Excerpt from Archaeological and Historical Researches The Manoboc dynasty, which has reigned in China since 1644, did not change the names of the capital. I must however remark, that the name Peking, so familiar to every European, is hardly known by the Chinese of our days. The learned Chinese understand of course what is meant by this name, but Peking is always called y}: w King-ch'eng or 753 fi King-ta, both meaning capital, by the Chinese. This is a summary of the history of Peking, which has seen so many political ...
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Excerpt from Archaeological and Historical Researches The Manoboc dynasty, which has reigned in China since 1644, did not change the names of the capital. I must however remark, that the name Peking, so familiar to every European, is hardly known by the Chinese of our days. The learned Chinese understand of course what is meant by this name, but Peking is always called y}: w King-ch'eng or 753 fi King-ta, both meaning capital, by the Chinese. This is a summary of the history of Peking, which has seen so many political changes, and altered its name under almost every dynasty. We shall see, that the place, where the capital stood, has also changed several times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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