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= Chapter 13: Hateful Words Refuse the Betrothal: Treachery Deepens =
''From: Hau Kiou Choaan, or The Pleasing History. Translated by James Wilkinson, edited by Thomas Percy (London, 1761)''

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''[Volume III, Book III, Chapters VI-VII]''

CH AP .. VI.•
TI E H-cbung-u taking his leave of
• the Grand Vifitor, went and told
Shuey-yeong who had attended him there,
all that had paft at the tribunal : and
concluded with dcfiring him to recommend
him to his miftrefs, and to
prefent his thanks for the advice fhe
had given him. " It is not in my
• Cuu. XIU. Ia the Tranllator'• manafaipt.
power

A CHlNESE HISTORY. 97
power, faid he, . to fend any p~efent
as an acknowledgment of her goadnefs:
neither could . I prefume to· do
it, a fingle man as I am, to :a young . '
unmarried lady_,, Then delivering.
his horfe to the old fervant, arid hiring:
a mule, he departed for his _·own
city ; and Shuey-yeong returntd to his ,
miftrefs.
Let us now return to Kwo-kbe-tzu
and his c..:>mpanions, whom we have
feen difappointed in their defigns on
'Iieb-cbttng-u. When they found he
was got clear out of their hands, · they·
were ready to burft with rage and madnefs.
The firft that broke filence was
Sbuey-guwin, who . faid, " Who would·
have fi.ifpected this young man to have
. VoL, III. H been
9f · ·.
been poffefied of K> much. . ftrcngth an4
rourage ?" " It was owing to neither
of thefe that he tfcaped, faid his fon•
.i(l•laW1 but he had got Cbang•&Dllg• . .
izu at fuch difadvantage, that he could
neither hdp himfelf, nor we conveniently
affift him. But he muft not
go. off fo :- let us muftcr up a proper.
company, and go find him out: let
\1S ftill treat him as he defcrves : and
afterwards gin in a petition to theGrand
Vifieor.• This propofal Wat
approved by. them all: the ~ung
Mandarinc Cbaag infiantly prom~d to,
bring thlrt.y people • eae.h of the otheB
likewife engaged t-o raife as D12D)?.
Thefc to the numbe.r of a hundred
were f00!1 affcmblcd, and with theii
mafters at their head, Shue,-g,rwin leadii2g.

A. CHINESg : HISTORY. 91
irig the way, drove along the ftreets
like a fwarm of beers. But when they
came to the ·.-inn, where the young
ftranger- had 1odgtd, they were told
that he went away almoft as • foon as·
Ad came home. They were quite difconcerced
at this information. " However,
faid Kwo-Ui-tzu to the reft, this
1hall not ferve his turn ; we will im-
. mediately apply to the Grand Vifitor
of the province, and he £hall do us juftice."
Sbuey-guwin told him, that their
enemy was of the province of Pe-king,
and therefore was not under that Mandarine's.
jurifdiction. " Well then,
faid Kwo-khe-tza and his companions,
we will all together draw up a petition,
wherein we will accufe him of endea-
H :,, vouring

100 HAU KlOU CHO:AAN~.
vouring to raife a rebellion • ; thiswill
authorife the Mandarincs of any
province to lay hold of him. The
Grand Vifitor muft give an account
of this at court ;. where we will fa.Ad
. IO
• In order to render this and· fome of the following
pages intelligible, itmuft be remarkecl tiar
there is i~ China, a horrid.fea called Pe /im-lia
always difpofed to rebellion,' and who are therefore
fure to be punifhed, whenever they are dif-•
. covered. This fea confifts of people, who enter
into a cenfederacy to oltertUJ'n the eflablifhed
government, for which purpofe, with certain
malieal rites, they elea an E-mperor out of their
number, diftribute among tbemfelves the principal
employments of the ftate, mark out certain
families for deftruaion, and lie concealed tillfoJDC
infurretlion of the people aft"ords them an opportunity
-of putting thcmfelvca at their head. China,
on account of its vaft extent, prodigiou1 populoufnefs
and frequency of famines, is very
liable to {editions and infurredions, which thra'.
the pufillanimity and feeblenefs of its military
government arc alway, dangerous, and indeedhave
often produced intirc revolutions in the
iatc..

