, 1869-08-22
eQNFUcluS AND THE CHI.
sketch of Wonderful People.


T1rsa tAA Atlantic Monthly for September.
in calling he Writings Of Confuctas Lnd his sue
cessors 7Fost, we intend no d1HEespect 10 e!thet-
1,rpfe IL us good Is poetry. But We Dean 70 In.
the Chinese teachers should be approached Ac-
CuFtoned 70 Iega1d tie East as the land Of lmagt-
pnttou reading tn our childhood the Wild 70
L1Alccs OF Arab!a; raFslrR, N The poetry OF
Pernia, into an atmosphere OF tender and en-
i1ancinE song: then. s. We go farther Last INTO
1nd.a, encoants1ing the vast enics Of the Aana- %
BhnrntA and tie RaClat ana: NC might na.9tallF
expect to IND IN far Cathhy still wilder nlgat ol
the Asistic Muse. Not at all We drop Al ouce
from upLndIed roHAncs iltU the most cn'orless
prose- Another race comeA TO uh, WHICH seems 70
Gare no h11nity with AhiR, hS We have becu accaa-
toned TO think Of Akla. No rore aspiration
10 flsh.s OF faacy, bat the worship Of orlrf, 20
As tie People "a the 2r.e~t-. Tine work. OF COZ
fncius and hls commentators ase u lefel s - lne
Enltey OF thell grclt river, the 1angLscAt1uS,
which the tide nscrnds FOR an E1iles ~ u tasss
writings IL calm, sez.ons and moral Inf5 assaInG .
that Al men dsse 70 bs X, inaus o, I W. msde
30. II Ls not thought Ieceseaf5 70 chuCo t1Ssa
lEto goodness by tht attractions o. e.o4uenee' tns
charm Of imagery. or ihs iarc'nntions u @ u ~.
Jlnnt wit, These EhtlosopGez6 have Quaker
style. dress OF plain drH' uss-i oh'J 1ot e!otnlaQ
lie thought, not Al al Tor IT'S ornament
And surely We ought not TO nsk for any oihef
attraction tEan tie srhjec itscl. IN order 10 tnd
interest IN China and ils scachesb- The Chinese
Empire, Which contains more than nSc
1nlilons Of square miles t1tcs the atsa OF the
United States, has population OF nve hundred
14lIl!uua, tnll it's lu.19tr TT lhE h1i12a benS5
"s 1e chneze, f s. haif As q Eope and COZ
xaDs sbout three bundr nud sixty millions 81 IN
Aal,tAnts. There are eighteen provinces in China,
U.anf OF which contain, s;lgl5, MaTt lnu2u1ta1ts
tsan Some u the great s:Ates Of Easopc Eut on
Enny other accounts this nst!oo is deeply ln-
CL,Isa Is the type Of per1nanencc in tho world.
To say that II Is older thAu any otheF existing na-
Is fayPS &c fs.f :s Il Te m
ECynt about $50 i. c. lie Rtudied it1 mon.
Cmeu@, bearing the names of kngs who were as
distant from bus uIe NJ he Is irom oas@monn-
~. BET the ki1lts Who ct.ctel t:osc monuments
we're roster7cr TO The founders or the Chinese En-
taem, hatr t4yn tonnu Ia ,huse ancient 1unps, N
6hAIc, Ilhierlal and appearance precisely IKE
t.cee whit:h Als made III Chiua to-day; aud 1iose-
1lnl believes them 70 have been imported iFom
China BY Kings contemporary with Moses or be-
fore hlrC. THIS natiuu nnd LIE institutions Rave
out!as.cd every ythtue. 1Ac aaecns Dse1fien and
AREyrian k!ngdoMB, The tetslsl mon AsChy. Gfts,Se
and Rome, hNs t eli Hsen, nousi.hed, aud ialen,-
and China continues still the ZANE. The dynasty
has been occasionally changed: bot the laws cns" ~
have continued. The authentic history Of China
comucnceB soEe thrrc thousand JeaEs beforc
Christ, md thousand !saa u ,n sbis hi4sS;Fy
Tno oral language Of Caips hAs continued
the fanle that II u Low ;or thirty centuries. Ihe
great wal! founding the empire on the north,
which IL twelve huEtreh nnd forty miIos long, and
twenty feet high, with towerr every few hundred
3ard1 Wh'eh eI9.ses y monltan lagss IN a1Sass
was buit TWO huntisrd yeszs before Christ, nrot's-
bIy to repe those Dcrce trtscs nc, after fneuectu
nj attempts TO conquer China: travelled westward
I'll thcy appeared On the bofdeIa OF Europe i've
hundred yeare later aud, under the name Of Hum,
nsastetl III The dornfasl Of the Roman Etnn1re AL
China was 1ttersected With canals NJ period when
none e1.gted In Europe Tho grc1' canal, like tie
great wst Ii unnrAlled BY R1y similar existing
VOTE II IE twice The length ot ne Erie Cana y
has enormous banks built Of zo'd granite. nIon2 3
greet r:r1 of It's course. 'UIe Of the Important
sItesiah vel. That sunk u Grenoble was long
eupposcd 10 bc the deciresI IN the world, goluE
aoNn eighteen lundEsd ieet u2e a st Louis, II
depth, as has recently heen atAtet1, OF nore than
four thousand But In China ulese wells are
found IN tens q tnous41,d' runs .; y ysry renoss
ume @ hss recently ieen adoptsd iastead
81 oe eud Gness sp have seea
acquainted With the circuIauou Of the blood: theJ
tnocula1ed 1ar smallpox IN TIC tenth Century: ENC
btnnze money was made AZ early as 11oo d. c., ant
IT. form has not bten changed Slice the beginning
nc Gnstn s IT, TT 3 ns xsss sa
Known to Europe through stories told by lnls.lon
ar1es returning. 10 AsiA These missionaries
ooontatning con aasnetized ncedle, called Tius.nsn
Tchen,. or "ncede wnlch points to the souta.
armies IN China, called Ho-rao. or ttcE1ns, tDtt
which was put as .nnanmahle, poWder, Hhich pro
duced no'te IKE thunder ani projectei stouc:
end pieces Of Iron with rrt:sstihlt force g.
