The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants, Volume 1C. Scribner's Sons, 1907 - China |
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Amoy ancient animals beautiful boats called canal Canton capital character Chau China Chinese language Chinese Repository common Confucius contains court cultivated degree district duties dynasty east eastern Emperor Empire examination feet foreign four furnish gate give Han dynasty Heaven hien hills honor houses Hunan hundred imperial inhabitants island Kansuh Kashgar kiang Kiangsí King Koko-nor Kwangtung lakes land language less literary live loess magistrates Manchuria Manchus ment mode Mongolia Mongols mountains native nearly Ningpo northern officers palace Peking persons population present prince province punishment range rank region render rulers scholars shan Shansí side southern species square miles stone streams streets Sung dynasty Sz'chuen taels temples thousand Tibet Tien Tien shan tion town trade trees tribes usually walls western whole words Yangtsz Yarkand Yellow River Yunnan