·101
to our fathcrs ·and friends to acquaint
them of the affair; thus we fhall quickty
humble him, notwithftanding all his
bravery and valour .. •~
They were excecdlngly plcafcd with
this propofal, and accordingly got their
petition wrote, which Shl«)-gttWin figncd
as a witnefs : they then repaired to
ftate. Now as in thefe revolutions, it hath frequently
happened that fome of the very dregs o£
the people have been raifed to the throne ; this
upon tNery infam:aioa encovages the ringleaders
to afpire to the empire: who, if tbey are not
nipped in the bud, are fore to draw together the
dilfolute, the difcontented, and the needy; 'till
thcyformalargebody and become very formidable
to the government. Upon all thefe accouau
. the Mandarines are obliged to be exceedingly jealoas
and watchful over the leaft tendency to re.:
volt; and to be careful to extin$uilh the firft and
minuteft fparks of rebellion, which would otherwjfe
foon involve the whole empire in a flame.
P. Semedo, p. 91. Lettres edif. xxvii. 344.
'l', Du Halde, vol. r. p. 243. '
H3 the

1102 J\.
the city of ~ng-cbog ;, .. and .fiad-ieg
the au~nce open: for receiving :peti,
tioris, prcfented -themfelv.es bcforic :t~
tribunal. The Grand Vifitor rei:;ciJ(ed
their petition, and ordered them all
out of the hall, except· Sbtle,-gtlfbin.
" This paper, md he, cont~i~~ : 13
ftrange ftory of a ~bellion attemp.f~
in this country by 'lieb-cpjl11g-,: if-.h~
was fo. dangerous a perfon, how came
you to be fo dcfirous of his company,
and to invite him lo earneftly to drink
wine with you ? Did he drop any hint .
of his intention to raifc a tumult or
rebellion in the city, ih the midft of
his cups, or af rcrwards in the quarrel ?"
s~xuwin finding the Grand Viiitor
fo inquifitive, knew not what to an.:
f wer; and therefore remained filent.
"You
, '"''
A 'CHINESE HISTOR ~ 101
~ Y-ou are a very forry fctloti,, w4,
the Mandarine. I am well acquainte4
with the whole ftory : ncverthelef& if
y<>u do not relate it exactly from be.
ginning to end, I will bring your fin.
gers to the Ki••tso11 or Tormenting ..
flicks." Sbuey-guwin's fear became ex.
ceffive when he faw the other fo angrn.
and found he fhould be forced to con•
fefs the truth. "Sir, faid he, it is true.
he was drinking with the others.'.'
c, Very weμ, faid the Mandarine, if
you were drinking all together, I muff:
fuppofe you all equally guilty: nay it
is mpre likely that you five lhould form
feditious defigns upon the city, than h~
whom you accufe, who perhaps would
not join in fuch an attempt, and fo
you have agreed to impeach him firft."
. " My Lord, r~lied he, KW9-lcbe-lZ!'
H + invited
o,,,, adb,Googlc
~04 8AU KIOU CHOAAN.·.
iti;iittd this young man to his houfe
out ofcivility and good-will, and when
he was· ,in his cups all the fecret came
oui:. ; · Nothing would pacify him; he
overfet the table . and fell to fighting,
crying out to the young Mandarines,
thaf if there were a thoufand of them,
he would not regard them : and that
if he.- fhould come to be Emperor he
would :d~ftroy the, four> houfes to which
they · belong: The yo·ung gentlemeA
· detp}y· concerned at'thefe things, could
not refrain from lodging a complaint
with · your Excellency : which , they
·would not have · prefumed to do, had
it beeri .falfe.'' ~' ·A likely ftory, faid
:the GrandVifitor~ that oneperfon fhould
· be~t and abufe four or' five of you •. No!
~o ! you muft not think to impofe on
me at this rate.'' " Sir, faid Shueyiuwin,

ie5
guwin, the broken pieces of furniture
are ftill to be feen : nothing is more
certain. u The Mandarine took hini
up ihort, " How fhould a ftranger
of another city come and raife fuch a
diftu:rbance, unlefs he had been provoked
by fome injury or infult ? However
if it be as you alledge, have you
fecured or brought him with you ?'•
"No, he replied; he ·~as like a tyger.,
there was no taking· hold of him : he
went away without any one's daring
to oppofe him."
The Grand Vifitor ordered all he had
reported to be taken down in writing by
the fecretary of the tribunal: then faid to
him, " Are not you a!hamed, an old
fdlow as iou are, to come here with
thefe

