Identifier: chineseempiregen1907broo (find matches)
Title: The Chinese empire: a general & missionary survey ..
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Broomhall, Marshall, 1866- ed
Subjects: Missions
Publisher: London, Morgan & Scott Philadelphia, China inland mission (etc., pref
Contributing Library: School of Theology, Boston University
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston University

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es of the south, and temples to hishonour exist in the province. Is not the grave of his twoconsorts, the daughters of Yao, to be seen on the isle ofChlinshan in the Tungtiiig Lake; coming south to nursehim in his illness and receiving news of his death, theycommitted suicide in the waters of the lake near to thislovely spot. Does not Hunans mountain peak, the NanYo, possess the ancient and celebrated Tablet recording thepacification of the waters by the Emperor Yii—the KulouPei or Deluge Stone, famous throughout China; and anImperial Commissioner annually proceed to worship beforehis reputed tomb in the south of the province ! Coming to later times, we find that Hunan formedpart of the State of Chu, no mean kingdom, under theChou dynasty (circa 1122-255 B.C.). The celebratedDragon Festival, observed with the greatest Mat onthe fifth of the fifth month throughout China, owes itsorigin to the suicide by drowning near Changsha of anearly statesman and poet, Chu Yuan, author of the 164
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THE PEOVINCE OF HUNAN 165 interesting elegy the Li Sao (circa 340 B.C.). Under theChin dynasty we find the name Changsha, or LongSand, applied to a large part of the province which wasthen, circa 130 B.C., subject to the Emperor of China.Echoes, historical and legendary, of the wars of the ThreeKingdoms, the San Kuo, are to be heard around Yochow.Still later, in the interests of the last of the Ming Emperors,severe fighting took place at Yochow and in the northernparts of the province. Everywhere, indeed, there is a richfield for antiquarian research. Of its aboriginal populationsit is estimated that one-tenth still survive in the hillydistricts of the centre, the south-west, and the north-west ; extermination, expulsion, and assimilation forhundreds of years have caused the disappearance of thevast majority. In more recent times the province suffered from theTaiping rebels (circa 1854). Entering from the south, theyswarmed up the Siang valley, spreading both east and west.Changsha wa

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