Chapter 3

Jules Verne: Complete Works 2050 words 2020-03-19 13:05:59

Chapter 3 A Chinese proverb says,— When sabres are rusty, and spades bright; When prisons are empty, and granaries full; When the steps of the temples are worn by the feet of worshippers, and the court-yards of the tribunals are covered with grass; When physicians go on foot, and bakers on horseback,— The empire is well governed. It is a good proverb, and might be applied to all the States of the Old and New World. But, if there is a single one where this desideratum is still far from being realized, it is precisely the Celestial Empire: for there it is the sabres which are bright, and the spades rusty; the prisons which are overflowing, and the granaries empty. The bakers rest more than the physicians; and, if the pagodas attract worshippers, the tribunals, on the contrary, lack ……

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