Reminiscences of a Chinese Official
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Excerpt from Reminiscences of a Chinese Official: Revelations of Official Life Under the Manchus The Reminiscences of a Chinese Official were first published in the columns of the now defunct Peking Gazette. They were the work of a young foreign educated Chinese, and were based upon various Chinese publications which were surreptitiously circulated during the Manchu regime. The Editor of the China Illustrated Review secured the permission of the Author to revise them with a view to their republication in book form. The literal translation of Chinese idioms has been interfered with as little as possible, and it is the belief of the Editor that the Reminiscences will be found to contain a graphic, interesting, and not overdrawn account of the tortuous methods of Chinese officialdom in the latter portion of the nineteenth century. To make the narrative consecutive the reminiscences are all attributed to the same official, though many different sources were drawn upon in their compilation. Many of the incidents described in the following pages were peculiar to the China of the Manchus, but there has been no marked improvement in the competence or integrity of local officials under the Republic, and a number of the curious customs described by the Author are still observed. It was the intention of the writer of these Reminiscences to add several chapters to the series, but he has not been able to supply the additional material. 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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