106 :.
thefe ftorics : arid to keep oompany
with young 'rakes, drinking and em-.
broiling yourfelf in their quarrels ~
This petition you have brought me
is falfe and fcandalous. Go home and
tell the four' Mandarincs fons to b~
quiet : I know the whole ftory, better
than they imagine. If it were not for
the connC\..'tions of thefc young men,
I would throw you into prifon, where
you {hould die with hunger : however
I muft make you a prefent of twenty
or thirty baftinadoes •. ~• At thefe words
Sbuey-guwin in great terror, cryed out
that he was old, and begged he would
-pardon and not difhonour him fo
• In the orig. it is "of four or five Bam/Joos"
( or Tallies, each five ftrokcs,) See note, vol. z.
pag. 189-
much.

.. Jo7
much~ ". Hono\Ji' l. faid the Grand
Vifitor, what honour have you ?u He
faid, " I am brother to the fecond Man ..
darine •of the. tribunal of arms." " Ard
you his brother, faid the magi~ i
why who keeps his houfe? ·" My bro•
(her, he replied, bath no fon : but
only one. daughter, who heretofore hath
r.eceived great favour from your Excellency.''
"If it be fo, replied the
Grand Vifitor, for he, fake I wiU p3l•
don you: but then tell me truly, who
it is that bears fuch implacable enmity
againil: this young ilranger." . "I.
am not his enemy, anfwered Shueyguwi11:
but it is Kwo-khe-tzu, who being
difappointcd in his defign of marrying
my niece, by the other's interpofal,
hath ever fince retained a·
fecret

10S
fecret malice and ddire of revenge; and
it was in order to gratify his revenge.,
that he now invited him to his houfe :
but for my part I owe him no kind of ill
will." The Grand Vifitor ordered-hi$
iccretary to make . a . memorand11m. of
this ; then giving him back the petition,
l,ade him go · tell . thofe young men
to mind their ftudies, and let him hear
no more of them : " For this once,
faid he, I pardon them on account of
their fathers ! who would find a great
deal of trouble, fhould fuch complaints
be brought againft them at court."
Shuey-guwin having thus obtained
leave to retire, was ready to leap out
of his fkin for joy : but when he was
gQt without the audience where the
others

A 'CHINESE HISTORY. 109
others ,were waiting for him, he fhrugged
up his thoulders, and made figna to
them to hold their tongues : at the fight
of which,. and of the petition which he
held in his hand, they were alarmed ;and
being informed of aH that had
happened, fem in a Sbo-poutt • or billet
of thanks, to the Graod Vifitor for hislenity,
and afterwards returned home
not a little athamed. However KwoJcbe-
tzu could not be prevailed on. t&
lay afide his refentment, or to drop,
his purfuit. On the contrary,. he Walt
the more obftinately refolved to perfift
in both;. and recollecting that Chun-lcef.
had been gone fome time, he dif patched.
a meffenger to enquire after him.
• A folded paper with a black c.ver~ Trant.
Now

110 •.
Now Cbun•kie in performance of his
promife had made the bcft of his way .
to the court : where as foon as be arrived,
he delivered to the. ininifter
Kwo-jho-Ju the letter from his fon. As
f oon as the Mandarine had read the
Jetter, he withdrew with him into his.
library, and inviting him to .fit down,
inquired about his fon's propofal of
marriage with Sbttty-ping-.fin. " Her
fa th.er, faid he, is now in difgrace :
this · match cannot be for our credit:,
as we are advanced to fuch a degree
in the ftate.0 " This young lady,
replied the other,. is endowed with wonduful
perfeci:ions · both of mind and
perfon, and ia of. lJnex&mpled mo-defty
J. in fhort there is not her fellow
to be.found in the world. Wherefore
".i,. •• your
I

