Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-28

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.7b.aes lu the Flowery Kingdom
,.,elug by centuries the Christian
ramsn have played leading parts
a. .ta history OF "a country held 20 De
.r. .,.s. conservative and least pro-
css.,a of any IN the world
o,s NJ the first recorded Of the IA
"s women Of China, mentioned
.,srv good Chinese with spe-
.i ,s,srspce. and because Of her good
- .s sysIted TO receive divine honors
Tai Tsu wife Of the Emperor
uvsnr-u whose reign began about
i1s m q Hwang-us wife was the
5-,-ttsr OF feudal chief Mulberry
.rsss are plentiful in China, and doubt
w.. tbfs observant woman In her girl
IA often watched the silkworms In
,,s branches industriously spinning
.t-r sIlken cocoons. When she became
,t. wife OF Hwang-u, a man Of intelli-
-s,ss devoted 10 the welfare OF his
mile she began 10 experiment win
.,s eocoons. The silk she had unwound
ana woven into a cloth, which has ever
-,,ca been among the most priced OF
~, worlds materials Tor clothing All
ors, China groves OF mulberry trees
marc laIi out. and the cultivation OF the
.iltuorm became one Of the great IN
dusirles OF the then embryo Chinese
enpIrs. which only included a couple OF
u,lis proylnces on the Hoang-Ho.
Tbe great beauties Of China have not
hssn among It's benefactors, If tradition
N h. believed Baleful indeed is said
10 have been the influence OF Mei-hi,
.rlfs OF the Emperor Kwei, who relgned
q ISIS 10 1866. Her father was one
oftbs small chiefs Of the empire, and in
order 10 lngrauate himself with kwet
who threatened 20 attack his province
tbe chief sent to the emperor as a pres
ent his beautiful but unprinclpled
daughter Before she entered his pal
ace Kwei had at least been a brave
warrior. ne was a man Of great phys
zeal strength and could twist bars Of
iron as n they were bamboo Withes
But Mel.M proved the Delilah OF this
Chinese Samson. War and the chase
were forgotten. he became the slave OF
the young beauty, for whose pleasure
ne impoverished China In order 10 build
Tor her great and splendid palaces.
These we're filed with dissolute people.
lakes Of wine ornamented the palace
garden. and dried meats we're hung
from the trees 70 feed the thousands
who attended the wild orgies given
there The people, disguised with the
immortality OF the imperial court. united
IN rebellion under Prince Tang the
founder OF the dynasty OF that name.
Kwei was defeated In battle and i'm
prsoned until his death, In 1863 3. c.
The fate Of Mei-hi is unknown.
Another Of the wicked beauties was
Taxi, a captive taken In provincial
warfare IN llN b. G. She captivated
the Emperor Chow Sin, one Of the most
wicked Of China's rulers, For her the
emperor built a palace a mile square,
surrounded by magnificent park, in
which an sorts Of rare animals ranged
This palace was called the Stag Tower.
and proved the funeral pyre OF Chow
Sin. for after enduring a few years OF
unparalleled oppression TO crafty the
extravaganza and cruelty OF Taxi, the
people revoltei and Chow Sin. fleeing
70 the Stag Tower, himself fired the
building and was consumed IN It's
ruins Taxi was captured and con-
demned 10 death but so captivating
was her beauty that no one wound ex-
ecute the sentence Of death, until an
aged councillor covering his face so.
that he might not falter in purpose, de-
hvercd the fatal blow The Chinese
stu believe that she was the human
Incarnation OF a wolf demon.
Most interesting OF all. the Cleo
raira Of China was Pau-sze, whose
beauty enslayed Yiu, emperor OF China
from ISL TO 40 b. c. She was the
daughter OF q petty chief and was
spoiled and imperlous rather than
cruel She cared little for the en-
p'ror although there was nothing he
would not do to please her even to the
os'nherIing OF the heir that her son
might be declared the successor At
iasl after every expedient had been
Wed by Iiu 10 win a smile from his
'haFmer he stopped 20 a mighty piece
Of folly.
There was IN existence at that time a
system N great beacon fires. TO be light
ca ohy IN time Of mortal peril. when
al ieudal chiefs were pledged 10 hasten
70 The capital TO relieve the danger Of
ll-r emperor Yin one day ordered
,hsse TO be lighted and, IN great anx-
IVY Ior their monarchs safety his vas
sah rushed by forced marches TO the
capital The emperors object was ac-
.'hpished. Pau-sZe. whose sense OF
nlinor must have been odd, sat wreath
% IN smiles as the chagrined princes
marched up TO the city az the head Of
'aer troops This was probably the
u's' costly smile IN history. for. later
'Nsh real crisis arrived and the bea.
.'N We're lighted In earnest. no vassal
responded. and the capital was can.
urea and plundered by barharlans
,gl.'le carried on a captive by their
'..sI was never heard OF more.
=" adler hand has guided the des.
, l,ss OF China than that OF Empress
Ll'oh The widow Of a weak ana In.
,epaoie emperor OF the Han dynasty
~, began 20 reign In l9i b. c. on behalf
y nef li-year-old son. She had TO cone
~, only with tangled public questions
~. ol her promptness and energy
al'lea out a rebellion that was i'm.
-sl by an inferior member OF the late
,g,sIor harem, who conspired on be.
, , % Der own son. The promptness
N which Luichi meted out a bar.
.-lys Justice TO the plotters saved the
yie from serious troubles. ANY one
49,, exhibited any disapproval OF her
suhanded rulings was promptlv 70.
-, either by poison or the knife
Ual great as was her genius. Luiehi
~, 10y unworthy Of the title Of the 1u-
Ia borgia Of China.
~, oae oi The noblest characters In Chi.
~ history is Ch'ang-sun She was
g... we OF the reformpr Tai Sung a
~ emperor Of the Tang dynasty
~. adviser and conadant Of her bus.
Dy her tact in keeping out Of
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