Citations:Swatow


 * This was much too plain speaking for the Imperial devotee, and was sentenced to death. On the remonstrance of his fellow-ministers this sentence was commuted, and he was banished under the guise of an appointment to the post of governor of what was then the barbarous region near Swatow. Here he taught the barbarous people, and is still remembered as their greatest benefactor. His expulsion from the demon of ignorance is symbolised in a legend of his expulsion from the rivers of a huge crocodile. The remonstrance which he addressed to it, which is to be found among his works, is a curious combination of solemnity and humour.
 * This was much too plain speaking for the Imperial devotee, and was sentenced to death. On the remonstrance of his fellow-ministers this sentence was commuted, and he was banished under the guise of an appointment to the post of governor of what was then the barbarous region near Swatow. Here he taught the barbarous people, and is still remembered as their greatest benefactor. His expulsion from the demon of ignorance is symbolised in a legend of his expulsion from the rivers of a huge crocodile. The remonstrance which he addressed to it, which is to be found among his works, is a curious combination of solemnity and humour.


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 * Ce digne Chinois, d’une excellente famille du nord de l’Empire, possédait, comme ses compatriotes, de remarquables aptitudes pour le commerce. Pendant les premières années de sa carrière, tout ce que produit ce riche territoire si peuplé, papiers de Swatow, soieries de Sou-Tchéou, sucres candis de Formose, thés de Hankow et de Foochow, fers du Honan, cuivre rouge ou jaune de la province de Yunanne, tout fut pour lui élément de négoce et matière à trafic.