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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 24

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 24
round, to represent heaven, andthe under part flat, to represent the earth.(The Chinese believe that the earth isflat and square; and that their empireoccupies the middle of it: they thereforecall China by a name which signifiesMiddle-country.) This music was wholly divine, butmen were too perverse… … ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 13 Under the fourth monarch, Chao-Hao,the music was called Ta-Yuen, a wordcorresponding with that of harmony: itwas in fact supposed to have the powerof uniting spirits with men; and, to usetheir expression in its literal sense, toaccord the hia:h with the low. £» Music…

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