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Identifier: liondragoninnort00john (find matches)
Title: Lion and dragon in northern China
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Johnston, Reginald Fleming, Sir, 1874-1938
Subjects: Weihaiwei
Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton and company
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nese geographical work publishedin the tenth century of our era is even more un-complimentary, for it states2 that since the laterHan dynasty (which reigned from 25 to 220 a.d.) thecountry (Japan) has been known as that of the Dwarf-slave country, and it gives details as to the tributesaid to have been paid by Japan to China for a periodof many centuries. The new defensive measures taken by the Govern-ment consisted in the establishment of Military Districts(Wei)z at various strategic points round the coast ofShantung. Of these Districts Weihaiwei was one andCheng Shan was another. These two Wei were 1 The offensive appellation is preserved to this day in the name of asmall island 120 //south-west of the Shantung Promontory, known asDwarfs Island. The term is still frequently used by the people, andit often occurred in formal petitions addressed to my own Court untilI expressly forbade, under penalty, its further use. a Tai Ping Huan Yii Chi, 174th c/iilan, pp. 3 seq 3 See pp. 12 seq.
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PART OF WEIHAIWEI CITY WALL (see p. 47).

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