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''Part of the [[Hao_Qiu_Zhuan|Hao Qiu Zhuan]] Wilkinson/Percy translation (1761).''

Char. XIII, In the Tranſlator's manuſcript.
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A CHINESE HISTORY. 97
power, ſaid he, to ſend any preſent |
as an acknowledgment of her goodneſs:
neither could I preſume to do
it, a ſingle man as I am, to a young
unmarried lady.” Then delivering
his horſe to the old ſervant, and hiring
a mule, he departed for his 'own
city; and Shuey-yeoug returned to his
miſtreſs,
Let us now return to Kwo-khbe-tzu
and his companions, whom we' have
ſeen diſappointed in their deſigns on
Tieb-chung-u. When they found he
was got clear out, of their hands; they
were ready to burſt with rage and madneſs.
The firſt that broke ſilence was
_ Shuey-guwin, who ſaid, Who would
have ſuſpected this young man to have
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been poſſeſſed of ſo much ſtrength and
courage 2”? „It was owing to neither
of theſe that he eſcaped, ſaid his ſonin-
law, but he had got Chang-congxu
at ſuch diſadvantage, that he could
neither help himſelf, nor we conveniently
aſſiſl him. But he muſt not
g0 off ſo: let us muſter up ap roper
company, and go find him out: let
us ſtill treat him as he deſerves und
afterwards give in a petition to the
Grand Viſitor.“ This propoſal was
approved by them all: the young
Mandarine Chang inſtantly promiſed to
bring thirty people; each of the others
likewiſe engaged to raiſe as many.
Theſe to the number of a hundred
were ſoon aſſembled, and with their
maſters at their head, Shuey-guwin lead-
L's | lag
A CHINESE HISTORY. 99
ing the way, drove along the ſtreets
like a ſwarm of bees. But when they
came to the inn, where the young
ſtranger had lodged, they were told
that he went away almoſt as ſoon as
he came home. They were quite diſconcerted
at this information. Ho]
ever, ſaid Kino-bbi-tzu to the reſt, this
ſhall not ſerve his turn; we will immediately
apply to the Grand Vifitor
of thep rovince, and he ſhall do us juſtice.”
Shuey-gumin told him, that their
enemy was of the province of Pe. ing,
and therefore was not under that M andarine's
juriſdiction. Well then,
ſaid Kwo-kbe-i2u and his companions,
we will all together draw up a petition,
wherein we will accuſe him of endea-
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vouring to raiſe a rebellion. * ; this
will authoriſe: the Mandarines of any
province to lay hold of him. The
Grand Viſitor muſt give an account
of this at court; where we will ſend.
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In order to render this and ſome of the foltowing
pages intelligible, itmuſt be remarked that
there is in China, a horrid ſect called Pe len-kia.
always diſpoſed to rebellion, and who are therefore
ſure to be puniſhed, whenever they are diſcovered.
This ſe& conſiſts of people, who enter
into a confederacy to overturn the'eftabliſh--
ed government, jor which purpoſe, with certain
magical rites, they ele& an Emperor out of their
number, diſtribute among themſelves the principal
employments of the ſtate, mark out certain
families for deſtruction, and lie concealed till ſome
inſurrection of the people affords them an opportunity
of putting themſelves at their head. China,
on account of its vaſt extent, prodigious populouſneſs
and frequency of famines, is very
liable to ſeditions and inſurrections, which thro'
the puſillanimity and feebleneſs of its military
government are always dangerous, and indeed
have often produced intire revolutions in the
A CHINESE HISTORY. 101
do our fathers and friends to acquaint
them of the affair; thus we ſhall quickly
humble him, ran all his
bravery and valour.“
They were exceedlngly pleaſed with
this propoſal, and accordingly got their
petition wrote, which Shuey-guwrn ſigned |
as a witneſs: they then repaired to
ſtate. Now as in theſe revolutions, it hath frequently
happened that ſome of the very dregs of
the people have been raiſed to the throne ; this
upon every inſurrection encourages the ringleaders
to aſpire to the empire : who, if they are not
nipped in the bud, are ſure to draw together the
diſſolute, the diſcontented, and the needy ; till
they forma large body and become very formidable
to the government. Upon all theſe accounts
the Mandarines are obliged to be exceedingly jealous
and watchful over the leaſt tendency to revolt;
and to be careful to extinguiſh the firſt and
minuteſt ſparks of rebellion, which would otherwiſe
ſoon involve the whole empire in-a flame,
P. Semedo, p. 91. Lettres edif, Xxvii. 344-
P. Du Halde, vol. 1. p. 243. _
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102 HAU KIOU CHOAAN.
the city of Tong-chang ; and finding
the audience open for receiving petitions,
preſented themſelves before the
tribunal. The Grand Viſitor received
their petition, and ordered them all
out of the hall, except Shucy-gravin.
