Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Volumes 13-15Asiatic Society of Japan, 1885 - Japan Catalogue of the library of the Society, in v. 47. |
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Abacus Abdication Aino ancient animal appears Asiatic Society Ayuthia bamboo boat Buddha Buddhist bune called character China Chinese words cipher colloquial Corean Corvus daimyōs EDWARD HARPER PARKER Emperor English envoys European existence fences fish foreign garden give go-on Group guests guru Hakka hand honoured country husband HYPENA Iyeyasu Japan Japanese language Japon Japonais Japonica junks K'i-lin Kalahom Kami kara kind King of Siam Kōfu koku language lanterns letter Ligor London mamushi Manchu marriage married means method Minister modern Mongol natural Nikkô Ninguta Okya original Ōsaka Otori Keisuke paper Paris plants poison present province represent rice river root saké ship Shōgun Siamese snake Soroban species stone style symbol tion Tokio Tōkyō translated trees Tsukiji Unicorn vessels vigne wife writing Yamada Yezo Yokohama Yōshi
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Page 51 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square on the whole line is equal to the squares on the two parts, together with twice the rectangle contained by the two parts.
Page 97 - Majesty's market places, and travelling strangers all to wish to make their tours on your Majesty's roads, and all throughout the empire who feel aggrieved by their rulers to wish to come and complain to your Majesty. And when they are so bent, who will be able to keep them back ?
Page 85 - Influence of Chinese Dialects on the Japanese Pronunciation of the Chinese Part of the Japanese language.
Page 119 - This garden consists almost entirely of stones arranged in a fanciful and irregular manner in a small enclosure, the sentiment expressed depending for its value upon acquaintance wiih the following Buddhist legend, somewhat reminding us of the story of Saint Francis and the birds. A certain monk Daita, ascending a hillock and collecting stones, began to preach to them the secret precepts of Buddha, and so miraculous was the effect of the wondrous truths which he told that even the lifeless stones...
Page 11 - ... numbers. The child, if he ever is taught by its means, soon passes from this beadcounting to the slate and slate pencil. He learns our Indian Numerals, of which one only is at all suggestive of its meaning ; and with these symbols he ever after makes all his calculations. In India and all over civilized Asia, however, the Abacus still holds its own ; and in China and Japan the method of using it is peculiarly scientific. It seems pretty certain that its original home was India, whence it spread...
Page 75 - In ninety-nine out of a hundred cases the wounds are inflicted on the hands or feet, and a ligature or two should be made as tight as possible, at a short distance above the wound ; the ligature to be left on until the proper means are provided to destroy the virus in the wound, and until medicine is taken internally, or until great pain or swelling necessitates its removal. The punctured wounds are to be enlarged by incisions at least as deep as the wounds, to cause a free efflux of the poisonous...
Page 118 - The habit of regarding a garden as an ornamental appendage to a building, and constructing it with a view of boasting rare collections of plants and stones and making a display of wealth, is much condemned by Japanese writers as leading invariably to an effect of vulgarity. Gardening, it is said, should be undertaken from a genuine love of nature and with a desire of enjoying the beauties of natural scenery, and gardens should be so arranged that the four seasons may each contribute in turn to their...
Page 207 - ... and saw five old men in the hall, who called themselves the essences of the five planets, and led an animal which looked like a small cow with one horn, and was covered with scales like a dragon. This creature knelt before...
Page 66 - As the symbol of eternity, it is represented as forming a circle by holding its tail in its mouth. The ancient Greeks and Romans used it as typical of guardian spirits, and the figure of the snake was frequently depicted on their altars. In the temple of Athena, at Athens, a serpent was kept in a cage and called " The Guardian Spirit of the Temple.
Page 2 - We are truly like this, unenlightened we are subject to the evil of Birth and Death; for long kalpas we revolve, floating and sinking ; there seems no means of escape. But He, Amida Buddha, long kalpas ago, putting forth a heart of great compassion, planning through five kalpas, having accomplished the long kalpas, perfected his vow.