Yuen-min-
yuen.. ,
pleasure, n No.' 21 amd^^, la the folio volume; are a plan
and view öf the hall of audience ai Yuen-mrin-yuénv -a
This spacious and lightsome hall was* well calculated
to display the presents; nothing;heia^fcil in it besidefe
the throne,; a few great jars: óf ' ancientporcelain, ?akd §?
musical clock, playing: twelve old English tunés, sancf
made,. as was marked upon it». in the che^inniis^LCif öhirs?
century, b y George Clarke,, of Leaden-hall-street, London.
The throne, of which a» engraying» is adad^ed^ was
placed in a recess. 1 A few steps ascended to it in frbnt|!
and .others .on -each- sid e.! It was^ not riohnor gaudy.
Over it were theChinese: charact&rs^ef glbiy'akd ^ t ^
fection. On each side wórêf.ti%ods^^acidvY^ibëi$| ftfdtaM
cense. Before it was a small table, aimósivier 'hdctlfock
an altar, for offeringgtof tea> and fruits to theypiriit öffitÉef
absentEmperor. I t happened to h e a day.of saetil^i|i
being the .time: of the full moon,, whaehtisi aitdiiptitns!
festival with the followers of Fó.., Among the: many
names belonging to his Imperial Majestyin.hisos©yeriign
capacity, is one, which not merely coincides in sound'
with that by which the Deity is sometime's known in
China:; but the composition of the Chinësejwritfeeiï
racter, denoting;both, and which always is supposed' to’
bear some allusion tó the object intended to be cónvdyed'
b y it, is the same precisely. This: circumstan'ce musthave
been, no doubt, occasioned- b y a partial consideration óf
the attribute of power, which, as applied to the moral
state and*condition of man in China, resides, almost vuen-mm-
entirely? in the person of the sovereign;; T h e rest of the yuen’
world is, in the contemplation of avast multitude ohhis
subjects,^of little significance ; -and- they consider his
dominion, as„virtually extending over the whole; With
these Ideas, they scarcely can distinguish the relations
or duties of other nations or individuals towards him,
from their own* which .are, in d tó ; unbounded. If they
•sacrifice to him in his.absence,, it is not surprising that
-*kpy should adore him present. The Ko-teou, or adoration',
as the Chinese word expresses it, consists in nine