A.'.CHINESE HISTORY. r11·
your fon hath fworn either by gentle or
violent means to marry her.•' Kwo-Jhofa
laughed and faid, " I am afraid my
fon is very weak and fimple. If he had
a mind to marry her,. he needed not
have ient to court, when the Chtfafk
and Che-him, the fathen of the country,.
might eafily have compleated the marriage
for hi~ You have had a greaa
tleal of troubh: in coming fo far : and
now he would give me mu more, in re•
quiring me to fund without the wall
into 'larta,ry for her father's con~nt.'"
u He hath not been wanting in applica-,
tion to the Cbe1of> and Cb1-bie11; replied
the other ; he hath. lefr no means t{)
prevail with her wiattempted; but fucthatb
always by very geru:le but artf~
methods found mellll! .to chide hit
purfuit.

[p. 112]
purfuit. Your Lordfhip muft not talk
of the Che-Joo and Che-him, fince · the
Grand Vifitor of the province, who
was your pupil, endeavoured · to promote
the fuit of your fon, but fhe
fo far baffled him, that he hath been
glad to put forth a declaration, forbidding
any one to moleft her on
the fubject of marriage. Now if a
Mandarine of 'his rank is afraid to
meddle with her, who befides dares
approach her gates ? Kwo-khi~tZ#
therefore had no other remedy, but
to apply to your Lordfhip.,, The
Mandarine K'UJQ-jbo-fu was furprized at
this account, and faid, " Surely this
is a young lady of fine underftanding,
and it is on that account my fon fo
much admires . her. But this Sbueykeu-
yi,

A : CHINESE HISTOR:Y: · i 13
km-ye, her father;: .is a very· pofiti vc
man: if he doc~ not heartily appro\le of
any. meafure, he is :not to·be moved to
engage in .it : · befides I am -·not very
intimate with him. He is .a man of
one word: when he held an audience,
there was very little application made
to him, becaufe he was known to favour
no body. He hath only this
daughter ; and I remember I once ap•
plied to him about ~er, but without
fuccefs. However, as he is now in
trouble, perhaps he will be more inclined
to .comp)y: there feems at prefent
a good opportunity to afk his confc:
nt." " But in what manner, faid
Cbun-kei, will your Lordlhip apply t~
him ?" " It muft be done, faid the
other, with all the ufual ceremonies.
VoL. III. 1 A friend

[p. 114]
A ' frief?d muft mft be employed. to
break the matter : aftuwards we mufl:
fend a prtfcnt. Bot hcrt lu:s the d.iffi..
cuky : as he is diftant from us DQ le&
than two bUJ1drcd leaguts, I cannot afk
any Mandarine of great quality to go
fo far. 1 bllicve I muft write . a letter
and beg the favour of you to carry i~
together with the prefent." Cbu11 /ti/,
replied, " Your Lord1hip may command
my bell iervices. Let me alfo.
carry letters to fuch of the great Mandarnes
thn-e as are able to influence
him." ~ You are righr.,,, faid the MiBifter;
and accordingly felc:6:ing a for.;..
tunate day, be wrote the letters- and dif•
patched him witl\ them ...

A CHINESE HISTORY. 115,
CH-AP. VU.
r·N OW the cdt of) the Man ..
· --darine Sbuey-1:m-yi [ was u
fetlowi;] upon recemng notice that a
war had broke out -with the '.f ar_tarsand
that thtre was . not any v~ant
ma,n to head the troops t [.he had] .
made inquiry after fuch a perfon, and
(had] found among die pt!ople of his
audieACe t a .man called H11-bia11, GOO
of
• From the Editor's additions inclad"cd · ia
brackett,use Reador will pwceiYc; how abrllj>t the
traalition is in the original. The fame abrupt ..
aeft i. oblervaWe th,ougaout the whole Jriftory.
t All tlte officer& ~ war throughoat ~he Chi-
11,ji eft14H,e. from the- hlgheft co the loweft, ar•
\lnder the jQ,ifdi&iea- of tht 'Trih,1111,,l ef Arms,,
which-,-ak~oogji compofed 0£ none but literary
Mandarines, hath the abfolute and intire direction
of all military affairs. · in Chi1111 the· pro-
I :a feJiion

