144 _Li fan yuen_, the tribunal for foreign nations, Thibetans,
Eleuthians, Russians, and indeed for all foreigners, who come by the
way of Tartary from the west.
369 _Tou tcha yuen_, the tribunal of the censors of the empire. It has
under it the _provosts_ and _mare-chaussée_.
233 the tribunal of _Kieou men ti tou_, or governor of the nine gates,
that is, the governor of the city.
185 the tribunal of the judge of the city. This judge is here called
_Fou yn_. He has under him two judges named _Tchi hyen_. One of these
is the judge of the district called _Ouang ping hien_ 193. The other is
called the district of _Tay tsing hien_ 182. These districts are within
the city and without it. What is called at Peking _tou yn_ is called
elsewhere _tchi fou_.
128 is the tribunal of _Han lin_, or the chosen doctors of the empire.
This tribunal, called _Han lin yuen_, is a very considerable one: it
has the care of the registers for the Chinese history. All the learned
men of the empire, and the colleges and schools, depend upon this
tribunal. Here are chosen the judges and examiners of the compositions
for the degrees of the learned men; as likewise those, who are most
capable of writing verses and pieces of eloquence for the use of the
palace and emperor.
107 _Kong yuen_ is the inclosure, where the compositions are drawn up
for the examination of the learned men. Here are a great number of
little chambers or cells for the composers, and fine apartments for the
mandarins appointed to preserve good order, and to prevent those, who
compose, from making use of the compositions of others.
273 _Tchoua kou ting_ is a pavillion, in which is a drum. Mandarins
and soldiers keep guard here day and night. In ancient times, when any
person had not justice done him, and thought himself oppressed, he went
and beat this drum; at the sound of which the mandarins ran, and were
obliged to carry the complaint of the party oppressed to the great
men or ministers. Upon which information was taken of the fact, and
justice done. At present the use of this drum is abolished; but it has
been thought proper to preserve this ancient monument of the Chinese
government.
217 _Ti ouang miao_ is a palace, wherein are the tablets of a great
number of the ancient emperors of China. At the time of the equinoxes
the emperor goes thither to perform the ceremonies to these deceased
emperors. See the notes on the _Ti ouang miao_, p. 723.
92, and the continuation of the buildings to the north, contain the
magazines of gunpowder, salt-petre, and nitre. In the city are many
other magazines. I do not name them here. They have their numbers.
These magazines are of cloth, mats, skins, oil, wine, vinegar, wood,
coal, porcelain, tea, varnish, silk, _&c._
The city is divided into eight quarters for the bannieres of the
Tartars _Mantcheou_, the Tartars _Mongou_, and the Chinese called _Han
kun_, who follow the Tartars _Mantcheou_, and submitted to them when
they entered China. Since that time the Chinese _Han kun_ are become
numerous and powerful. These eight bannieries are divided by this
means as it were into twenty-four; _viz._ eight of _Mantcheou_, eight
of _Mongou_, and eight of _Han kun_. Each banniery has its officers,
magazines, and arsenal. These are pretty spacious inclosures, each of
which has its number.
94 is an inclosure, in which are kept tygers; and 240 an inclosure,
wherein are elephants.