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 .. . was carriedout with terrible completeness, and suchworks as were preserved are not free fromthe suspicion of being garbled or incompleteversions of their original text. The burningof the books was accompanied by the execu-tion of five hundred of the literati, and by thebanishment of many thousands. Inexcusable Tyranny. By this sweeping measure, to which noparallel is to be found i
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 .. . was carriedout with terrible completeness, and suchworks as were preserved are not free fromthe suspicion of being garbled or incompleteversions of their original text. The burningof the books was accompanied by the execu-tion of five hundred of the literati, and by thebanishment of many thousands. Inexcusable Tyranny. By this sweeping measure, to which noparallel is to be found in the history of othe»-countries, Hwangti silenced during the lastfew years of his life the criticisms of his chiefenemies, but in revenge his memory has hadto bear for two thousand years the sully ofan inexcusable act of tryanny and narrow-mindedness. The price will be pronouncedtoo heavy for what was a momentary gratifi-cation. The reign of Hwangti was not prolongedmany years after the burning of the 2IO B. C. he was seized with a seriousillness, to which he succumbed, partlybecause he took no precautions, and partly,no doubt, through the incompetence of hisphysicians. His funeral was magnificent,. 28 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. and, like the Huns, his grave was dug in thebed of a river, and with him were buried hiswives and his treasure. This great ruler left behind him an exampleof vigor such as is seldom found in the list ofChinese kings of effete physique and apatheticlife. He is the only Chinese Emperor ofwhom it is said that his favorite exercise waswalking, and his vigor was apparent in everydepartment of State. On one occasion whenhe placed a large army of, it is said, 600,000men at the disposal of one of his generals,the commander expressed some fear as tohow this huge force was to be fed. Hwangtiat once replied, Leave it to me. I willprovide for everything. There shall be wantrather in my palace than in your canip. A Famous Ruler. hie does not seem to have be
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