The Fall of the Nan Soung (Volume 3); A Tale of the Mogul Conquest of China - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1846. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. ' II faut rendre les devoirs aux morts comme s'ils etoient presens et pleins de vie." Lu nyu, a work of Confucius.--Du Halde. Death had stricken the weak plant. The stem, borne with toil and danger from the soil it was forbidden to adorn, had perished in the unaccustomed clime to which it had been transplanted. One wail, one cry arose from the rocky isle of Kancheyu, as from hut to hut, from tent to tent, spread the intelligence of the death of the young emperor, Youang. It was a fearful blow to the flattering hopes many of the voluntary exiles indulged in. They had imagined that that child might grow a man, instructed in the school of adversity, and might ascend the throne of his ancestors united to his subjects in feeling, from having personally experienced misfortune, misery, and privation. The life now extinguished had been as important to the empire as a beacon light on a rocky lee-shore to storm-vexed mariners. Whilst yet it fluttered, millions of bosoms, principally along the sea-bound provinces, had beaten with anxiety for its preservation, as the legitimate guide to lead them to shelter from foreign insult and dominion. It burnt no more. In an incredibly short space of time the ill news spread from isle to isle to the continent, from whence crowds, in whose hearts beat loyalty stronger than fear of their Mogul rulers, hurriedly embarked on board every species of vessel. Confucius has written--"Render unto the dead the same offices of respect as though they were present and in life." The maxims of this philosopher are regarded by the Chinese with the weight of religious precepts; and thus, those who, whilst living, are scarcely noticed by their relatives of but a few removes, have rendered to them, by the last, when dead, almost divine honours...

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