P L A T E I .
■ R EPRESENTS
a M A N D A R IN o f d i s t i n c t i o n ,
isj*) II®/ HIS HABIT OF CBREMOST.
T he d r e% a |i® in e fe is. fmted^t^&gravity o f his demeanour. It
«Jiififist in xgeneral|-' off^dctiigi veil? extending to1 the ankle : the fleeves are
wld&”a|' thefmolilder, art? 'at the wrift, and are rounded
'off* in th!e: form of Imrf&pej \ curing the wMgpand when it is not
lifted'dp, No rriiit ofjank isj allo\\cliftoappiar inpj^hc without boots4
wbreMhave^no heels5,,and ate nude o&fatin, lilk^dtjpalicoi.^ [n full drefs
heiv&W'a! longr:fii"k;go\vrir, geherally^o^alblue-colour!'and heavily embroidered^
over this? is ’which-rcacfes"to the hand,
arid d^fdek# IhiBfiS1 ‘fenee. S( llo f e # 1/ neck is impended a- firing of
'cofily ccinif beads, ls%H^d‘witfcfltm ^vef^op fur,‘ and on the
^w r iVis " |^ d ball w i t h . i h a p u m g from it: thefe are
t f d ^ d f diftinrihpri» cpriferredf^ thet eipperor:- ^Ttf^e^jroidered bird
breaft is A^^^p^Sh'Sjildari'nsp'high- hr'|fjhli rank, while the
'military mandarins alpCdiftinguifhe^ _by a.ii^ embroidered- dragon. Alt
/clql^.llstafe nS5t/Offend'to ^V o h i^ 'm ^ u ^ tn itcR .. The emper&r, and
tfteipnriccs of the fl{io5] g ^ ^ v i n ^ e d ^ t ^ i }cllo\\ ; although violet
' cifotn is fometimes cM-m by mandating of ranj^ori day^of ceremony.
The coiftmon peo^^fildb'M|weart anyfdtlrer than blue or black, and whit©
is?umverfaliyadeptect forI'lrife^nVri^i^--!THe CRiheffe- Safe-fullf afroicPdwi^'
>‘^er^or?|eM^WbiclFiMy' hetrafy^elther anmmXah| violenfwemMon of
the mind1;"’They' e n t c ita in ^ ll^ ig i^ , i& f $ l1‘we^®'’ , ■
^Jpe&'for the'aged';,«, The\ are enthufiaftic *1bhici ot uitue, and venerate
the memory a t fucR^oig then mtipn is 'h iu been tilcbiated for ilovti
» ofjufiiU. ind of thufirotfritr} \Cith tin fihuulir pco'plf neither richdsf
nor birth'carf1 e \c it e f ta b hm f r r f1 dSfi> oftim to holloin'-. Peiionil mu it.
Upon Wh'icBr'an^^^^^mn' raife BrlnfelC to difiingutffied
tank. 'falcn'S'SfidiVi'fTuJ1 iruhiw iipen(ml>4 le^qiufitc for thole impewer sj
atM^herp'they arc deficient, cure, ilsLii^h,, 1 „or hereditary pretenfion is
fatally ds|dlpwfe$i 1 '