. New China and old : personal recollections and observations of thirty years. and in the tenth a book on the Drama andDancing appeared, with an appendix containing twenty-eight Chinese airs. The origin of the present dramadoes not date back further than the seventh The Playing of the Lyre was discussed in a bookpublished 1533. Archery, porcelain, jade, tortoise-shell, ivory, mother-of-pearl, all are discussed inpublished treatises. A pamphlet called the Tea Classic was published inthe eighth century , and treats of the cultivation ofthe tea-plant. A treatise on Ink was pu
. New China and old : personal recollections and observations of thirty years. and in the tenth a book on the Drama andDancing appeared, with an appendix containing twenty-eight Chinese airs. The origin of the present dramadoes not date back further than the seventh The Playing of the Lyre was discussed in a bookpublished 1533. Archery, porcelain, jade, tortoise-shell, ivory, mother-of-pearl, all are discussed inpublished treatises. A pamphlet called the Tea Classic was published inthe eighth century , and treats of the cultivation ofthe tea-plant. A treatise on Ink was published 986. Botany was written upon during the Tsin dynasty, 200; and a botanical work was published byImperial order, 1688. The Peony and Chrysanthe-mum were very early discussed by Chinese essayists;and the Culture of Fish as early as 1059. The great Ricci published essays on the characterand attributes of God, in the year 1601 ; in which, witha very insufficient statement of the Gospel, he vigorouslyattacked the Buddhists. His book was criticized by a. Books. 283 Hangchow Buddhist; and a reply was published byRicci; and the three essays were subsequently printedas one pamphlet. Cyclopczdias appear in the fifth century , and alsoin the eighteenth century. Fiction is not unknown inChina, but it is not highly esteemed by native historical novel called the Tliree Kingdoms, in120 chapters, by Yuen-choo, treats of the period —265. The Dream of the Red Chamber, in 120chapters, was published in the early days of the presentdynasty. Romance and fiction appear also from theeighth to the third centuries A story called TheWonderful Historj of the Twin Phoenixes was publishedduring the Han dynasty, 1800 years ago. A Tartarmarauder demands from the Chinese Emperor hisfavourite wife as the price of peace. The Emperoryields from dire necessity ; but his wife, on her wayto the Tartar camp, commits suicide. Such is the plotof this ancient nov
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