* This paper, ſaid he, contains a |
ſtrange ſtory of a rebellion attempted
in this country by Tieb-chung-u : if he
was fo. dangerous a perſon, how came
you to be ſo deſirous of his company,
and to invite him ſo earneſtly to drink
wine with you? Did he drop any hint
of his intention to raife a tumult or
rebellion in the city, in the midſt of
his cups, or afterwards in the quarrel 2
Sbuey- guwin finding the Grand Viſitor
ſo inquiſitive, knew not what to anſwer,
and therefore remained filent.
: « You -
A CHINESE HISTORY, 103
* You are a very ſorry fellow, ſaid
the Mandarine. I am well acquainted
with the whole ſtory : nevertheleſs if
you do not relate it exactly from beginning
to end, I will bring your fingers
to the Niab- coon or Tormentingſticks.”
SCShuey-guwzn's fear became ex»
ceſſive when he ſaw the other ſo angry,
and found he ſhould be forced to confeſs
the truth. Sir, ſaid he, it is true,
he was drinking with the others.”
Very well, ſaid the Mandarine, if
you were drinking all together, I muſt
ſuppoſe you all equally guilty: nay it
is more likely that you five ſhould form
ſeditious deſigns upon the city, than he
whom you accuſe, who perhaps would
not join in ſuch an attempt, and fo
you have agreed to impeach him firſt.”
My Lord, replied he, Kwo-khi-t2u
H4 invited
104 HAU KkIO CHOAAN.
invited this young man to his houſe
out of civility and good will, and when
he was in his cups all the ſecret came
out. Nothing would pacify him; he
overſet the table and fell to fighting,
crying out to the young Mandarines,
that if there were a thouſand of them,
he would not regard them: and that
if he ſhould come to be Emperor he
would deſtroy the four houſes to which
they belong. The young gentlemen
deeply concerned at theſe things, could
not refrain from lodging a complaint
with your Excellence. y : which they
would not haveS ano to do, had
It been falſe.” < A likely ſtory, ſaid
the Grand Viſitor, that one perſon ſhould
beat and abuſe four or five of you. No!
no! you muſt not think to impoſe on
me at this rate. 1 Sir, ſaid Shuey-
SuWIN,
A CHINESE HISTORY. r05
guwin, the broken pieces of furniture
are ſtill to be ſeen: nothing is more
certain.“ The Mandarine took him
up ſhort, How ſhould a ſtranger
of another city come and raiſe ſuch a
diſturbance, unleſs he had been' provoked
by ſome injury or inſult? However
if it be as you alledge, have you |
ſecured or brought him with you 2???
JM No, he replied ; he was like a tyger, |
there was no taking hold of him: he
went away without any one 's daring
to hen him.”
The Grand Viſitor ordered all he had
reported to be taken down in writing by
the ſecretary of the tribunal: then ſaid to
him, * Are not you aſhamed, an old
fellow as you are, to come here with
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theſe ſtories: and to keep company
with young rakes, drinking and embroiling
yourſelf in their quarrels?
This petition you have brought me
is falſe and ſcandalous. Go home and
tell the four Mandarines ſons to be
quiet: I know the whole ſtory, better
than they imagine. If it were not for
the connections of theſe young men,
I would throw you into priſon, where
you ſhould die with hunger : however
I muſt make you a preſent of twenty
or thirty baſtinadoes *.“ At theſe words
Shuey -guwin in great terror, cryed out
that he was old, and begged he would
| pardon and not diſhonour him fo
'In the orig. it is of four or five Bamboos”
(or ehr ag each fiveſ trokes.J See note, vol. 2.
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8 much.
