A M A N D A R I N
attended b y a Domestic.
T hough c h a irs a re c om m o n ly used in C h in a , y e t th e C h in e se sometime
s ch o o se to sit in th e m a n n e r o f th e T u rk s .
T h is M a n d a rin , h a b ite d in h is c o u rt attire , is o n e o f th e lite ra ti, an d
a civ il m ag istrate , w h ic h is k n ow n by th e b ird em b ro id e re d in th e badge
o n h is b re a s t: his h ig h ra n k a n d h o n o u r are lik ewise d e n o te d b y th e
re d b a ll a n d p e a co c k ’s fe a th e r w ith th re e eye s a tta c h e d to h is c a p , as
also b y th e b e a d s o f p e a rl a n d c o ra l a p p e n d in g from his n e c k ; h e is
s ittin g in fo rm on a c u sh io n , sm o ak in g , a n d w a itin g th e a rriv a l o f a
v is ito r .
T b e s e rv a n t b ea rs in h is h a n d a p u rs e c o n ta in in g tobac co fo r his
m a s te r ; h is g ird le encloses a h a n d k e rc h ie f, a n d from w h ic h also h an g s
his tobac co p o u c h a n d p ip e . O n th e wa lls o f th e a p a rtm e n t C h in e se
c h a ra c te rs are p a in te d , s ig n ify in g m o ra l p re c e p ts .