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and Splendour). Certain bands of music shall attend in the hall. There certain 
princes and other personages shall assemble, together with the Ambassador 
and his suite. Cushions to sit on shall be placed in the hall. 
About five o’clock His Majesty shall, with profound veneration, be re- 
quested to put on the dragon robes, and to ascend the throne in the palace 
of Light and Splendour. 
The Princes, the royal personages, and the attendant officers, shall be 
attired in certain court dresses.* * * § The great officers of state who attend in 
the imperial presence. The Kings and Dukes who attend on His Majesty 
shall be arranged in two wings, standing. The imperial body guard, in 
their leopard-tailed dresses, shall be drawn up in two wings within the 
palace. 
When the Princes, royal personages, and other officers are arranged, the 
band shall strike up Lung-ping , (a glorious subjugation, or tranquillity,) and 
the great officers of state shall, with profound veneration, conduct His Ma- 
jesty to the throne, after which the music shall stop. 
When the officers around His Majesty’s person have proclaimed the word 
Feen (whip), the band shall strike up the tune of Che-ping (a subjugating 
or tranquil sway), and the officers £oof, with Kwang-Jvwae, accompanied by 
an officer of the Lee-poo, and an imperial astronomer, shall conduct the 
English Ambassador, his deputies, and suite, to present with profound 
veneration the Peaou-'wan (official document). 
They shall enter at the right]; hand gate, and proceed to the west side of 
the passage at the foot of the Altar of the Moon, without-side the Hall of 
Light and Splendour. 
The crier shall proclaim, “ Be arranged the Ambassador and his suite 
shall arrange themselves in ranks : the crier shall proclaim, “ Kneel the 
Ambassador and suite shall then kneel, and the music shall stop. The 
crier shall proclaim, “ Present the Peaou-wan the Ambassador shall re- 
spectfully present it to Ko-lih-che-e-too, who having received it shall advance 
by the middle path to the inside of the palace, where, kneeling at Je-ping§, 
* There are various dresses in use among the Chinese on such occasions, which are not easily 
described but by a person conversant in these ceremonies. 
f Soo, President of the Board of Rites and Ceremonies, and Kwang, commonly called by 
us the Legate, were the Negociators at Tein-sin. 
f The left is the most honourable place in the estimation of Chinese, and as the throne is 
situate at the north end of the hall, the west is considered the least honourable side. 
§ Te-ping is probably a lower area. 
