A cycle of Cathay, or, China, south and north . mple of the Warm Buddha ). The excitement ranhigh, and Mao, who was charged with the supervision of thatquarter of the capital, deeming it dangerous to the peace of thecity, resolved to close it. The priests protested, and menacedhim with the anger of their god. If he is really a god,said Mao, turning to the frightened worshipers, let himstrike me dead. If I live another half-hour you may knowthat your living idol is nothing but a clever deception, andthat you have been cheated by these greedy priests. Noth-ing happened to him within the half-hou
A cycle of Cathay, or, China, south and north . mple of the Warm Buddha ). The excitement ranhigh, and Mao, who was charged with the supervision of thatquarter of the capital, deeming it dangerous to the peace of thecity, resolved to close it. The priests protested, and menacedhim with the anger of their god. If he is really a god,said Mao, turning to the frightened worshipers, let himstrike me dead. If I live another half-hour you may knowthat your living idol is nothing but a clever deception, andthat you have been cheated by these greedy priests. Noth-ing happened to him within the half-hour, the crowd dis-persed, and the doors were sealed. Wishing to verify thestory, I asked him if it were true. He said it was, and I com-plimented him on his courage. He had, moreover, the cour-age to say to several ministers, with whom the present writerwas at breakfast, If everybody presented the claims of Chris-tianity as Dr. Martin does we should not have much reason toobject to it. I had given each of them a copy of my bookon the A SlK^Er SHOW IN CHAPTER IX NOTABLE MANDARINS A prince of the blood—A Chinese statesman—A Chinese scholar—AManchu scholar—A Manchu statesman—A Chinese diplomat—A Chi-nese professor SOME of my mandarin friends have been brought on thestage incidentally. If the reader desires a closer acquain-tance he may find it in the following notices, which are notgiven as complete sketches, but by way of supplement. Be-sides typical scholars, whose talents raised them from obscur-ity, there are among them two or three from privileged classes,who, though born to high station, have through force of char-acter exerted a profound influence on the destinies of theircountry. I, A Prince of the Blood Prince Kung, a younger brother of the obstinate and ill-fatedEmperor Hienfung, has for twenty-five years first and last beenchief minister of foreign affairs and chancellor of the eminence he owes to the intelligence and courage
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