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Title: Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ... together with the complete history of China down to the present time ..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
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Publisher: Philadelphia, National Pub. Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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amous placards which were usedto stimulate the outbreaks against foreignersat Wusueh and other places ; and when thecrime was brought home to him, and theChinese Cabinet, at the instance of theforeign ministers, ordered his arrest, notonly did the viceroy of the province fail tocomply with the command, but he actuallyreleased, at the bidding of the offender, aman charged with active participation in theriots. It is true that a futile commission was sentinto Hunan to investigate the charges againsthim, but instead of bringing him to justice,the commissioners pronounced him mad,and recommended that he should be left un-trammelled, except by a mild system ofsupervision. In common estimation the workers of thesoil stand next to the literati. From theearliest dawn of legendary history, agricul- 276 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. ture has been regarded as a high and en-nobling calHng. To Shennung, the divine 2727 years B. C, is ascribed the invention ofthe plough and the first introduction of the
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A CHINESE PAGODA. husbandman, one of the legenaary emperorsof ancient China, who is said to have lived art of husbandry. The connection thusestablished between the throne and the COUNTRY LIFE IN CHINA. 277 plough has been kept up through all suc-ceeding ages, and at the present time theEmperor, in the early spring of each year,turns a furrow to inaugurate the beginningof the farming season ; an example which isfollowed in every province by the viceroy orgovernor, who follows suit in strict imitationof his Imperial master. With the same desire to set an example toher sex, the Empress, so soon as the mul-berry-trees break into foliage, follows thegentler craft of pick-ing the leaves to sup-ply food for the palacesilkworms. Givechief place, wrote theEmperor Kanghsi, to husbandry andthe cultivation of themulberry tree, in orderto procure adequatesupplies of food andraiment; to whichexcellent advice hisson added, Suffernot a barren spot toremain in the wilds,or a lazy person toabide in the

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