Excerpt from The Sacred Edict: Containing Sixteen Maxims of the Emperor Kang-Hi, Amplified by His Son, the Emperor Yoong-Ching; Together With a Paraphrase on the Whole, by a Mandarin
Shortly after arriving in China, the Translator's attention was directed to the following work, by his most faithful and revered friend, the Reverend Robert Morrison, under whose care some part of the original was first read, and to whose indefatigable attention, and high attainments in Chinese literature, he owes his acquaintance with the radical principles of the language of China.
The Sixteen Maxims, which form the ground work of this book, were deliverd, in an edict, by the Emperor Kang-he the second of the present dynasty, in the latter part of his life; the same Emperor by whose authority the Chinese Imperial Dictionary was compiled.
These maxims, each of which, in the original, contains seven characters, or words, were neatly written out on small slips of wood, and placed in the public offices, where they are to be seen at the present day.
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