A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East / by Herbert A. Giles.

  • Herbert Giles
Date:
1886
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Credit: A glossary of reference on subjects connected with the Far East / by Herbert A. Giles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    seven two six, chosen because, as ^ Cantonese, they are identical with the sounds of iL' heart all desist, i.e., “ I have ceased to bother ahou it.”] HAN, SON OF : m • T^at is, a man who lived under the Han dynasty. B.C. 206-A.D. 221. the epoch o he Renaissance of Chinese literature, often spoken of as he brightest page of Chinese history. The name of e dylsty came to he used as a synonym for China, m whi sense it is still employed. hang-chow : n- The capital of Chekiang remark¬ able for the beauty of its surroundings. Divides wi Soochow tlie honour of being a terrestrial para ise. Above, there is the Hall of God; below, there is Soo- chow and Hangchow. HANKOW • % P —mouth of the Han (river), which here joins its waters with those of the Tang-tsze. ^ Port on the Yang-tsze, opened by the Treaty of Tientsin in 1858 though not occupied until 1861. Is 582 geograp iica miles from Shanghai; one of the five commercial centres of China, and now the starting-post for the great annual Ocean Race HAN-LIN: ^ iJifC-forest of pencils. The Chinese National Academy in Peking, the members of which are j charged with the compilation of dynastic history, Im- 1 perlal decrees, and literary matters in general. 1 ley draw up prayers and sacrificial addresses, honorary tit es for Dowager-Empresses, patents of dignity for the c ne concubines of a deceased Emperor, make ofierings at t e
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