Chronology Entry
Year
1827
Text
Gibbon, Edward. Memoirs of my Life and Writings [ID D26761].
The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the most illustrious in the world. After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle ages; but, in the vast equality of the empire of China, the posterity of Confucius have maintained, above two thousand two hundred years, their peaceful honours and perpetual succession.
The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the most illustrious in the world. After a painful ascent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle ages; but, in the vast equality of the empire of China, the posterity of Confucius have maintained, above two thousand two hundred years, their peaceful honours and perpetual succession.
Mentioned People (1)
Gibbon, Edward
(Putney bei London 1737-1794 London) : Historiker
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Documents (1)
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| 1 | 1827 |
Gibbon, Edward. Memoirs of my Life and Writings. (London: Hunt & Clarke, 1827). (1789). [Enthält Eintragungen über China]. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6031/6031-h/6031-h.htm. |
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