Father Euc, iu h!A "Chssiantty In China,
eayg that 1.-The Europeans who penetrated tott
Ghns rsre 10 'ess stIacx With Inc raes
astonshcd i; It'll The c' siSrt Of lie elegant BOOK:
pnted rapia,y S,g,n, upon pa9s sky r
The Grst edition Of the classical WORKS printed II
China appeared IL ". i've hundred yeaEs beiort
the tnTchitnn OF Gut1en!Gtr. The nisstoaaf1e
tad. doubtless, often bern hns'ed IN the'r con
vents with the iabortom Mo1k OF copying mann
Script books, AND The Elmple Chinese method O
pr1uttng must have particularly attracted thet
attention Many other marvellous production
cards s;'esta!rs, and other pIoauesa Of n.t IN
these new ideas 70 EaIoPt; and iHoitHd ose
due esteem ..e most oeaatifai, tho mos
ropuloua and the .uoss aneienuy.ctylll1e
a. Il te re- o tatn, aad tue 'Hs o
people wtre =tno.ed. and II was even proposed +
cstai'i!:h rro.c: scrsnip for the Tartar lan9uag
open towards lie Eos, geography mnde im,nens
str1des, aud Arl.r lor discovery upeled new req
fo1 the advcl'tAr,ls rI'iIt Of Inc Er1uileanA 4
our own hemisphere hrc1clc better known, n
fden OF AAothc! ceased to appear wholls imnro
able paradox; and IN seeking the Z!rangpn q
sscT sss %npi 191 aFs:ophe' Columbus dis'osed tn
The nrrt aspect 0! China produce
That impression tn the mind whic
NC C&l kTtVFk4lEG- lGld ~ ucIEjy UtCHufB III
els,ons OF tets singular nation a1r 50 orpoaite :
ouF OWL. They term noraity. nc less thyslcali3
our snt'rodss. Tnelt haalss & ase - opposite
feel 70 feet III everything. In boxing the connas
they saJ ~ 'scstnursh " lnstt:ad ol uortaWe5
"cat.south'' lusteuu OF southeast and thei
Ttei. soldiers wear quilted pettlcoa:s e.:tn loot
aud bcad necklaces, caH5 umbrellas and tan
and 60 to q AigAt astaek With 1AIter1
The dark ih1n OF exposing thcmselye
10 the cnCEF. The people nle very fond OF Er
worts, hui prefer 10 hare them IN the dsytim
Ladies' tide IT. WtetlhafTD~s1 T. and COVE IRE drive
in carrtagcs W-h!!r IN Eutos'r Inc feet nlr put
the stocks, IN Chin the stccks are hung round II
pcck- III China nc fatni!y Eaae comes evenes Grsi, -, ~
benjamin Franklin Of Walter Scott, they would s.
Franklin Eeutanu, scott Haater. 1Aus the ch
Ecse name CT Snnt'lrtnns k.nr-fl,tse'. meaE @
In the recent wars With The English, the mazda
ms or soldiers would sometimes run aH'ay anil the
ahorsc,t tae Cainsec 1uuun: ltnln Tue night Tlrll q
men ~ k.trr, while tho lt,le hoys looE on Tt
left hand Is the feat Of ho:or, AMI 10 keen on o.
painted red. rnt art four feet long. In tao opH
ian OF The Chlncsc, tie stAt OF tlc uuIGtstalluiL
the stomach they have TEaGcs wn'en a. eSn:a a.: :
ny men, hut their CARRIAGES are moved ~ A.Ala
married won,un Nlile Young aul P1ctty Is s!sy
nu; when she eteonsa ola aaa u Musfns ,a,.sn .s =
the family. Tire Emperor Is regarded WITH the Eau
nro!ounu reverence, but tLt Ealpress mother Is
greater pezsun than lie. Whcu lnsn furnish
h.s hor1e lnsieau ot laying stress, ~ ne 90.
fpsewooA pianos atd c4rted sualnEans, hts "
alD.itpn Is Tor q Handsome ca;n7aor,wooa con-
which he Keeps IN The best F!are IN his roosa. 7
interest Of tuunrS ~ thlTst-sl1 iTr ceat. Ta.ea:
lc sure, We also give ID LAsl ttulcs ~ s:are ~
FtorIagr, while with thr:n l, IS tllc !t2a rate. y
once heard lad d1nner described mus: y
meat WAS cold, the MtTe was hot, and eyesyihL
was spu1 but the vinegar" This wou
no: 20 Euch d!spltAse TIE chntsG, VI
carefully warm fhe!r wire Waae
Ice CIra- They understand good LYLE
however. very He1, are great eplcuErs, cad sots
Ehat rournanis, foE. after air1aT on fh!fty .ish
1hty WILL huE.cti1LeS eat J duck By way OF NM!