. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. t distinguished by any very remarkableevent, neither was it disturbed by foreign wars or domestic rebellion, there-fore, had it not been for the cruel persecution suffered by the Christians, the THE MANTCHOW DYNASTY—YONG-TCHING: 1722-35. 105 name of the emperor would have been a misnomer. He died in 1735having reigned about fourteen years, and was succeeded by his eldest son,the warlike and highly-talented Kien-long, the first sovereign of the Chineseempire whose court was visited by a na
. Pictorial history of China and India; comprising a description of those countries and their inhabitants. t distinguished by any very remarkableevent, neither was it disturbed by foreign wars or domestic rebellion, there-fore, had it not been for the cruel persecution suffered by the Christians, the THE MANTCHOW DYNASTY—YONG-TCHING: 1722-35. 105 name of the emperor would have been a misnomer. He died in 1735having reigned about fourteen years, and was succeeded by his eldest son,the warlike and highly-talented Kien-long, the first sovereign of the Chineseempire whose court was visited by a native of Great Britain. The younmonarch, on the day of his installation, and while performing the customaryrites in the hall of imperial ancestors, made a vow, that should he, likehis illustrious grandfather Kang-hy, be permitted to complete the sixtiethyear of his reign, he would show his gratitude to Heaven by resio-ninathe crown to his heir, as an acknowledgment that he had been favored tothe full extent of his wishes. The vow was made in all sincerity, and thenoble prince was spared to fulfil The Emperors Vow. 106 CHINA, HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. CHAPTER X. REIGX OF KIEN-LOXG, FOURTH EMPEROR OF THE MANTCHOW DYXASTY. The emperor Kien-long, the great grandfather of the present sovereignof China, succeeded his father, Yong-tching, as has been stated in conclu-sion of the previous chapter, in 173-5. The first pubUc act of his reign wasto recall from exile all who were still living of those unhappy members of theroyal race who had been banished by his predecessor in consequence oftheir attachment to the Christian religion. The exiles returned in a verydestitute condition, for all their property had been confiscated to the state,and as no portion of it had been restored, they had no means of subsistencebut small pensions, to which they were entitled as princes of the blood, andwhich were wholly inadequate to the maintenance of a family. The recall of the exiles gave hopes
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