Daoguang: Imperial Edict Year: 1836
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Daoguang: Imperial Edict
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Abstract
The councilor Zhu Zun has presented a memorial requesting that the severity of the prohibitory enactments against opium may be increased. The sub-censor Xu Qiu also has laid before us a respectful representation of his views; and, in a supplementary statement, a recommendation to punish severely Chinese traitors.
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- Confucius: Doctrine of the Mean Year: ca. 500 BCE
- Confucius: The Great Learning Year: ca. 500 BCE
- Wang Bi: “Outline Introduction to the Laozi” Year: 245
- Yan Zhitui: Family Instructions for the Yen Clan Year: 560—590
- Yao Zui: “Continued Classifications of Painters” Year: 575-600?
- “The Song of Lasting Regret” Year: 807
- Ouyang Xiu: “On the Partisanship of Friends” Year: 1044
- “When Heirs Have Already Been Installed, They Ought Not to Be Displaced” Year: ca. 1127—1279
- Cai Kang: “Forging of Official Documents” Year: 1230–1270
- Regent Dorgon: Two Edicts concerning the Wearing of Hair under Manchu Rule Year: 1644–1645
- “Manslaughter over an Outhouse” Year: 1722
- Daoguang: Imperial Edict Year: 1836
- Zhu Zun: Memorial on Banning Opium Year: 1836
- Xu Naiji: Memorial on Legalizing Opium Year: 1836
- Annexed Laws on Banning Opium Year: 1839
- “Ode for Youth” Year: ca. 1856
- Zongli Yamen: Circular Letter on the Unequal Treaties Year: 1878
- Boxer Protocol Year: 1901
- Press Coverage of the Wuchang Uprising Year: 1911
- Hu Shi: Appeal for Legal Rights Year: 1929
- Emergency Law for the Suppression of Crimes against the Safety of the Republic Year: 1931
- Principles for the Organization of the “Manchukuo” Government Year: 1932
- Chiang Kai-shek: Reply to Prince Konoye Year: 1938
- Liu Shaoqi: How to Be a Good Communist Year: 1939
- Chiang Kai-shek: “China Cannot Be Conquered” Year: 1939
- Mao Zedong: “Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art” Year: 1942
- Chiang Kai-shek: Speech before the Preparatory Commission for Constitutional Government in Chungking Year: 1945
- Mao Zedong: “On the People’s Democratic Dictatorship” Year: 1949
- Mao Zedong: “On the Co-Operative Transformation of Agriculture” Year: 1955
- Chinese Communist Party: Guidelines for the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Year: 1966
- Mao Zedong: The Little Red Book Year: 1966
- Shanghai Communiqué Year: 1972
- Hao Ran: “Date Orchard” Year: 1974
- Deng Xiaoping: “Emancipate the Mind” Year: 1978
- Deng Xiaoping: “Uphold the Four Cardinal Principles” Year: 1979
- Taiwan Relations Act Year: 1979
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