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Show R T b e C Y CHAP ne I e PH T 1 1 !" e e | 14 A st - --- \g' A : H s SRR S S . - - S b o 4 (jen;};al @Wto"fi/} - SRR Of fom STRANG CUST.OMS FASHIONS N ERS, which are inufe anongft the C INESE M A N i pt‘ H Antient Chinefes called their Kingdo or Empire in old times, by th name of Courtefie, or Civility, and other known M | npers > yea, and whic 1s more, Civility, or Courtefie, is held with hem for one of the five principa] Vertues 5 amongft which as chief, all others are compr hended Vertue confifts, as they fay, inthe fhewi g of mutual refpect : Now to be com pleat herein, and to be Mafters of Cetemon , they fpend no little time to accomsplith themfelves ; yet fome of them of a igher Speculation viewing humane Vicillitudes, lament'themfelves that the cannot re je&t and (hun thefe Compleme tal Formalities, although therein they far excee thofe of Exrope Wherefore in this ChapterI fhall fhew in w at manner they falute one anothe when they meet, and afterwards treat of fom uf amongft them, and wherein they differ from o hers, or among themfelves It 15 held for no point of Civility amongft he Chinefes to take off the Hat, no make Legs, asit is ufually termed ; much lefs o embrace any perfon, or kifs hi hand, or make any other outward fhew of Co plement The moft general an common way with them of fhewing Civility, i done after this manner ; they wea their hands when they walk (unlefs they are to anthemfelves, or otherwile t u{e them) always folded together in the fl eve of their upper Garment, which made large for the fame purpofe; fo that when the meet, they raife their handso highin the fleeve with great Devotion, and then l t them fall again after the fam manner, greeting each othe twice with the word Cin, which fignifies nothing When one comes to vifit another, and {o i two Friends meet in the Street, the bow (with their hands in their flecves al] that while) he whole body, and thei heads three timesto the ground 5 and this manner o falutation is called Zoye the perform ng of which Ceremony, the inferiour gives always plac and the party vifited gives the upper Mand to him tha gave the vifit: but in th Northern parts of €bina, the Vificantis placed n the left hand; oftentimes alfo after they have done bowing, they exchanye places, and o from the left to th right hand, and from the right to the left ; which is don for thig reafon, that {oth party that is received in the higheft place, thould fhew fom refpet to the othe again. When this Ceremony happens to be in the firee , both parties turn themfelves fide to fide toward the North, and within doors to the upp r end of the Hall foritisan old cuftom amongft them, to lay the Threfhold of he Palaces, Temples, and other Edifices, to the South 3 and that thofe wh f1t over againft the door turn themfelves to the South 5 {0 that in regard this Cere ony is performedin th Hall, next to the Threfhold, they turn their Facesto the pper end, and then the look toward the North If fo be both Parties meeting or vifiting, have not een one another in alon time, or perhaps never before, they have a defire to be tow further Civilities upo cach other ; the after performance of the firfi Ceremony knees, withtheir forchead touching the ground they fall upon thei and this they do three time together. - But when this Civility is to be fhow by an Inferiour to a Sueriour, Child tohis Parent, or 2 Subjett to his Prince 5 e receives the honour ldone unto him, cither fitting or ftanding, and only b wing a little when the dther fall uponhisknees With the {ame, and .o greater Reverence and Horgour, he ‘Worfhi bet fub cou thi o yct wal ma th are cep he ney Jeat fii alth fuc pu th 1 of ar the O Fr fe pl in li fe al a fi e af b t im the |