1'6 · ..
of the north-weft country, who had
offered hiaifelf for that. fervic,. Of this
Shuey Jceu-ye informed the Emperor,
who confented to employ him, ther~
bting none other that cared .to go
tguinft the enemy. He was . accord•
ingly. conftitutcd General, with orders
ro · go · a~d vi6t. chafe parts that were;
the feat of war, and to ad as he 1hould
fcfiou of arms is held vaftly inferior and (ubcrdinate
to that of letters. This, together with
thrir natural eifemioacy, ud·tbe conftaat peac:&
~hey generally enjoy, will account for the unwarlike
turn of the· Chin,ji •
. P. S.tmttlo tells llS that it was ufual (at leaft
i'n his time J for the Chintft to fend with tlicir
armies a man of the long robe, who bad ·tbt
fupreme command, even over the General himfelf.
This Mandarine waa always in the middles
of the main l,a11alia, and many times a day·•
journey from the field of aaion ; fo that akhoogla
he would be too remote to give ordcra, be wa,
always ready to nm away chc firft in cafe of
danger. 811 I• 100.
think
A· CHINESE HISTORY. 117
think heft for the public fervke. Re
executed thefe orders with fuch d1fpatch-;
that he would not ftop to pay the- ufual
'Vifits•of ceremony to any of the ·other
Mandarines in command, but went im- ·
mediately in fcarch of the enemy. Thi'
gave · fo much difguft to thole officers
that they would not go to his afiiflaocei, .
nor unite their forces with his. Neverthelefs
he attacked the enemy, and
had a fharp engagement for a · whole
-day with equal advantage on both.fidesl
Small as this fuccefs was, it was reprcfented
ftill lcfs to the Emperor by t'he
difaffec9:ed Mandarines, and both · he
and Shuey-ke1'-ye were fuf pended from
their employments : the one being fent
to prifon, and the other an exile into
Tartary.
I 3 The

, 1 S H~ lJ . XlQU CHOA,A~.
The latter ha~ now remai"eQ abQul:
a yc,r itJ banifiuneot: where, althougb
he tliU ~~e<;l his dignity of Manda.
rine, thf!PC ,v;is tal<M lj~le nptk'e .of him,
and he ha.4 fm_aU hopes , of returniPg
ho.me. One rporni,ig ~ fervant belcng:
iog to his trwuqal (for notwirhftand ..
)tlg hi~ difgr~_ h~ ftill had an hall ef
audien.ce · aJfigped hqn) came. ·t? ~11
him tQt\t ~here: w~ a. Jne1fenger iu-riY~d
-ft-om. P~-1'i11g, with letters from <?ne of
Ji~· MinHl:ers of ft~e. Sbue.1--1ce1'·'1,
wh~ hau lookc;d μpon himfelf as intire..
l y forgotten at c9urt~ was fur prized ·~
this news. Neverthelefs he ordered
the meffenger to be admitted. Cbunlcii
was ll(:cordingly fuewn in, attended
,by two fervants whom he had brought
with him. He performed his reverences,
0,0<1,edb,Googlc
A . CHINESE HISTORY: 119
rences, and prefented a 'lieb-Jfi. or billet
ef ·compliments. · The Mandarine pcruf~
it, and. ,finding·CAiun-kii to be no
ftr:vant, but th particufar aoquaintance
of .the pe.rfon : wbo fcnt him• -de~tcd
Jaim-;to fit down. : ~ l un fo' unhappy,
Jaid; he, as to · be mtt . of · fav01Jr : and
it is a long while .. fince I h1.vc : been
taken notice cf . by any ~ .How
happens it then, · that you . arc come fo
fu ~o me? Upon' what account?" " l
fhpuld not have: taken this liberty, re•
plied the other,. had I not been lent by
Kwo-jho-/11, whofc bufmefs abrpad I
•metimes tranfack : and it is on his
account that I have now taken (o long
.a journey." '' W hm I was at court,
[aid Sbuey-keu-yi, l had very litt.le acquaintaee
with that_ Mand~rinc. I fup-
1 4 pofe

uo •. · .
. pofe therefore my punifhment. is -naw:
going . to be increafed." · · Cbun-ltii replied~
"J t will not be long before :your
Lordfhip will return :to: Pe-king : I am
only come at prefent in behalf of this
nobleman~• fon; who. defires yeur
daughter in marriage : but as 1be hadi
not your . permiffion or order, I am
fent to intreat you to grant it." Then
afking the fervants .for the letter, he
prefented it to SbutJ-lceu-ye-: who open.;.
ing. it, and having read it, thought
that the whole affair was not rightly
conducted, according to the manner
among people of. quality ; nor f ~
ably to the dignity of his rank. ~t
.the fame time being not unacquamtcd
with the character of Kwo-lcbi-lztJ, and
having no great opinion of the Mandarinc

