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Show the Empire of Cm1na ---- to their Mafters 5 neither do Children fpeak to their Parents, but in the moft {fubmiffive terms imaginable 5 andif perhaps either the Father, or Mother, or both fall into want n their_old Age, the Childsen uninforced work night and day t provide for them, ‘and ftint themfelves, pinching their own Bellies, to fill thofe o their Parents An example ‘truely ‘well worth both imitation and praife, although to their fhame not much practifed by Chriftians Such is their behaviour ;‘:7 n'\u& e 1o mor h""'(‘l;:hc M‘giflrate Ir 10\\'\, dfmea to their Parents living, however qualified, and it ends not with their lives;, bu ~ follows them to the Grave attending their Funerals, not only in their Mourning . Byer Irnc.cl affemble 5 wherein they differ very much from other People ; but likewife in the Coffi wherein the Corps is enclofed, whichismade of the richeft and moft durabl Wood that 1s to be had in their own or Neighbour Countrey Every perfon in China obferves his Birth-day as Sacred, beftowing Prefent upon their Friends, and 'withal making great Entertainments for them; no although every Anniverfary Birth-day is thus obferved, yet among all ther is one Celebrated witha more Feftivous Solemnity; ‘which 1s, when they liv P nchand comy Pre onour 1s giv %t of the hmdgs ofntl: ,Sq?‘fiWS and Magipeech, salloin Ratel aly tofuchas have bo to the Age of {eventy, fornot till then are they reckoned amongft the old People and thenare the Walls of the Houfeshung wich PiGures and Verles, filled with mor othe Th Commemorated b t i Birth-da whof Part th t Eclogie Ceforme th o wantin 1 ther whereo year tent th o tha i remarkable abroad m any Honoura own Countries, theyar upo tha i whic bythem Honoure muc da thir i remonies. ‘Ther Me youn th Rom a formerl a Hat Viril th o which the young'Men pu ervice, behaved hinfel Degree of Honour an year twent attaine hav the whe i an Gow the Toga Virilis, or Manl 1y happens to remov affage with greatgifts ‘marks of Honour, ft Ch in u ke Jo ar e, Othersof a highe the v fe pr t r, an of Age leceal Altar r llfl an % Wh.lCh th ks of Coppet B videdto e ' that o t lht.othfl : F"" ;;tin thi e thn :n thel New-yearéi State extraordinat mior an Splendour greate But wich' fa Ne th o da firf th wit,upo Countrey,t whol th throug day folemnize n the moft l atrey. Some indeed ar s m n e t o i light bod ever da whic Feftival,o Emperour and Full Moon, for that is th Cloth and Glafs Papet o made Candle Attificia o in his houfe great ftor whatever perfo ever whereo quantities grea i Market th which are fold i ver therewit hun room th an may take his choice. ~ Thefe being lighted a a An Fire ligh o al wer withi thick, make a fhow, as if the houf Gandle lik th wit ftreets th i dow an runu the addition to their Mirth People diftracte lik hollowin intheir hands, hoopingan diar the whic b name fevera *hav The Chinefes, like the old Romans the altered neve an antient i whic Sirnam hav the firf fo finguifhe an idverited newl ftil i thi an nami a Chriftian name ; and laftly a Prope commonl mof { an other oc thin on fignifie their Sirnames do. ' Thi Syllabl on wit pronounce an Charafer on wit wri i nam Chriftia youn whethe Wonte th fo Sons th t and this name the Father alone give o numbe th b an Sirname Father th b calle ar bu name n hav ot ol thi B Sifters th amongf Birt place in which they ftand, in regard of thei the a the cal peopl othe fo Sons Chriftian name Parents only call thei Brothers th among( hav the whic Birt fiand in number, in regard of thei name ne Mafte th fro receive h When a Child is put out to School and that is called the School Name wheteby he is called by the Mafter and th Married i o Hat Viril th o put youngma whe Again Scholars only calle nithe honourabl mor wit he is prefented by fome perfon of qualit Servants hi excep him cal afterward the Letter, by which any perfon ma m f b t e e p i h d o n M e r p " Now when heisgrown to ycars o m n e G t e t o a e l c m other perfon with a very honourable n h i t n r P h l o n i t i f d By this name he is called by all without arf e t L o m n t b h l c a u n h a t not worthy o i |