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World’s Story Volume I: China, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific

World’s Story Volume I: China, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific

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    Essays & short works
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    English
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This is the first volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part I include China, Korea, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific. - Summary by Sonia Cast list for The Sorrows of Han: Emperor:Nemo [https://librivox.org/reader/11535] Lady/Princess:Eva Davis [https://librivox.org/reader/11417] Attendant:ToddHW [https://librivox.org/reader/6754] Envoy:SaraHale [https://librivox.org/reader/10956] President of the Council:Tomas Peter [https://librivox.org/reader/10789] Narrator:Sonia [https://librivox.org/reader/10179] Cast list for Ribs and Skin: Rector:Nemo [https://librivox.org/reader/11535] Curate:Eva Davis [https://librivox.org/reader/11417] First Parishioner:Tomas Peter [https://librivox.org/reader/10789] Second Parishioner:ToddHW [https://librivox.org/reader/6754] Third Parishioner:SaraHale [https://librivox.org/reader/10956] Narrator:Sonia [https://librivox.org/reader/10179]

Chapters

  • 01
    Palace of the Dalai Lama at Lhasa, Thibet, Photograph, Frontispice
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  • 02
    Publisher's note
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  • 03
    Introduction, by Eva March Tappan
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  • 04
    China Part I: In the earliest days: historical note
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  • 05
    Shun of Yu who controlled the floods, by Confucius
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  • 06
    China Part II: Confucius and his age: historical note
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    The story of Confucius, by Rev. A. W. Loomis
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    A visit to a temple of Confucius, by Rev. A. W. Loomis
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  • 09
    Some of the proverbs of Confucius
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  • 10
    Manners and customs of Confucius's day, by Rev. William Speer
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  • 11
    Mencius, by S. Wells Williams
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  • 12
    A story of Mencius, by Unknown
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  • 13
    Proverbs of Mencius
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  • 14
    China Part III: Times of change and confusion: historical note
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    The strenuous reign of Hoang-Ti, by Rev. Charles Gützlaff
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    The rule of the Hans, by Rev. William Speer
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  • 17
    Rakan feeding the hungry spirit, Chinese painting, p. 52
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  • 18
    The three religions, by W. A. P. Martin
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  • 19
    Dream and reality, a Buddhist story, by Chuang Tzu
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  • 20
    Mulan, the maiden chief, by Unknown
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  • 21
    The prodigal emperor Wang-Ti, by Rounsevelle Wildman
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  • 22
    China Part IV: The Augustan age: historical note
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  • 23
    Tai-Tsung the Good, by Rev. William Speer
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  • 24
    The rule of the empress Wu, by S. Wells Williams
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    The founding of Han-Lin College, by Rev. William Speer
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    The binding of feet, by Rev. William Speer
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    Printing, by Rev. William Speer
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    China Part V: The coming of the Tartars: historical note
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    The Tartars and their customs, by Marco Polo
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  • 30
    The Chinese theater, by Archibald Little
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  • 31
    The sorrows of Han, by Unknown
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    Jenghiz Khan, the 'perfect warrior', by D. Petis de la Croix
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    Jenghiz Khan captures Peking, by D. Petis de la Croix
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  • 34
    The dirge of Jenghiz Khan, by Unknown
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  • 35
    China Part VI: Stories of the great Khan: historical note
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    The palace of the great Khan in Cambaluc (Peking), by Marco Polo
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    How the great Khan ate his dinner, by Marco Polo
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    How Kublai Khan went a-hunting, by Marco Polo
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    How the Khan sent his messages, by Marco Polo
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    The King's Messenger, by Chuang Tzu
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    The Polos teach the Khan how to capture a city, by Marco Polo
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    A Chinese city at the end of the thirteenth century, by Marco Polo
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    The Peking Observatory, photograph, p. 128
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  • 44
    China Part VII: Chinese fables and tales: historical note
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    The boy philosopher, by Unknown
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    The elixir of life, by Unknown
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    The tiger and the monkey, by Unknown
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    Was he the only cheat?, by Unknown
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  • 49
    The appeal of Lady Chang
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    The soul of the great bell, by Lafcadio Hearn
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    China Part VIII: The coming of the missionaries: historical note
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    An enterprising missionary, by John of Corvino
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    The woman with the cross, by Mendez Pinto
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  • 54
    The worship of ancestors, by W. A. P. Martin
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  • 55
    Teaching science to the emperor, by Père du Halde
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  • 56
    The emperor and the musician, by Père du Halde
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  • 57
    The man who was afraid of becoming a horse, by Père du Halde
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  • 58
    How the bonzes got the ducks, by Père Le Comte
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  • 59
    A visit to a Lama, by Père Gerbillon
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  • 60
    China Part IX: The first two centuries of Manchu rule: historical note
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    The coming of the Kalmucks, by Thomas de Quincey
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    Chinese punishments, by Père du Halde
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  • 63
    The temple of Heaven, Peking, photograph, p. 186
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  • 64
    Why the Chinaman wears a queue, by William Elliot Griffis