A .CHINESE HI:STORY: U\
darine his· f~ther, he, .r~fQ.l vc:d not to
confent . to; their req~.: This refo-:
lution . be . was the •. ·i;~th,~[ confirmed
in, as:he fuppofed if ;h~ 9:rnghter had
approved of. it, they w~ld; never have
ientfo · far to hirn. ,A.ft~ fome paufe,
Cbun-kie: took the liberty ~o afk him
if he had read ~he letter, · He replied,
" I have, and th~nk you for the great
trouble you. have been at ·in bringing
it : I am obliged to Kwo.jho-fu for the
high honour ·he doth me: and lhould
eftrem it-great good forcune that he is
pleafed to· defire my daughter for his
.._ : but only that: I am now under
~,j~ajefty's difpltjlfure, and removed
above two hundred leagues from home,
from whence I have been abfent five
years- at court, and ·one in banifhment.
As

[p. 112]
As I have no fon, and;only-this daughter,
who is unto :me as a fon, and as
fuch hath the· whole dir-eaion-of my
houfe, I ·fhall therefore permit her
to govern herfelf in this affair according
to her own indinations. If Ku'llkbe-
tztt had fo great a delire to marry
~e·r, why did not he apply to the Che•
foo and Che-hien, who are the public
guardians of the people •i •.:-and to my
brother Sb111J-guwin? What need had
he to take ro much trouble in Mnding
fo far?" "' Sir, replied Cb1111.:.Jc«, you
fpeak very weU; and KfDo-lthl-tu did
·iatt year purfue the method you -defcribt;
but after Oie had many tim'5
put him off, fhe at length confeffed,
• The Clliufi icl;'em is, " Wbo are the
•· Grandfather and .Father of the reople."
it

~- CHINESE :H~~TORX; fii
it was becaufe ihe .h;td not your per• ' . ' . ( . ,
~iffiQJl, and therefore htt hath got ·me
io .come for it."
. The Mandarine. Sbu~•-keu ye judged
from his dif courfe,_ that his . da~hter
w.as not inclined to marry Kwo-khitzu,
iUld therefore he faid, " As I am now , . . . .
i~ .difgracc, I look upon it that I hav~
nothing to do ~it~ -my family,. nor
can I .pretend to difpofe of my daugh•
ier •. I. have been here a.twelvemonth,
~d have not fo much as fent home
one letter: and it is becaufe I am not
yet acquitted. Now under thefe cu-;,.
cumftancesi fhould I p..retcnd to give
QUt an order about. my daughter-, it
would !lggravate my o.Efence: E dare
not ~erefore offer to do it." CJ,«;11.·kei
faid

.. 1 • •
124 HAU -KIOU ·CHOAAN.·
faid, " Let me· have but you~ word~
and it wiU be fufficient." He was
very importunate, infomuch that Shuey~
~eu-ye grew downright angry, and faid,
that it was not a thing of a flight or
indifferent nature: and cuftom required
that there thould be more than two to
concert fo important an affair as marriage.
Without any further fatisfaction
he difmiffed him, but ordered him alodg,.
ing : from whence Chun-lcee often . paid
hiin vi fits, but to no P~re6fe: he ~here:
fore fent to all the n~jgbl,ouring ·Man~
darines, and got them to fpeak to him
·on the fubject of the marriage. They
were · accordingly very urgent and
preJ'fing, which made Sbuey-lceu ye fo
uneafy, that he fent for Chun-kei and
faid : · '' I never did any ill to the Man·•
darine
o,,, ,,,, ·,,
A -.CHINESE HISTORY.- u5
~rine Kwo-jho-fa: why then doth he
give me fo much troμble, and is · foi-~
taking my daughtc:r by force ? (i.o
horn¢, and tell h~m, I will never compel
, her to at\: againll . h~r inclinations.
As for myfelf, . J never expect to carry
i;ny bones home .ag!lin: my life is to
me of little value : [ but I will .not
spake my daughter miferable.] Nay
fhould ,the Emperor himfelf order me
t~ compel her, I would ftill leave her
~o her own choice : and lhould all the
M~ndarines here my fuperiors do their
l,ltmoft to make me fuffer, I regard it
not. Therefore take your letter· and.
your prefent back again."
.. Chun-Me finding it would be in vain
to perfift, packed up · his baggage and
returned

