Primitive Civilizations: Or, Outlines of the History of Ownership in Archaic Communities, Zväzok 2S. Sonnenschein & Company, 1894 Vol. 2 deals chiefly with China. |
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Strana 3
... character of the Egyptian race is the product of the sun and the inundation , the history of the land and the people have a common cause . But there is no such natural connec- tion between the inexhaustible fertility of the loess ...
... character of the Egyptian race is the product of the sun and the inundation , the history of the land and the people have a common cause . But there is no such natural connec- tion between the inexhaustible fertility of the loess ...
Strana 5
... character to these took place in China proper , that an increased rainfall brought fertility to once barren steppes , filled the water - courses with continuous streams , and carved for the latter an outlet into the sea . But in Baron ...
... character to these took place in China proper , that an increased rainfall brought fertility to once barren steppes , filled the water - courses with continuous streams , and carved for the latter an outlet into the sea . But in Baron ...
Strana 8
... character from broad cosmic influences , which are not in this case materially modified by any local cause . There is a regular season of rain and sunshine , each brought by winds from the appropriate quarter , so that travellers can ...
... character from broad cosmic influences , which are not in this case materially modified by any local cause . There is a regular season of rain and sunshine , each brought by winds from the appropriate quarter , so that travellers can ...
Strana 13
... characters he represents these two rivers joining their waters and rushing together to the sea " as if they were hasten- ing to court . " A commentator of the Ming Dynasty , who had visited the same spot , writes with more prosaic ...
... characters he represents these two rivers joining their waters and rushing together to the sea " as if they were hasten- ing to court . " A commentator of the Ming Dynasty , who had visited the same spot , writes with more prosaic ...
Strana 16
... character since the earliest records that have reached us . These records differ curiously from those which give such trustworthy though incomplete guidance as to the life of ancient Egypt and Babylonia . The early books of the Shoo ...
... character since the earliest records that have reached us . These records differ curiously from those which give such trustworthy though incomplete guidance as to the life of ancient Egypt and Babylonia . The early books of the Shoo ...
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9th century according Akkadian allowed ancient ancient Egypt authority brother Buddhist capital century B.C. character China Chinese Choo-hi Chow Chuang-tzu civilization Classics coins common Confucianism Confucius course court cultivators currency custom death described district doctrine duty edict Egypt Egyptian emperor empire eunuchs European father favour feudal foreign give Government grain Heaven history of China honour horses imperial interest issued Khitan king labour land latter Leao less literary Ma-twan-lin Mantchu Marco Marco Polo marriage Mencius ment merchants metal Middle Kingdom Ming minister Mongols native natural officers Peking period persons political population prince profit provinces received recognised record regarded regulations reign revenue rice rich Rites river rule rulers scholars silk sons Sung Dynasty T'sin Tang Taoists Tatars tion town trade village wealth Wenchow wife Yellow River Yunnan
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Strana 33 - In what does this differ from stabbing a man and killing him, and then saying — ' It was not I ; it was the weapon...
Strana 95 - I have heard that in Ch'u there is a sacred tortoise which has been dead now some three thousand years, and that the prince keeps this tortoise carefully enclosed in a chest on the altar of his ancestral temple. Now would this tortoise rather be dead and have its remains venerated, or be alive and wagging its tail in the mud ? " " It would rather be alive," replied the two officials, " and wagging its tail in the mud.
Strana 51 - If the axes and bills enter the hill-forests (only) at the proper times, the wood will be more than can be used. When the grain and fish and turtles are more than can be eaten, and there is more wood than can be used, this enables the people...
Strana 82 - A man should say, I am not concerned that I have no place, I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.
Strana 86 - ... of their armies, then all belonging to those armies will rejoice in the stopping from war, and find their pleasure in benevolence and righteousness.
Strana 111 - The region of the Seres is a vast and populous country, touching on the east the ocean and the limits of the habitable world ; and extending west nearly to Imaus and the confines of Bactria. The people are civilized men, of mild, just, and frugal temper; eschewing...
Strana 33 - There is a great course also for the production of wealth. Let the producers be many and the consumers few. Let there be activity in the production, and economy in the expenditure. Then the wealth will always be sufficient.
Strana 40 - Now, if your Majesty will institute a government whose action shall all be benevolent, this will cause all the officers in the empire to wish to stand in your Majesty's court, and the farmers all to wish to plough in your Majesty's fields, and the merchants, both travelling and stationary, all to wish to store their goods in your Majesty's market-places...
Strana 226 - And if any Baron, or any one else soever, hath need of gold or silver or gems or pearls, in order to make plate, or girdles, or the like, he goes to the Mint and buys as much as he list, paying in this...
Strana 35 - For regulating the lands, there is no better system than that of mutual aid, and none which is not better than that of taxing. By the tax system, the regular amount was fixed by taking the average of several years. In good years, when the grain lies about in abundance, much might be taken without its being oppressive, and the actual exaction would be small. But in bad years, the produce being not sufficient to repay the manuring of the fields, this system still requires the taking of the full amount.