A CHINESE HISTORY, 107
much. « Honour ! ſaid the Grand
Viſitor, what honour have you ?” He
ſaid, I am brother to the ſecond Mandarine
of the tribunal of arms,” Are
you his brother, ſaid the magiſtrate?
why who keeps his houſe? My brother,
he replied, hath no ſon: but
only one daughter, who heretofore hath
received great favour from your Excellency.“
If it be ſo, replied the
Grand Viſitor, for her ſake I will pardon
you: but then tell me truly, who
it is that bears ſuch implacable enmity
againſt this young ſtranger.” 1
am not his enemy, anſwered Shueyguwin
e but it is wo- Eh- tu, who being
diſappointed in his deſign of marrying
my niece, by the other's inter
* hath ever ſigce retained a
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108 HAU KIOU cHOAAN.
ſecret malice and deſire of revenge; ane
it was in order to gratifhyi s revenge,
that he now invited him to his houſe:
but for my part I owe him no kind of ill
will.“ The Grand Viſitor ordered his
| ſecretary to make a memorandum of
this; then giving him back the petition,
bade him go tell thoſe young men
to mind their ſtudies, and let him hear
no more of them: For this once,
ſaid he, I pardon them on account of
their fathers : who would find a great
deal of trouble, ſhould ſuch complaints
| bPe RO qi them at court.”
Shuey-guwin having thus obtained
leave to retire, was ready to leap out
of his ſkin for joy : but when he was
got without the audience where the
others
A CHINESE HISTORY. 10g
others were waiting for him, he ſnrugged
up his ſhoulders, and made figns to
them to bold their tongues : at the ſight.
of which, and of the petition which he
held in his hand, they were alarmed;
and being informed of all that had
happened, ſent in a Sho-poun * or billet
of thanks, to the Grand Viſitor for his
lenity, and afterwards returned home
not a little aſhamed. However Kokbe-
1zu could not be prevailed on to
lay aſide his reſentment, or to drop
his purſuit. On the contrary, he was
the more obſtinately reſolved to perſiſt
in both; andre collecting that Chun-· let
had been gone ſome time, he diſpatched
a meſſenger to enquire aſter him.
A folded paper with a black cover. Tranſ.
Now
110 HAU KIOU CHOAAN.
Now Chum:# in performance of his
promiſe had made the beft of his way
to the court: where as ſoon as he arrived,
he delivered to the miniſter
| Kwwo-fbo-fu the letter from his ſon. As
ſoon as the Mandarine had read the
letter, he withdrew with him into his
library, and inviting him to fit down,
inquied about his ſon's :propoſal of
marriage with Shuey- pinguin. Her
father, ſaid he, is now in diſgrace :
this match cannot be for our credit,
as we are advanced to ſuch a degree
in the ſtate.” „ This young lady,
replied the other, is endowed with wonderful
perfections both of mind and
perſon, and is of unexampled modeſty:
in ſhort there is not her fellow
to be founind t he world. Wherefore |
| your
A ckNESE HISTORY. r1x
your ſon hath ſworn either by gentle or
violent means to marry her.” No. hofa
laughed and faid, * am afraid my
fon is very weak and ſimple. If he had
a mind to marry her, he needed not
have ſent to court, when the Che.fo o
and Che- hien, the fathers of the country,
might eaſily have compleated the marriage
for him. You have had a great
deal of trouble inc oming ſo far: and
now he would give me ſtill more, inr equiring
me to ſend without the wall
into Tartary for her father's conſent.“
He hath not been wanting in applica ·
tion to the Che-foo and Che- hien, replied
the other; he hath leſt no meanst o
prevail with her unattempted; but ſne
hath always by very gentle but artful
5 methods found means to elude his
purſuit.
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purſuit. | Your Lordſhip muſt not talk a
of the Che-foo and Che-bien, ſince the
Grand Viſitor of the province, who
was your pupil, endeavoured to promote
the ſuit of your ſon, but ſhe
ſo far baffled him, that he hath been
glad to put forth a declaration, forbidding
any one to moleſt her on
the ſubject of marriage. Now if a
Mandarine of his rank is afraid to
meddle with her, who beſides dares
approach her gates? Kao. E b. tau
therefore had no other remedy, but
to apply to your Lordſhip.” The
Mandarine Kro. goſ. u was ſurprized at
this account, and ſaid, Surely this
is a young lady of fine underſtanding,
anidt is on that account my ſonſo
much admires her. But this Shuey-
FR 5 keu-ye,
A CHINESE | HISTORY, 273
keu-yt, her father, is a very poſitive
man: if he does not heartily approve of
any meaſure, he is not to be moved to
engage in it: beſides 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, becauſe he was known to favour
no body. He hath only this
daughter; and'T remember I once applied
to him about her, but without
ſucceſs. However, as he is now in
trouble, perhaps he will be more inclined
to comply: there ſeems at preſent
a good opportunity to afk his: conſent.
