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Chapter 26

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Part of the Hao Qiu Zhuan Wilkinson/Percy translation (1761).

Char. XIII, In the Tranſlator's manuſcript. power 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 r - been 9 |

4-7 ms Th 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 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- 1 vouring

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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. - 2 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 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. _ H 3 + 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.

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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.

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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 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, 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 theſe

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E ſecret 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 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 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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byy *4a5 : .«p 4p GnINo—y.= * T,{* .o«*2 £5*— * . T*;27 S T ar G «-— x —t—. —t—R—od—Ue————Te—L ä —I 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 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: EY? him with 2 25 it

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DOI! O1::: JN A (3.33) OW 7 che cafe 10 . 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 1 feſſion

—S>| . ,,.O LES F]ↄ oðI—U ü—— *3 *—Kn 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. 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 | Coe. ee 100% Al G22 i think A cHNESE HISTORY. 11) 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 dee 80 Ot eric mn F3 The 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, 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 "— x" ęao—j—u———tꝓͤ — — —é — u 9=xE „o

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put him off, the at length confeſſed, he Chineſe idiom is, „ Who are the by. Grandfather and Father of the people.” | 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,

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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 ſaid

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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. The e or Tribunalo f.c rimes,i s one of the- 5 See Lettres ediſ. Xix,K Y ag1. 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

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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. N CRAP. 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 x » *

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