Lion and Dragon in Northern China

by Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston

[305] The Middle Kingdom (1883 ed.), vol. ii. p. 253-4.

[306] Chinese Characteristics (5th ed.), p. 185.

[307] The Lore of Cathay, p. 275.

[308] None perhaps more pitiful than that which is related in the Revue des Deux Mondes of September 15, 1900. I forbear to quote this story, as it would not be fair to do so without hearing "the other side."

[309] The Spectator, August 22, 1908, p. 267.

[310] Religion in China (1893 ed.), p. 153.

[311] For brief accounts of this celebrated episode, see Prof. Parker's China and Religion, pp. 197-203; Williams's Middle Kingdom (1883 ed.), vol. ii. pp. 299 seq., and Max Müller's Last Essays (Second Series), pp. 314-18.

[312] Parker, op. cit. p. 202.

[313] "Considering," writes Sir Charles Eliot, "what would have been the probable fate of Chinamen in Rome who publicly contradicted the Pope on matters of doctrine, it is hardly surprising if K'ang Hsi dealt severely with the rebellious foreign religion." (Quarterly Review October 1907, p. 375.)

[314] The Middle Kingdom (1883 ed.), vol. ii. p. 253.