Excerpt from China The antiquity Of China is so great, and the history of the Empire covers so vast a period, that it is difficult to compress the whole subject within the limits Of a Single volume. It was deter mined, therefore, to limit the record, in the present instance, to the annals Of the Empire from the time of Marco P010 to the present day, which constitutes by far the most important period. As is well known, the Chinese possess histories of their various dynasties, and they attempt to insure that these should be ...
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Excerpt from China The antiquity Of China is so great, and the history of the Empire covers so vast a period, that it is difficult to compress the whole subject within the limits Of a Single volume. It was deter mined, therefore, to limit the record, in the present instance, to the annals Of the Empire from the time of Marco P010 to the present day, which constitutes by far the most important period. As is well known, the Chinese possess histories of their various dynasties, and they attempt to insure that these should be truthful records by ruling that the events of each dynasty should not be de scribed by contemporary historians, but by authors under the suc ceeding r???gime. It might be supposed that this system would entail the compilation of biased and ex parte chronicles. But happily Chinese historians, like the rest Of their countrymen, are so devoid of patriotism that they have no inducement to pervert facts, or to trim their sails to the necessities of party feeling. Generally truth ful as these historians are, however, their works yet labor under the defect common to all Oriental histories Of being records of the court and camp rather than. Of the life of the people; and it is only by reference to miscellaneous sources that it has been possible to Obtain the side lights necessary to illustrate the true progress of the nation. Among the authorities I have consulted are the following The native dynastic histories; the Sheng Wu Ki, or the wars of the present dynasty, by Wei Yuen; various native biographical works; the Peking Gazette, the Oldest newspaper in the world; the Parliamentary Blue Books; the histories of China by Wells, Wil liams, Boulger, and Macgowan; The Jesuits in China, by R. Jenkins; A Narrative of Events in China, by Lord Loch; The ever-victorious Army, by Andrew Wilson, besides many others which have been made use Of for comparison or reference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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