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Excerpt from An Account of the Empire of China, Historical, Political, Moral and Religious, Vol. 1: A Short Description of That Empire, and Notable Examples of Its Emperors and Ministers; Also an Ample Relation of Many Remarkable Passages, and Things Worth Observing in Other Kingdoms, and Several Voyages
China. Name of the Great China; and with good reafon, for it is Great in all refpee'ts, Rich, Fruitful, abounding in plenty of all things, and Powerful, as will plainly ap pear by the ibort Account Ilhall here give of it. But before I enter upon the Matter, it will be proper to make known its Name, and whence it is deriv'd, for the more methodical proceeding, and to fol low the Example fet me by many grave Authors, who before they lanch into the Account of the great Affairs of thofe Empires and Kingdoms they treat of, have firll: clear'd the Original and Ety mology of their Names. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
