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Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672 / An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China: delivered by their excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities, towns, villages, ports, rivers, &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; also an epistle of Father John Adams, their antagonist, concerning the whole negotiation; with an appendix of several remarks taken out of Father Athanasius Kircher; Englished and set forth with their several sculptures by John Ogilby
(1673)
Chap. I. Of the government and several chief officers in China., pp. 141-149
Chap. II. Of the characters, language, writing, and literature of the Chineses: And in what manner the learned in China arrive to the several degrees of knowledge., pp. 149-157
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privately in China, they reftajrz -from zetu ip og,9 ,-hs upon pain of death. Sixthly, No boy is fufer'4 to wear an ArmstWith 4 diers nor Commanders, nor theLeredA lf he the March, .and goin~g to the Wars-, Neither aeA-y $fff'4 toy4, their Houfes, or to ride Armd, ohrwf ,~ WW; P4g44, 4te* felves againiW 1igh-way,,men* In this Em~pir ll Magiflri4 0ffiqex irm-w bu itqhica1; or of the Couincil of War, are raznk'4into ni~;R accrding tio whip1i each ha~s a mlonthly Allowan1c paI4idi, *jhr-in-Mo fuficient to defray the Charge and Expengvthey ~careatj.-f4witofe., f t~e 1ighcft Order, have but a twfw4d C xiwnsyealt4 Nbnofthem grow to be very richMen, but-etainly not bywhat 'is giv~p them un r-hanfoj Courtefies done, notwithftanding all the Examinations afoiefid. All the Magftrarce s swellfuperior a;ineriWear for a B4ge- and Mark of Refpe& an gnity, one fortqnd Wh4ion oft, whichlnnc l is fuffer'4 to wear : Thefe Hats or Bonneit re made of tblack Silk, ~acid11:Avil on both fides two oval Flaps which cover dto, j P; ,Are c sfaf1~t he Bonnet that they cannot fall offW: In which iaMcr #and Garb wheQn the A pear in the Streets, they walk, with~ great gravitcy, pot 4Affcrina . frornngich other in the rell of their Habit. fave only thciq hyht;4Ai1gtqi~hizng Marks uponi their Clothes, whereby their Qualiies aeknw o h-ibians-an to what order they belong. Lafily, you rnuft kno~w that 4iefbinefe, hough th ~tr ae ae;4n_ fqlyes Mafers of this Empire'yet fit eery wherein 4 !C-olcils,* thcy9eav joy their old Laws, Cu1oms, adPiilee, .s formerly; and it jeetjsthe6 'Iartars fuft'cr this,in regard they findShe Cbineft lhave ore I ndandng,*n4, are bttcer vers'd in Governing the Couintry- and Peope than t~Iemf44ves who on the other hand'are fitter for War, andi more able Iyfrceto Coquer., tan by Policy to Kuid Kingdoms. C H AP.J11. Of the Charagkrs, Language, Writig, andLie raur o-f tb. Chinefes: Addin iwh w. mnnrthe eaneinChina a 4rt~veo the feveratDgrees of KIowwiedgeo4 pH E Cinefe manner of Wrtkingdiffers very budk frorn thc.Lu1gusge they fpcak i for theeisot 'Oe Book ini all C4ina which is writ in their Moth e-rTongue. All the Words in the Ckiwef* anu~e without xcption, are Monafyllailes :- neither have they: fewer* ter hr Words; foreach Letter is with them aWord: and thh there he ;fme Ch~inf Words which comprehend 1~veral Leiters, yet vr- no hoeLt ters lignifies a particular Word. And although the (hinejis have imnay Charaftr?-a uiifYtte are fo kilful in joyning them, that they mae but e,( o e kightythu %fnd ; but about the cetain number Writers-feem.t iffer. The efi k.Ibanafius J jrcher reckons th ,. eighy4toufnd, in all whih he~y miit:be ().q
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