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 67
50 C1IIXA, ITS COSTUME, Kien-Long, notwithstanding his wis-dom, believed that the god Fo was incarnate in his person. He is said to havebeen jealous of the honours which werepaid to the Great-Lama of Tibet: con-sequently, when the Great-Lama repairedto his court in 1779, and a natural acci-dent… … ^^Misumimun^ ■% Mjmn&SLm. Cmmm m -law > ■ ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 51 A MANDARIN, AND A FEMALE OF RANK,IN THEIR SUMMER FULL DRESSES. Mandarin is not a Chinese term, butderived from the Portuguese word Man-dar, which signifies commander. The mandarins are magistrates, whosesituations may be…
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