. The awakening of China . ired on the island of Shang-chuen or St. Johns,exclaiming 0 rock, rock, when wilt thou open? Ricci, who came in 1580, met with better success:but it cost him twenty years of unceasing effort toeffect an entrance to Peking. Careful to avoid givingoffence, and courtly in manners, his science provedto be the master-key. Among the eminent men whofavoured his mission was Su of Shanghai, whom hebaptised by the name of Paul. Not only did hehelp Ricci to translate Euclid for a people ignorantof the first elements of geometry, but he boldly cameto the defence of missionaries
. The awakening of China . ired on the island of Shang-chuen or St. Johns,exclaiming 0 rock, rock, when wilt thou open? Ricci, who came in 1580, met with better success:but it cost him twenty years of unceasing effort toeffect an entrance to Peking. Careful to avoid givingoffence, and courtly in manners, his science provedto be the master-key. Among the eminent men whofavoured his mission was Su of Shanghai, whom hebaptised by the name of Paul. Not only did hehelp Ricci to translate Euclid for a people ignorantof the first elements of geometry, but he boldly cameto the defence of missionaries when it was proposedto expel them. His memorial in their favour is oneof the best docimients in the defence of the converts to the Christian faith there areno brighter names than Paul Su and his daughterCandida. The Ming dynasty compares favourably in pointof duration with most of the imperial houses thatpreceded it; but long before the middle of its thirdcentury it began to show signs of decay. In Korea. THE MING DYNASTY 139 it came into collision with the Japanese, and emergedwith more credit than«did its successor from a warwith the same foe, which began on the same groundthree centvu-ies later. In the northeast the Mingswere able to hold the Manchus at bay, notwithstandingan occasional foray; but a disease of the heart wassapping the vigour of the dynasty and hastening itsdoom. Rebellion became rife; and two of the as-pirants to the throne made themselves masters ofwhole provinces. One depopulated Szechuen; the otherravaged Shansi and advanced on Peking. Chungchen,the last of the Mings, realising that all was lost, hangedhimself in his garden on the Palatine Hill, afterstabbing his daughter, as a last proof of paternalaffection (1643). CHAPTER XXVI THE TA-TSING DYNASTY, 1644— The Manchus, Invited to Aid in Restoring Order, Seattheir Own Princes ontheThrone—the Traitor,GeneralWu San-kwei—Reigns of Shunchi and Kanghi—Spread of Christianity—A Papa
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