. The awakening of China . MEMCiRIAL OF THE (;ERMA\ (■CCUFATION OF KIAUTSCHOU (KIAO-CHAO). GERMAN GOVERNMENT BUILDING PROVINCE OF CHIHLI 35 summer resort for the legations and other foreignersbefore the seaside became accessible by rail. Its name,signifying the eight great places, denotes that ntimberof Buddhist temples, built one above another in awinding gorge on the hillside. In the highest, calledPearl Grotto, 1,200 feet above the sea, I have foundrepose for many a summer. I am there now (June,1906), and there I expect, to write the closing chaptersof this work. These temples are at my fee
. The awakening of China . MEMCiRIAL OF THE (;ERMA\ (■CCUFATION OF KIAUTSCHOU (KIAO-CHAO). GERMAN GOVERNMENT BUILDING PROVINCE OF CHIHLI 35 summer resort for the legations and other foreignersbefore the seaside became accessible by rail. Its name,signifying the eight great places, denotes that ntimberof Buddhist temples, built one above another in awinding gorge on the hillside. In the highest, calledPearl Grotto, 1,200 feet above the sea, I have foundrepose for many a summer. I am there now (June,1906), and there I expect, to write the closing chaptersof this work. These temples are at my feet; thegreat city is in full view. To that shrine the_ emperorssometimes made excursions to obtain a distant prospectof the world. One of them, Kien Lung, somewhatnoted as a poet, has left, inscribed on a rock, a fewlines commemorative of his visit: Why have I scaled this dizzy height?Why sought this mountain den?I tread as on enchanted ground,Unlike the abode of men. Beneath my feet my realm I seeAs in a map unrolled,Above my head a canopyAdorned with clouds of gold. The capital consis
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