 | Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff - China - 1833 - 320 pages
...government as those of the central nation. They are like the brute creation (like birds and beasts) ; if liberal rules of government were applied to them,...rebellious confusion. The ancient kings knew this 68 well, and therefore ruled them without laws.* This mode of government is decidedly the most judicious... | |
 | Hugh Murray - China - 1836 - 424 pages
...government as those of the central nation. They are like the brute creation (like birds and beasts) ; if liberal rules of government were applied to them,...kings knew this well, and therefore ruled them without laws. This is decidedly the most judicious mode of governing them." By this representation they procured... | |
 | 1843 - 462 pages
...completely settled by Mr Hamilton Lindsay, who says, in a letter written to Lord Palmerston in 1836 — "I could quote numerous passages from Confucius in...decidedly the most judicious mode of governing them/" Than this nothing can be more deciwve : nothing can more strongly evince the ineffable contempt with... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction New Series VOL.IV - 1843 - 458 pages
...correspondence, the originals of which are in my possession. Sootungpo, the author above alluded to, in denning the identical word E, says : " ' The E and the Teih...decidedly the most judicious mode of governing them.' " Than this nothing can be more decisive : nothing can more strongly evince the ineffable contempt... | |
 | Alexander Michie - Asia, Central - 1864 - 454 pages
...brut* creation, and cannot be governed by the same rules of government as those of the central nation. If liberal rules of government were applied to them,...kings knew this well, and therefore ruled them without laws (or by misrule). This is therefore the most judicious mode of governing them."—AnihcrsCa Voyage;... | |
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The E and the Teih cannot be governed by the same rules of government as those of the central nation (the Chinese). They are like the brute creation : if liberal rules of government were applied to them it would infallibly give rise to rebellious confusion.... 