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Hau Kiou choaan

or, The pleasing history
  
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HAU KIOU CHOAAN. A CHINESE HISTORY.
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CHAP I.
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CHAP. II.
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CHAP. III.
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CHAP. IV.
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CHAP. V.
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CHAP. VI.
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CHAP. VII.
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CHAP. VIII.
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CHAP. IX.
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CHAP. X.
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THE ARGUMENT or STORY OF A CHINESE PLAY ACTED AT CANTON, In the Year M. DCC. XIX.
  
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INTRODUCTION.
  
THE ARGUMENT or STORY OF A CHINESE PLAY.
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FRAGMENTS OF CHINESE POETRY: WITH A DISSERTATION.
  
ADVERTISEMENT.
  
A DISSERTATION ON THE POETRY of the CHINESE.
  
INTRODUCTION.
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FRAGMENTS OF CHINESE POETRY.
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I. ELEGIAC VERSES,
  
The first Brother.
  
The second Brother.
  
The third Brother.
  
The fourth Brother.
  
The fifth Brother.
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II. A CHINESE Panegyric From an ancient Ode .
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III. Verses in Praise of VU-CUNG Prince of the kingdom of GUEY, From an ancient Ode .
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IV. Verses on a Tyrant,
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V. On an amiable Bride.
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VII. A Fragment of an ancient Ode, quoted by CONFUCIUS .
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VIII.
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IX. On the Divine Justice .
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X. On curbing the Passions .
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XI. On Detraction .
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XII. On the Cultivation of the Heart .
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XIII. On the Revolutions of Families .
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XIV. Against Extravagance .
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XV. Among the Poems of Tû-Chao-lin, is the following Song .
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XVI. A description of a fine day after rain .
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XVII. On the Detection of a bad man .
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XVIII. On an old man killed by accident .
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XIX. On a person sailing home after long absence .
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XX. Extract from a Poem intitled, "The Age instructed."
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XXI. A CHINESE FABLE .
  
POST-SCRIPT.

  
INDEX.
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ERRATA in Vol. I.
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ERRATA in Vol. II.
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ERRATA in Vol. III.
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ERRATA in Vol. IV.
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ERRATA omitted. VOL. I.
  
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A CHINESE Panegyric
From an ancient Ode[19] .

O the profound and rare virtue of the King VEN-VANG[20] !
How happily did he unite the splendor of virtue with all his actions?
When VEN-VANG acted the King, he perfected himself in universal love:
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When VEN-VANG acted the subject, he perfected himself in loyalty and observance.
When VEN-VANG acted the son, he perfected himself in dutiful obedience:
When VEN-VANG acted the father, he perfected himself in paternal affection.
When VEN-VANG had dealings with men in general, he perfected himself in unshaken integrity.
 
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Conf. lib. 1. p. 9.

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This is an ancient Chinese hero, highly celebrated by their Poets. He is said to have given his son the three following admonitions. "Whatever thou seest, that is virtuous, imitate. Time and opportunity fail not to use. To remove and extirpate vice, never cease."

Confuc. lib. 1. p. 10.

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