1i6 HAU KIOt( CHOAAN. ·
retmncd to the court. Where being
arrived with rio Iitcle fhame for hit
ill fuccefs, he gave · ·ba~k to 'Ktwrkjho-Ju
his letter and pref«nt,· · At which tht
Minifter was very · Muth inraged, and
refolved to refene it tho firft opportunity.
It was nO! Jong bef~e he fouO<l
on&, -'#for there beit1g a demand for
more troops to go againft the 'Tatt11rs,
on ;account of the · hav~ and lo{s whict.
f1ad been made of thofe who went before;·
that Mandarine, when he advifcd • the·
Emperor of it,. did not fail to lay the
blame on the former mifmanagement'
of Sht,teJ-keu..yE, and on that of his general
Hu-hiau : reprefefttit\g to his Ma.jefty,
that if they were tak~n off' by
d\e punitlitm~nt they deferved, warriors-
cnow weuld offer rhemfel~ and
3 bring

A CHINESE HISTORY. n,
bring the war· to a conclufion :. but thac.
this could not be exped.ed dll all fuf,.
picion was taken away of their ever returning
into employment; in the difcharge
of which they had both ren•
dered themfelves extremely odious.
The Emperor approved of this remonftrance,
and referred it to the confideration
of the San-fa-tjeh, or tribunal
of three• : which was commanded to
affemble
• '/'he 'J',,r&111tal of 'Three is cOZ11pofcd of the
following tribeDals; viz. of the Hi-g-p,,, or Tribunal
of crimes; of the <f11h-u-fu, which may
be catted The Tribaml of revifors • ; and of tho'
fi,h-,lt.y_,, or Superb Tribnal of vi6to,s.
The la1l of thefe hath been alrcad), dcfcribccl
f&t w/. z-. l"K· 1~;. •olA] and ought ew:,y
where to have been entitled, as beJC. &, P. M«g.:
,. 219- .
The Ping-p., or Tribunal of crilllCI, is one of
ffiO'
• Stt L,t1r1s tdif. :rix. 16:i. 11.

i.is HAU .. KIOU .. CH:OAAN.
affemble and examine-into. the cdndu=.c
of Hu-bia'! . in -0rdcr to bring that ge- ·
neral tojuftice.
the fix fovereign courts at Pe-king, [ See note vol. ·
2.p. 279.J and hai:h under it fourteen fubor-.
dinate tribunals according to the number of pro•
vince~. · It belongs to them to examine , try
and punilh all criminals t}lroughout the empire.
P. Du Ha/de, v. I. p. 249, (;ie. . ·
The Tribunal of 'Tab-k-ju,i. e. offupremc n:afon
or juflice, is as it were the great Chancery
of the empire. It examines in t)te laft .ap~al
the judgments and fentences paired in other tribumils:
efpecially in criminal caules, or in matters
of great moml!n~. P, Mag. p. 228 . P. S,m,
do, p. 125. · · ' · · '
• When the 'Trihunal if Crimes hath paired fentence
of death on a perfon, whofe crime was
not very cl~ar, or when any perfon is to be
condemned in a cafe thatwould admit of doubt,
" the Emperor, (fays P. Magalhtu11s) refers it
always .to the San-fa-fu [ or lj'eb] which is as it
were his council of confcience. Theo the three
tribunals abovementioru:d aliemble together, either
to re-examine the merits of the caufe, or to
pals the more folemn feotence. & it is not
fo eafy to corrupt them thus .united, -as feparate,
great regard is had to their decifion, which is
generally confirmed by the Emperor. P. M11g.
1· 229. Ltttrts edif. xix. 162. ·

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