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The General History Of China:
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA :
Containing a Geographical , Historical , Chronological , Political , and . Physical Description of the Empire of CHINA , CIIINESE-TARTARY , Z $ C . [ Continuedfrom Page 29 . ]
; Of ihe Antiquity and Extent of the Chinese Monarchy . SINCE the peace which this Prince concluded with the Muscovites at Nipchou , where the bounds of the Empire were settled , the extent of this great kingdom is known ; the length of which , from the southern point of the province of Hai-nan , to the extremity of that part of Tartary which belongs to this Empire , is
upwards of nine hundred common French leagues . Cang-hidied towards the end of the year 1722 , leaving this flourishing Empire to his fourth Son , whom he named his successor some hours before his death : this young Prince ascended the throne , and took the name Yong-tching , which signifies a firm and an indissoluble concord : He is wittyand speaks well
peace , , , but too fast , not giving time for an answer ; some think he affects it to prevent hearing any persuasions to change his resolutions : He applies himself to the affairs of his Empire , in which he is indefatigable , and is always employed for the good of his people : He is as absolute as his father , and as much feared , but his conduct is very different with regard to the missionaries , who were always
favoured by his father . Besides the prodig ious extent of this Empire , there are many kingdoms which are tributary to the Emperor , as Corea , Tong-king , Cochin-china , Siam , & c . which pay him a yearly tribute , but thenparticular governments have nothing in common with that of China ; sometimes the Emperor appoints their Kings , at least confirms them : they are all much inferior to China , either as to
very the fertility of the soil , the number and beauty of the cities , or the religion , wit , manners , and politeness of the inhabitants : the Chinese call them barbarians , and avoid all alliances with them . China is divided into fifteen provinces , as has been said before , but it is not equally peopled ; for from Pekin to Nan-tchang , which is the ital of Kiangsithe people are not so numerous as
cap , in the provinces of Tche-kiang , Kiang-nan , Ouang-tong , Fo-kien , and some others , where they are so thick in the hig hways that ' tis troublesome travelling ; taking the whole Empire together it appears to contain more ' people than all Europe .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The General History Of China:
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA :
Containing a Geographical , Historical , Chronological , Political , and . Physical Description of the Empire of CHINA , CIIINESE-TARTARY , Z $ C . [ Continuedfrom Page 29 . ]
; Of ihe Antiquity and Extent of the Chinese Monarchy . SINCE the peace which this Prince concluded with the Muscovites at Nipchou , where the bounds of the Empire were settled , the extent of this great kingdom is known ; the length of which , from the southern point of the province of Hai-nan , to the extremity of that part of Tartary which belongs to this Empire , is
upwards of nine hundred common French leagues . Cang-hidied towards the end of the year 1722 , leaving this flourishing Empire to his fourth Son , whom he named his successor some hours before his death : this young Prince ascended the throne , and took the name Yong-tching , which signifies a firm and an indissoluble concord : He is wittyand speaks well
peace , , , but too fast , not giving time for an answer ; some think he affects it to prevent hearing any persuasions to change his resolutions : He applies himself to the affairs of his Empire , in which he is indefatigable , and is always employed for the good of his people : He is as absolute as his father , and as much feared , but his conduct is very different with regard to the missionaries , who were always
favoured by his father . Besides the prodig ious extent of this Empire , there are many kingdoms which are tributary to the Emperor , as Corea , Tong-king , Cochin-china , Siam , & c . which pay him a yearly tribute , but thenparticular governments have nothing in common with that of China ; sometimes the Emperor appoints their Kings , at least confirms them : they are all much inferior to China , either as to
very the fertility of the soil , the number and beauty of the cities , or the religion , wit , manners , and politeness of the inhabitants : the Chinese call them barbarians , and avoid all alliances with them . China is divided into fifteen provinces , as has been said before , but it is not equally peopled ; for from Pekin to Nan-tchang , which is the ital of Kiangsithe people are not so numerous as
cap , in the provinces of Tche-kiang , Kiang-nan , Ouang-tong , Fo-kien , and some others , where they are so thick in the hig hways that ' tis troublesome travelling ; taking the whole Empire together it appears to contain more ' people than all Europe .