But in what manner, ſaid
Chun-kee, will your Lordſhip apply to
him ?” 4 It muſt be done, ſaid the
other, with all the uſual ceremonies,
Vor. III. 1 A friend
114 HAU KIOU CHOAAN.,
A friend. muſt feſt - be employed to
break. the, matter: | afterwards, we muſt
lena,p dreſ,ent . - But here lies the difficulty:
as he is diſtant from us no leſs
than two hundred leagues,I c annot aſk.
any. Mandarine of great qualityt o go
ſo far. + 1 believe I muſt; write a letter
and beg the favour of yout o carry it,
together with the preſent. Chun kel
replied, .* Your Lordſhipm.ay command
my beſt ſervices. Let me alſo;
carry letters to ſuch of the great Mandarnes
there as are able to influence
him.“ Vu are right, ſaid. the Miniſter;
and accordingly ſelecting a fortunate
day, he wrote the letters and di:
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darine Sbuey. teu. ye ¶ was as
follow;s] ; upon receiving notice that a
war had broke out with the Fartars,
and that there was not any valiant
maton he ad the troops; [he had]
made inquiry after ſuch a perſon, and
[bad] found amongt hep eople ©of his
audience . a man called.o s one
3 of
. tings_ _ Editor's additions included in
brackets, the Reader will perceive how abrupt the
tranſition is in the original. The ſame abruptneſs
is obſervable throughout the whole hiſtory.
+ All the officers of war throughout the Cb.
noſe empire, from the higheſt to the loweſt, are
under the juriſdiction of the Tribunal of .
which, although compoſed of none but literary
Mandarines, hath the abſolute and intire direction
of all military affairs. In China the prol
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of the north-weſt country, who had.
offered himſelf for that ſervice. Of this
Shuey-keu-ye informed the Emperor,
who conſented to employ him, there
being none other that cared to .go
againſt the enemy. He was accordingly
conſtituted General, with orders
to go and viſit thoſe | parts that were
n of en to act as he ſhould.
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fellono f arms is.h old yaltly ;nferior I ſubs
ordinate to that of letters. This, together with
their natural effeminacy, and the conſtant peace
they generally enjoy, will account for the unwarlike
turn of the Chine/e. |
P. Semedo tells us that it was uſual [at leaſt
in his time] for the Chineſe to ſend with their
armies a man of the long robe, who had the
fapreme command, even over the General him
ſelf. This Mandarine was always in the middle
of the main Battalia, and many times a day's
journey from the field of action; ſo that although
he would be too remote to give orders, he was
always ready to run away the firſti n caſe of
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think beſt for the publicſ ervice. He
executed theſe orders with ſuch diſpatch,
that he would not ftop to pay the uſual
viſits of ceremony to any of the other
Mandarines in command. but went immediately
iin ſearch of the enemy. This
gave ſo much diſguſt”t o thoſe 6fficers
that they would not 20 to his aſſiſtance,
nor unite their forces with his. Nevertheleſs
he attacked the enemy, and
had a ſharp engagement for a Whole
day with equal advantage onb oth ſides.
Small as this ſucceſs \w as, it Was repreſent
ed Rill leſs to the Emperor by the
dilaffected Mandarines, and both he
andS hag · leny e were ſuſpended from
their employments: the one being ſent
to priſon, and the other an exile into
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118 HAU KIOU CHOAAN.
Ehe latter had now remained about
a year in baniſhment : where, although
he ſtill retained his dignity of Mandarine,
there was taken little notice of him,
and he had ſmall hopes of returning
home. One morning a ſervant belonging
10 his tribunal (for notwithſtanding
bis diſgrace be ſtill had an hall of
aodience aſſigned him) came to tell
him that there was a meſſenger arrived
from Pe- king, with letters from one of
the Miniſters of ſtate. Shuey keu-ye,
who had looked upon himſelf as intirely
forgotten at court, was ſurprized at
this news. Nevertheleſs he ordered
the meſſenger to be admitted. (Zun.
