 | Missions - 1858 - 778 pages
...say, ' that to be happy on earth, one must be born in Su-chew, live in Canton, and die in Su-chew,' for in the first are the handsomest people, in the...richest luxuries, and in the third the best coffins. The walls of the city are twelve miles in circumference, and the whole population about one million... | |
 | Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1848 - 648 pages
...beautiful and richest cities, and have a saying, " that to be happy on earth, one must be born in Suchau, live in Canton, and die in Liauchau ;" for in the...scenery of its waters and gardens, the politeness and intelligence of its inhabitants, and the beauty of its women. Its manufactures of silk, linen and... | |
 | Robert Sears - China - 1852 - 628 pages
...under the walls on the west, serving to strengthen the approaches on that side. According to Ellis, who rather underestimates its population at four hundred...scenery of its waters and gardens, the politeness and the intelligence of its inhabitants, and the beauty of its women. Its manufactures of silk, linen,... | |
 | Christian life - 1858 - 682 pages
...say, ' that to be happy on earth, one must be born in Su-chew, live in Canton, and die in Su-chew,' for in the first are the handsomest people, in the...richest luxuries, and in the third the best coffins. The walls of the city are twelve miles in circumference, and the whole population about one million... | |
 | 1860 - 772 pages
...cities, so that, according to the national proverb, "To be happy on earth one must be born in Soo-chow, live in Canton, and die in Liau-chau ;" for in the...richest luxuries, and in the third the best coffins. The reputation was high for "the splendour of its buildings, the elegance of its tombs, the picturesque... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth - China - 1876 - 270 pages
...on earth one must be born in Sou-chou, live in Canton, and die at Lianchan,' for in the first there are the handsomest people, in the second the richest luxuries, and in the third the best coffins. I should hope that by this time it may in some measure have recovered its prosperity, but its condition... | |
 | Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1882 - 896 pages
...most beautiful cities, and have a saying, " that to be happy on earth, one must be born in Snchau, live in Canton, and die in Liauchau, for in the first are the handsomest people, in the second the most costly luxuries, and in the third the best coffins." It has a high reputation for its buildings,... | |
 | Helen Ainslie Smith - Cities and towns - 1885 - 448 pages
...saying " that to be happy on earth, one must be born in Suchan, live in Canton, and die in Lianchau, for in the first are the handsomest people, in the second the most costly luxuries, and in the third the best coffins." The high buildings, the elegant tombs, the... | |
 | Charles Cole Creegan, Josephine A. B. Goodnow - Missionaries - 1895 - 482 pages
...cities. They say to be happy on earth one must be born at Soochow, live in Canton, and die in Soochow; for in the first are the handsomest people, in the...richest luxuries, and in the third the best coffins. Mr. John now devoted himself almost exclusively to itinerating, and visited a large number of towns... | |
 | William Robson (of the London Missionary Society.) - Congregational churches - 1888 - 184 pages
...They say that to be happy on earth one must be born at Soochow, live in Canton, and die in Soochow, for in the first are the handsomest people, in the...richest luxuries, and in the third the best coffins. It lies north-west of Shanghai ; and within the city walls, which are twelve miles in circumference, there... | |
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Chinese regard it as one of their richest and most beautiful cities, and have a saying, " that to be happy on earth, one must be born in Soochow-foo, live in Canton, and die in Liauchau ;" for in the first are the handsomest people, in the second the... 
