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1、PL3277E1M61812MAINmMENiORlAJAHenryByronPhillipsHOR^SINICiEiTRANSLATIONSFROMTHEPOPULARLITERATUREOFTHE€^int^uBYTHEREV.ROBERTMORRISON,>.'ProtestantMissionaryatCantou.ijii^r^^LONDON:PRINTEDFORBLACKANDPARRY,LEADENHALLSTREET;J.BLACf:YORKSTREET,COVENTGARDEN;TWILUAMSANDSON,STAT
2、IONERS'COURT;ANDJOSIAHCONDER,BUCKLERSBURY,ByCStower,Hackacy.1812.m6?^^{2-ADVERTISEMENT.ThisvolumecontainsaselectionfromthebookswhicharemostreadgenerallybythepeopleofthevastempireofChina,andregardedastheelementsofmoralsandliberalknowledge.Itispresumedthatsuchapublication
3、willbeacceptabletotheBritishascontributingapublic,portionofgratificationtotheattentionandcuriositywhichhavebeenexcited,withinthelasttwentyyears,withregardtothatnation.TheinterestextraordinarywhichhasbeentakenintheperusaloftheTaTsingLeuLee,translated,andsoablyillustrated
4、,bySirGeorgeStaun-ton,cannotfailtoattachtothissmaller589296IVandmorehumble,yetnotlessgenuine,exhibitionoftheliterarytasteoftheChi-nese,andwhatisconsideredarespectablemediocrityofattainmentamongthem.Theirprevailingsentimentsareherede-indocumentsofveloped,unquestionablefi
5、delity;andnoinconsiderablelightisthrownupontheircharacteristicmanners,andtheirgeneraltoneofintellectandmorals.Thetranslator,theRev.RobertMor-rison,isapersonofestablishedcharac-terandtalents.Withthebenevolentde-signofintroducingandpromotingscrip-turalChristianityamongtha
6、tastonishingwhichprobablycomprisesapopulation,thirdofthehumanrace,hehasdevotedtheflowerofhislife;andhasnowspentseveralyears,firstinEnglandwithanaccomplishedChineseashistutor,andduringthelastfiveyearsatMacao,Can-ton,orotherfavourablesituations,intheassiduousandindefatiga
7、blestudyoftheoralandthewrittenlanguageofChina.Tohisattainments,SirGeorgeStauntonandthegentlemenoftheBritishFactoryatCanton,have,onvariousoccasions,bornehonourabletestimony:andhispro-bity,prudence,andconciliatorymanners,incircumstancesatalltimesdelicateanddifficult,havep
8、rocuredoccasionallyveryhimtheesteemandconfidenceofhisowncountrymenandofthenativeswithwhomhehashadintercourse.A