kes was accordingly ſhewn in, attended
by two ſervants whom he had brought
with him. He performed his reve-
| rences,
A CHINESE HISTORY. 119
rences, and preſenteda Tieh-1/# or billet
of complimentsT.h e Mandarine peruſed
it, and finding Cbun-e s to ben o
ſervant, but a particular acquaintance
of the perſon who ſent him, deſited
him to fit down. I am ſo unhappy;
ſaid he, as to be out of favour: and
it is a long while ſince I have been
taken notice of by any one. How
happens it then, that you are come ſo
far to me? Upon what aetount?4 J
| ſhould not have taken this liberty, replied
the other, had I not been ſent by
Ko. ſbv-ſu, whoſe buſineſs abroad 1
ſometimes tranſact : and it is on his
account that I have now taken ſb long
a journey.“ When I was at court,
ſaicl SheyFe-u. y , I had very little acquaintace
wich that Mandarine. I ſupa
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poſe therefore my puniſhment is now
going to be increaſed.” Chun-kee replied,
It will not be long before your
Lordſhip will return to Pe-king : I am
only come at preſenti n behalf of this
nobleman's ſon, who deſires your
daughter in marriage: but as ſhe hath
not your permiſſion or order, L am
ſent to intreat you to grant it,” Then
aſking the ſervants for the letter, he
preſented it to Shuey-keu-ye : who opening
it, and having: read it, thought
that the whole affair was not rightly
conducted, according to the manner
among 5 people of quality 3 nor. ſuitably
to the dignity of his rank. At
the ſame time being not unacquainted
with the charactero fK wo-kbe-tzu, and
baving no great opinion of the Man-
] darine
A CHINESE HISTORY.
darine his father, he reſolved not to
conſent to their requeſt. This reſolution
he was the rather confirmed
in, as he ſuppoſed if his daughter had
approved of it, they would never have
ſentſ o fart o him. After ſome pauſe,
Chun- took thel iberty to aſk him
if he had read the letter. He replied,
l have, and thank you for the great
trouble you have been at in bringing
it: J am obliged to Kwo-/ſbo-ſu for the
high honour he doth me: and ſhould
eſteem it great good fortune that he is
pleaſed to deſire my daughter for his
ſon : but only that I am. now under
his Majeſty's diſpleaſure, and removed
above two hundred leagues from home,
from whence I have been abſent five
years at court, and one in baniſhment.
To | As
122 HAU KIOU CHOAAN.
As I have no ſoannd ,onl y this daughter,
who is unto me as a ſon, and as
ſuch hath the whole direction of my
houſe, I ſhall therefore permit her
to govern herſelf in this affair according
to her own inclinations. If Kwobe
tu had ſo great a deſire to marry.
| her, why did not he apply to the Che.
foo and Che-hien, who are the public
guardofi tahenp esopl e ., and to my
brother $hney-guwin ? What need had
he to take ſo much trouble in ſending
fo far ?” < Sir, replied Chun-k&, you
ſpeak very well; and Ntoo- h. tam did
Taft year purſue the method you deſcribe
; but after ſhe had many times
put him off, the at length confeſſed,
he Chineſe idiom is, „ Who are the by. Grandfather and Father of the people.” |
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A CHINESE | HISTORY. 123
it was becauſe ſhe had not your per-
' miſſion, and aa he hath or me
to come for it.” |
The Mandarine Sag teu ys judged
from his diſcourſe, that his daughter
was not inclined to marry Kwo-kbe-12u ;
and therefore he faid, * As I am now |
in- diſgrace, I look uponit that I have
nothing to do with my family, nor
can I pretend to diſpoſe of my daughter.
I have been here a twelvemonth,
* have not ſo much as ſent home
one letter: and it is becauſe I am not
pyet acquitted. Now under theſe circumſtances,
ſhould J pretend to give
out an order about my daughter, it
would aggravate my offence: I dare
not therefore offert od o it,” Chun. kit
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faid, Let me have but your word,
and it will be ſufficient.“ He was
very importunate, inſomuch that Shueyken
i grew downright angry, and ſaid,
that it was not a thing of a flight or
indifferent nature: and cuſtom required |
that there ſhould be more than two to
concert ſo important an affair as marriage.
Without any further ſatisfaction
he diſmiſſed him, but ordered him alodging:
from whence Chun-kis often paid
him viſits, butto no purpoſe :h e therefore
ſent to all then eighbouring Mandatines,
and got them to ſpeak to him
on the ſubject of the marriage. They
were accordingly |v ery urgent and
preſſing, which made Shuey-ken Je ſo
uneaſy, that he ſent for Chun-kee and
faid%' never dida ny ill to the Man -
darine
A CHINESE HIS TORX. 125
darine Kwo-ſho-ſu ; why then doth, he
give me ſo much trouble, and is for
taking my daughter, by force? Go
home, and tell him, I will never compel
her to act againſſ her inclinations.
