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Hau Kiou choaan

or, The pleasing history

IV.

HAU KIOU CHOAAN. A CHINESE HISTORY.

THE ARGUMENT or STORY OF A CHINESE PLAY ACTED AT CANTON, In the Year M. DCC. XIX.

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FRAGMENTS OF CHINESE POETRY: WITH A DISSERTATION.

A DISSERTATION ON THE POETRY of the CHINESE.

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FRAGMENTS OF CHINESE POETRY.

I.

I. ELEGIAC VERSES,

II.

II. A CHINESE Panegyric From an ancient Ode .

III.

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

IV.

IV. Verses on a Tyrant,

V.

V. On an amiable Bride.

VI.

VII.

VII. A Fragment of an ancient Ode, quoted by CONFUCIUS .

VIII.

IX.

IX. On the Divine Justice .

X.

X. On curbing the Passions .

XI.

XI. On Detraction .

XII.

XII. On the Cultivation of the Heart .

XIII.

XIII. On the Revolutions of Families .

XIV.

XIV. Against Extravagance .

XV.

XV. Among the Poems of Tû-Chao-lin, is the following Song .

XVI.

XVI. A description of a fine day after rain .

XVII.

XVII. On the Detection of a bad man .

XVIII.

XVIII. On an old man killed by accident .

XIX.

XIX. On a person sailing home after long absence .

XX.

XX. Extract from a Poem intitled, "The Age instructed."

XXI.

XXI. A CHINESE FABLE .

I.

ERRATA in Vol. I.

II.

ERRATA in Vol. II.

III.

ERRATA in Vol. III.

IV.

ERRATA in Vol. IV.

I.

ERRATA omitted. VOL. I.

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XVIII.
On an old man killed by accident[39] .

The man disappeared here below, like the moon,
Which towards morning, hurrieth in an instant behind the mountain.
Life is like a lamp, which, the oil failing, goeth out at the third watch[40] .

[39]

P. Du Halde, 2. 159.

[40]

The Chinese divide the night into five parts or watches, which are longer or shorter according to the season of the year. See on this head, P. Magalh. p. 122.