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Identifier: chinahistoryofla02grayuoft (find matches)
Title: China : a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Gray, John Henry, 1828-1890 Gregor, William Gow
Subjects: China -- Social life and customs
Publisher: London : Macmillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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I XXIV.) CARTS AND WAGONS. 177 used by the nobility differ very slightly from those of thepeople. The only difference which I observed, was this—thatthe after end of the cart, and not the centre, was made to rest onthe axle-tree. From illustrations which I have seen, it appearsthat this was also characteristic of the chariots of ancient Persia.The wagons are not unlike those which are used in our owncountry. In the north of China, more particularly in theprovinces of Shansi or Shensi, wagons appear to have beenused long ago by a nomadic people in their migrations. Wheel-carriages were first introduced by the Emperor Tay-yu, who wasthe founder of the Hia dynasty, B.C. 2205. At this early period,however, they were not, it appears, drawn by horses, but by men.Their use was in a great measure restricted to royal and noblefamilies. The cars in which the Emperor of this dynasty rodewere invariably drawn by twenty men. During the Shangdynasty, which was founded by Chin-tang, B.C. 176G, the

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