A Dream of Conquest (Classic Reprint)
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from A Dream of Conquest Wang-Chi-Poo sat in his bamboo chair, discontentedly twisting the end of his queue. The fragrance of orange-blossoms breathed softly on him from the garden, but could not soothe his perturbation, nor could the noise of the fountain hard by that came in through the paper-glazed windows. Everything palled upon him; the silken hangings interwoven with gold that decorated his apartment, the brightly tessellated floor, in short, the wealth and Oriental luxury that were on every side were, this morning, less than naught to him. The Chinese have a song that runs somewhat in this manner: At first, man hangers for a meal; And then, that clothes his form conceal; Finely attired, a wife he craves; Married, for palanquins he raves; Supplied with horses, mules, and lands, Official rank he next demands; Ennobled, he would yet climb higher, Till by degrees he claims empire; At last enthroned as Heaven´s son, He thinks not yet his dues are won, But, yearning still for something more, ´Gainst Death he fain would bolt the door. Fool, Death alone thy wants can tame: "I crave," thy epitaph and name. But greed for more is, I fear, too common to the human race fairly to indicate the cause of Wang-Chi-Poo´s disquietude. His discontent was of a less personal description, though it was connected with ambition: it was of a more truly Chinese character than the proverb just quoted. It had its root in his country´s ancestor-worship; and to Western ears it will sound peculiar. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.
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