As for myſelf, 1 never expect to carry,
my bones home again: my life is to
me of little value: but I will not
make my daughter miſerable.] Nay,
ſhould the Emperor himſelf order me
to compel her, I would ſtill leave her
to her own choice: and ſhould all the
Mandarines here my ſuperiors do their
utmoſt to make me ſuffer,II regard it
not. Therefore take Foe letter and
your preſent back again,”
Chun leG aling ii t would beiin vain
to perfil — up his baggage and
returned
125 HAU KIOU CHOAAN,”
returned to the court. Where being
arrived with no little ſhame for his
ill ſucceſs, he gave hack to Kwo-ſbo-ſu
his letter and preſent. At which the
Miniſter was very much inraged, and
reſolved to reſent it the firſt opportunity.
It was not long before he found
one; for there being a demand for
more troops to go againſt the Tartars,
on account of theh avoean d loſs which
had been madeof thoſe who went before;
that Mandarine, when he adviſed the
Emperor of it, did not fail to lay the
blame on the former miſmanagement
of Shmey-keu-yz, and on that of his general
Hu-hiau : repreſenting to his Majeſty,
that if they were taken off by
the puniſhment they deſerved, warriors
enow. would offer themſelves, and
3 bring
bring the war to a concluſion: but that
this could not be expected till all ſuſpicion
was taken away of their ever returning
into employment; in the diſcharge
of which they had both rendered
themſelves extremely odious.
The Emperor approved of this remonſtrance,
and referred it to the conſideration
of the Sau- fa-tſeb, or tribunal
of three *: — was commanded to
aſſemble
* The 2 e of T, 8 is 3 of the
following tribunals; viz. of the Hing-pu, or Tribunal
of crimes; of the Tab-le-/u, which may
be called The Tribunal of reviſors * ; and of the
Tieh-cha-yuen, or Superior Tribunal of viſitors.
The laſt of theſe hath been already deſcribed.
[See vol. 2. pag. 185. note. ] and ought every
where to have been entitled, as here. See P. Mag.
p. 229.
The e or Tribunalo f.c rimes,i s one of
the-
5 See Lettres ediſ. Xix,K Y ag1.
128 HAU KIOU cHORAN.
aſſemble and examine into the conduct
of Hu. biau in order to bring that general
to juſtice. BJ eg 1001 # i $4 4 FEE IES | * 1
the ſix ſovereign courts at Pe-ing, ¶ See note vol.
2. p. 279.] and hath underit fourteen ſubordinate
tribunals according to the number of pro
vinces. It belongst o them to examine, try
and puniſh all criminals throughout the empire.
P. Du Halde, v. 1. p. 249, Oc.
The Tribunal of Tag-ſ u, i. e. of ſupreme reaſon
or juſtice, is as it were the great Chancery
of the empire. It examines in the laſt appeal
the judgments and ſentences paſſed in other tribanals
: eſpecially in criminal cauſes, or in mat ·
ters of great moment. P. Magp.. 228 . F. Se.
medo,p . 125. 3 ä
When the Tribunal of Crimes hath paſſed ſentence
of death on a perſon, whoſe crime was
not very clear, or when any perſon is to be
condemned in a caſe that would admitof doubt,
the Emperor. (ſays P. Magallatus] refers it
always to the San-fa:ſu [or geb] whichi s as it
were his council of conſcience. Then the three
tribunals abovementioned aſſemble together, either
to re-examine the merits of the cauſe, or to
paſs the more ſolemn ſentence. Asit is not
ſo eaſy to corrupt them thus united, as ſeparate,
great regard is had to their deciſion, which is
generally confirmed by the Emperor. P. Mag.
p. 229. Lettres edif. xix. 162.
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A CHINESE | HISTORY: 129
CH APE VIE» 0
HE tribunal of three having received
the Emperor's comi *
fon, appointed a day to hear and determine
the cauſe of Hf hiau. When
that day came, as ſoon as the Mandarines
were ſeated, the Supreme Vicer-o y
T;t eb-ying being one of them, that unforrunate
general was brought out _
lon and entered — his trial. ett 10
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It pete thatb ebeſ ame ageT ichchung-
u arrived at Pe. king, where he
had never been ſince his return from
1 aeſ oon as heer e he
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