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  • 65
    How the Chinese received the first English ambassador, by Charles Gützlaff
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    Opium-eaters, by William Speer
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    A 'Boston tea-party' in China, by William Speer
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    What the Chinese thought about the English, by Unknown
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    How the 'Arrow War' began, by W. A. P. Martin
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    Receiving the yellow jacket, by A. Egmont Hake
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    China Part X: Language, schools, and examinations: historical note
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    The Mandarin language, by Père du Halde
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    How Chinese children learn to read, by Père du Halde
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    When I went to school in China, by Yan Phou Lee
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    A child's first lesson, by Unknown
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    Civil-service examinations in China, by W. A. P. Martin
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    Questions from a civil-service examination
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    China Part XI: In recent years: historical note
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    War between China and Japan, by W. A. P. Martin
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  • 80
    The adventures of Yao Chen-Yuan
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  • 81
    When the allies entered Pekin, by Pierre Loti
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  • 82
    A diplomatic correspondence between the United States and China
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    The republic of China
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    Korea: historical note
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    A grain shop in Korea, photograph, p. 264
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    When Hideyoshi invaded Korea, by Homer B. Hulbert
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    Japan Part I: In ancient times: historical note
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    Jimmu Tenno, the first mikado of Japan, by William Elliot Griffis
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    The Japanese story-teller, by Sir Edwin Arnold
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    The fisher-boy Urashima, by Unknown
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    Social life in Kioto, by William Elliot Griffis
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    The story of Yoshitsune, by Yei Theodora Ozaki
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    Three Japanese poems, translated by Frederick Victor Dickins
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    The great Buddha of Kamakura, photograph, p. 318
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    Japan Part II: The rule of the Shoguns: historical note
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    The great Khan Kublai invades Japan, by Marco Polo
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  • 97
    The coming of Will Adams to Japan, by Will Adams
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  • 98
    Long spears or short spears, by Walter Dening
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    How a man became a god, by Lafcadio Hearn
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    Ribs and skin, by Unknown
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    How it would feel to be a Shinto god, by Lafcadio Hearn
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    Interior of a Japanese temple, photograph p. 368
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    Tadasuke, the Japanese Solomon, by Walter Dening
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    The sword of Japan, by Sir Edwin Arnold
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    Japan Part III: Some curious customs: historical note
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    A Japanese dinner party, by Sir Edwin Arnold
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    How Japanese ladies go shopping, by Alice M. Bacon
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  • 108
    An incense party, by Sir Edwin Arnold
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    A Japanese house, by Basil Hall Chamberlain
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  • 110
    Thinking out a garden, by Mortimer Menpes
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    A stone gateway, photograph p. 418
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    An artist in flowers, by Mortimer Menpes
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  • 113
    How a Japanese paints, by Mortimer Menpes
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    How to talk politely in Japan, by Percival Lowell
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    Japan Part IV: The awakening of Japan: historical note
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    When Commodore Perry landed in Japan, by Francis L. Hawks
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    The president's letter, by Townsend Harris
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    The schools of old Japan, by Francis Ottiwell Adams
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    How to learn Japanese, by Rev. M. L. Gordon
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  • 120
    The attack upon Port Arthur, by Lieutenant Tadayoshi Sakurai
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    Japan Part V: Little stories of Japan: historical note
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    Japanese politeness, by Mortimer Menpes
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    How the shopkeeper lost his queue, by Lafcadio Hearn
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    Fuji-Yama, photograph, p. 462
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    The cherry tree of the sixteenth day, by Lafcadio Hearn
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    Japanese children and their games, by Sir Edwin Arnold
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  • 127
    Islands of the Pacific: historical note
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    The first Australian colonists, by W. H. Lang
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  • 129
    Gold, gold, gold!, by W. H. Lang
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    The missionary and the cannibals, by Reginald Horsley
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    Hot-water basins, New Zealand, photograph, p. 502
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    The story of Pitcairn Island, by Anonymous
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    The last voyage of Captain Cook, by Charles C. B. Seymour
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    The vengeance of the goddess Pele, by Kalakaua
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  • 135
    Father Damien, the missionary to the lepers, by John C. Lambert
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  • 136
    A visit to Aguinaldo, by Edwin Wildman
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    Preparing our Moros for government, by R. L. Bullard
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  • 138
    Baro Buddor, an ancient temple of Java, photograph, p. 562
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    Detail of temple at Bramabanan, photograph p. 562
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  • 140
    A visit to a head-hunter of Borneo, by William Henry Furness, third
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