Ancient China. The Shoo king, or the historical classic, illustrated by later commentators, tr. by W. H. Medhurst, sen

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Seite vi - It has been declared that the Chinese have no science, but of a surety, if we advance in the free and scholar-like spirit of antiquarian research, we shall be obliged to set our feet upon the head of this assertion at every step in our progress.
Seite 40 - Nevertheless, adds our author, ' their complexion and the shape of their bodies are altogether alike; hut as to their courage, you would think them to be quite another nation : the Chinese stand in fear of them, so that after several trials, which they have made of their prowess, they have been forced to let them live at their own liberty, and to consent to a free traffic and commerce with them.
Seite 397 - Wei, Danger, three stars in the shape of an obtuse-angled triangle, viz., Alpha in the right shoulder of Aquarius, and Epsilon or Enif, and Theta in the head of Pegasus. Represented by the Swallow. Element, Moon. 13.
Seite 403 - Noah's reckoning five months, or 150 days, from the seventeenth day of the second month, to the seventeenth day of the seventh month; as expressing the time of the rising of the waters; and seven months and ten days more, till the waters were dried up, and Noah and his family left the ark, after a residence therein of 370 days, or a year and ten days, till the seven-and-twentieth day of the second. month of the ensuing year.
Seite 404 - Egyptian and Chinese accounts tend strongly to corroborate the Babylonian or Chaldean astronomical observations of the risings and settings of the stars, reaching back from Alexander's capture of Babylon, BC 330, for 1903 years, which were sent to Aristotle by his relation Callisthenes, who attended Alexander on that expedition, according to Porphyry.
Seite 397 - Pi, the Wall, two stars in a straight line, viz., Gamma, or Algenib, in the tip of the wing of Pegasus, and Alpha in the head of Andromeda. Represented by the Porcupine. Element, Water.
Seite 402 - The father is one, the sons twelve ; to each belong Thirty daughters, half of them white, the others black ; And though immortal, yet they perish all.
Seite 4 - The author in his valuable introductory remarks establishes the truth of Chinese computations for chronological purposes. He shews from the record in the Shu-kmg that a certain star, Cor Hydra, culminated at sunset on the day of the vernal equinox in the time of...
Seite 78 - ... magnificent instrument. Apart from the tubes, we have to establish another analogy with the organ in the presence of a wind-chest, being a simple bowl, into the top of which the tubes enter and are held in their position. The tubes are of five different lengths and correspond in appearance to the very ancient scale of five sounds.* A certain number of these tubes are pierced a little above their base to prevent their sounding, except at the will of the performer. Some of these holes look inwards,...
Seite 78 - The sounding tube of this instrument is capable of being lengthened and shortened at the will of the performer. Its sounds, like those of our trombone, are not very agreeable alone, but form a proper relief to the shriller instruments when blown in concert. 208. Sang. This is a collection of tubes varying in length, so as to utter sounds at harmonic intervals from each other...

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