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China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary (1812)

Breton, M. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Bertin, Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste, 1719-1792, Freschi, Andrea, b. 1774 · London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale ... · leaf 143

An illustration from China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary, 1812, leaf 143
re few villageswithout a school. From five years ofage, the children begin to learn the cha-racters of the Chinese language, whichare so numerous and so complicated, thata mans whole life seems scarcely longenough to acquire the knowledge ofreading and writing it. It seems that the schools teach… … H -j Vl £ 3H ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 101 cessively attain to three degrees, whichcorrespond with those of the European uni-versities; namely, bachelors, licentiates,and doctors. These degrees are not con-ferred without numerous and strictexaminations. The class of letters holds, in some re-spect,…

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