Volume 1

A description of the empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, together with the kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet. Containing the geography and history (natural as well as civil) of those countries ... / from the French of P.J.B. DuHalde, Jesuit, with notes geographical, historical and critical and other improvements, particularly in the maps by the translator.

Jean-Baptiste Du Halde

Date:: 1738-1741

Credit: A description of the empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, together with the kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet. Containing the geography and history (natural as well as civil) of those countries ... / from the French of P.J.B. DuHalde, Jesuit, with notes geographical, historical and critical and other improvements, particularly in the maps by the translator. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$< the EMPIRE of CHINA. 6 U-chew-fu 7 Yjin-chew-fu 8 Nan-nitig-fû 9 Yay-ping-ju io Se-ming-Ju j i Chin-ngan-fû 12 Se-ching-fu i o 4 12 4 1 2 9 Flyen. 3 3 21 o o Ô The Fourteenth Province, YUN-NAN, Sub-divided into XVII FÛ. Yun-nan-fu, Metropolis of the Province. This is the Seat of the Tfong-tu of Yun¬ nan, and Quey-chew, as well as of the Governor of the Province. The Fû governs 4 Chew. 7 Hyeiu Ya-li-fû 4 Ling-ngan-fû 4 Yfü, Yju, or Chû-hyang-fû 2 Chin-kyang-fû 2 12 Ko-king-fu 13 U-ting-fâ 14 Li-kyang-fu 15 Ywen-kyang-fu 16 Mong-wha-jû 17 Yüng-chang-fû 18 Yung-pe-fû 19 Kay-wha-fû 1 Chew. 2 o o o i o o o Hyen. 1 o o o 2 o o 3 4 5 . 6 King-tong-fû 7 Quang-nan-fû 8 Quang-Jî-fû 9 Shun-ning-fû ïo Ku-chew-fû n Yau-ngan-fû o 3 5 o 2 ô 5 1 2 1 3 Chew. 4 The Fifteenth Province, QUEY-CHEW, Sub-divided into XI Fû. 1 Qÿey-yang-fû, chief City of the Province! This is the Seat of the Governor. The Fu prelides over 2 Se-chew-fu 3 Se-nan-fit 4 Chin-ywen-fû 5 She-tfin-fû 6 Yong-jin-jû 7 Li-ping-fû 8 Ngan-fhan-fû 9 Yû-yun-fû 10 Ping-yue-fû 11 Wey-ning-fû o o o o o 3 2 1 r 1 5 2 4 3 °ne 'vvou M aP* t0 think thofe the belt and ïargeft Provinces, which had moft of thefe Cities [or Mandarinats] in them. But it is not fo ; for, in fome Countries, the Neceditv of keeping certain flubborn, and but half civiliz’d People in fubje&ion, obliges the Emperors ta encreafe the Number of the confiderable Mandarins ; and thence it is, that the moil barren Pro- vmces, fuch as Quey-chew, have more of them, in proportion, than the moil fruitful. Tis true, that, generally fpeaking, the Land in all the Provinces, and even in Quey-chew is fertile enough, and fometimes brings a double Crop ; but ’tis entirely owing to the indefatigable Lak°ur of th? Hufbandman that thofe Countries, where the Grounds are low and boggy, are ca- Pa 6 r .5annS . orrb *bisj fhat feveral Provinces being full of Mountains, which afford but a fmall quantity of Land fit for Tillage, it happens fometimes, that the whole Produce of the rnpire is fcarce fuflicient forthe Suflenance of the prodigious Number of Inhabitants. tdnn 1GGf L6 jYinCjS 0 Quey-chew, Se-chwen, and Fo-kyen, which are too moun- hiriennl M C CLl>tlvate ^^îently > that of Che-kyang, whofe Eafiern Part is very fruitful, has ïn?lfrrnSin the Wejlern. The Land of $uang-tong and $uang-Jl, fo fine and fertile along the Sea-Coaft becomes frightful and almolb barren in divers Places, the farther it lies m lence. n toe rovmcc of Kyang-nan, the large Difcrid; of Whey-chew-4 u is entirely over-run ™ 1 rry ânrd a f ^“table Mountains * they abound dill more in the Provinces of n-py and Shan-ft- all wnofe Plains, put together, don’t amount to a quarter Part of the whole. which rnnT*11^! *1G j0!1110.6 ^yang-tong, you have fail’d between the fleep Mountains, of tho pr ^ ong 1 s vl,;ei, ^nd, having made one Stage of the Mey-lin, afterwards come to the River Parr of i °Ymce 0 t en 70u begin to difcover the mofl beautiful Country of all China 5 one or Nm, idm U^°,? rt- ®feat _J3er> adorned with the fine Cities of Ngan-king-fû, Kyang-ning-fû, wiK ZVUZhm:ky“n&fû > another Part runs along the greaf Cana\ Yu-Lng-ho, befe r_lc,h ad Populous Cities of the Province of Kyang-nan ; as WhayJgJfû, Yang- of Che ’’xn'JY V eiU~t“' ,ufxw, and a third Part borders on the Sea-Coafts of the Province fv which ^!n7hfre -n! thC LaenuS °l HanS-chew-fû> the Metropolis, Hû-chew-fû, and Kya-hing- J\ 31 d°ne more Silk than all the other Provinces of China. & they feem to have ken’l fiL'O apJfa,rs “ore charming than thefe Plains, which are fo level, that into an infinite Number f r / R,,’ej t.ne-/ are overfpread with Cities and large Villages, and cut witbonf fhe teef n b f ^nals, which have communication with each other, and are navigated wuhout the leaft Danger : They are covered with an incredible Quantity of magnificent Barks an 1 d^aterh hVerypna l Cleal‘ an,d eXcelkM drink. TlTefe Plains in M W bUt-the ChYfe are Ca-Pable of : They are withal fo ferthe, £ the two Crops & ’ and ^Wheat and fmaller Grain between TteKnotkte \ Cannot form an exaS Idea of it. tion of the whole • and had it L’l L617, ,a'|e Cltles. «s not fuflicient to give a diffinft No- velling over the Em rire when th '_Cn,i 01 Opportunity wliich the Miflionaries had of tra¬ in moil of the grSfG;v~nt!yth ^ °{ lt’ We ^'d Hill have been ignorant, that are very thinly peopled nlm a ’ i .Cie a^e ^Guntnes which for more than 20 Leagues together y tnmiy peopled, almoft uneult.vated, and often fo wild, that they are uninhabitable As$

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