The rambles of the emperor Ching Tǐh in Këang Nan, tr. by Tkin Shen, 1. kötet

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64. oldal - They are actuated solely by a desire to spend their own days pleasantly; but, as if your majesty are in fault, they have again and again joined in bitter remonstrances. Your slaves are ignorant and valueless individuals, whose death need not occasion any lamentation; but I fear that you will one day be compelled to regulate your every movement according to the wishes of these officers, and Emperor though you are, will not be able on your own motion to remove a single crafty and wicked magistrate.
21. oldal - Lew Kin, after his return to the palace, daily contrived by the help of seven men, who composed his party, schemes of amusement with horses, buffaloes, hawks, and hounds, with dancing, mirth, and music to delight the Emperor. They succeeded in teaching dogs to speak, horses to tread on swinging ropes, buffaloes to answer to the call, and hawks to transmit messages.
26. oldal - ... dictates of your understanding; but on no account detain this representation unanswered, as if beneath your notice. We believe your majesty is acquainted with the dying charge of the late emperor ; we beseech you to take compassion upon us, and not allow us to be faithless both to him and VOL.
11. oldal - of an open and free disposition, self-conceited, and indolent," fell an easy prey to the seductions of the eunuch Lew Kin, " an intriguing, deceitful, crafty villain, skilful in devising schemes of amusement and detecting the characters of men." With the co-operation of his fellow-eunuchs and creatures, he corrupts the young prince by " the exhibition of skilfully-trained animals, mirth, dancing, music, wine, and women.
154. oldal - and yet so heroic, you make me ashamed that I am four years your elder. In sooth I am like the worthless Choo Leihkua, devoid of the least...
22. oldal - Queen-dowager, who, on account of the Emperor's youth, did not wish to send him every morning to the court; others apprehended that his majesty might be ill, and had no time to attend to their representations. At last they determined to proceed to the palace in a body, and inquire about his health...
22. oldal - ... practise every sort of seduction before his majesty, so as entirely to concentrate his affections upon them, insomuch that he came to regard it unnecessary to hold a court, or to attend to the public business. Even representations, which were presented for his decision, he had neither inclination or leisure to look at.
22. oldal - ... and had no time to attend to their representations. At last they determined to proceed to the palace in a body, and inquire about his health ; but to their surprise on reaching the gate they saw the imperial tablet hung over it, with the two words,

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