confined to a few . In high anti- quity , however , the men of supernatural wisdom enjoyed a complete knowledge of all the properties , external ...
... language of the different sorts of animals ; but this was a special accomplishment , and confined to a few . In high anti- quity , however , the men of supernatural wisdom enjoyed a complete knowledge of all the properties , external ...
Page 163
... language , embodied kû - tiens- customs , and even common objects of every - day use or ornament , around which gather literary and historical associations of the highest interest to the scholar . Just as the naturalist may see in the ...
... language , embodied kû - tiens- customs , and even common objects of every - day use or ornament , around which gather literary and historical associations of the highest interest to the scholar . Just as the naturalist may see in the ...
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