The History of China, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The History of China, Vol. 2 of 2The name Water-lily was chosen on account of the popularity of that plant. M. Huc says, The poets have celebrated it in their verses, on account of the beauty of its ¿owers the doctors of reason have placed it among the ingredients for the elixir of immortality and the economists have extolled it for its utility. Chinese Empire, vol. Ii. Pp. 309-10.Peleen brotherhood, which, far from being crushed by Imperial edicts, and by the failure in the streets of Pekin, declared itself Openly inimical to the constituted authorities, and did its best to meet force by force.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.