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China, Ancient and Modern; A History of the Chinese Empire From the Dawn of Civilization to the Present Time
China Ancient and Modern A History of the Chinese Empire From the Dawn of Civilization to the Present Time Author:James Martin Miller General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: Sanderson Subjects: China History / Asia / General History / Asia / China Travel / Asia / China Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the Gener... more »al Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. EARLY CONTACT WITH EUROPEAN POWERS. Grierances of the Tartars Against the Chinese -- Fabled Origin of the Tartar Dynasty -- Ching Che-tang, the "Father of the Pirates" -- The Terrible Koxinga -- Why the Chinese Wear "Pig-tails" -- China's Greatest Ruler -- Persecution of the Priests -- Early European Intercourse -- Marco Polo in China -- Arrival of the Portuguese -- Trade with the Dutch -- Great Britain in the Field -- Frequent Acts of Injustice Interfere with Commerce -- "The Gunner's Case" -- Arrival of Lord Macartney. T3E Manchu Tartar Prince, when about to subjugate China, wrote down seven grievances, or causes of indignation, as his motives for undertaking the war, and spread them with great solemnity before Heaven, whose aid he confidently invoked. "The first crime to be revenged," says the Tartar monarch, is the commencement of hostilities by the Chinese; the second crime to be revenged, is the violation of a solemn treaty not to pass certain boundaries; for, though ratified by an oath, and the conditions thereof engraven on stone, to the effect that whichever nation transgressed the limits should be destroyed, Ming, nevertheless, crossed the frontier with troops to assist nay foes; the third crime to be revenged is, that when I, agreeably to my oath, attacked him for committing depredations in my territory, he disregarded the former treaty, complained of my conduct, put to death my envoy, and slew ten of my subjects whom he had seized on the borders; the fourth c...« less