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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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III.
Verses in Praise of VU-CUNG Prince
of the kingdom of GUEY,
From an ancient Ode[21] .

Behold that bay, which is formed by the winding of the river K I[22] :
Beset with tufts of verdant canes, how beautifully luxuriant!
So is our prince adorned with virtues.
He is like one, that carveth and smootheth ivory.
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He is like one that cutteth and polisheth diamonds[23] ,
O how sublime, yet profound [is he!]
O how resolute, yet cautious! How renowned and respectable!
We have a prince adorned with virtues:
Whom to the end of time we never can forget.
 
[21]

Confuc. lib. 1. p. 10.

[22]

Ki is a river in the province Hu-quang, that gives name to a city, which is watered by its streams. Vid. Mart. Atlas.

[23]

The Chinese commentator Tseng-tsu (for the Chinese have their commentators and scholiasts) explains the fourth and fifth verses, as expressing the unwearied care and attention of this prince to reform and improve himself and his subjects: as a nice artist, who deals in works of the most elegant kinds, never rests till he hath brought his manufacture to the most exquisite perfection. Vid. Confuc. lib. 1. p. 10.

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