Monica Layton History 1510 E. Randa 3-6-14 In the sixth paragraph of the first edict it says !

"#r dynasty$s %a&estic 'irt#e has penetrated #nto e'ery co#ntry #nder Hea'en and (ings of a)) nations ha'e offered their cost)y tri*#te *y )and and sea. +s yo#r +%*assador can see for hi%se)f ,e possess a)) things. I set no 'a)#e on o*&ects strange or ingenio#s and ha'e no #se for yo#r co#ntry$s %an#fact#res. ! Later in the sa%e paragraph he says he ,ishes that his En'oys )ea'e in peace. In the second paragraph of the sa%e edict he %entions that he introd#ced the +%*assador and his dep#ty into his presence and e'en entertained the% at one of his *an-#ets in respect to the )ong ,ay they &#st tra'e)ed and e'en %ade presents to *e for,arded to the .a'y /o%%ander and his six h#ndred officers. In the second edict and the second paragraph he po)ite)y dec)ines their re-#est of trading o#tside of *ar*arians thro#gh the /e)estia) E%pire in /anton. He respects the% *#t has no #se nor does he ,ant the% in his areas in the sixth paragraph of the first part of the )etter he says !+s yo#r +%*assador can see for hi%se)f ,e possess a) things. I set no 'a)#e on o*&ects strange or ingenio#s and ha'e no #se for co#ntry0s %an#fact#res.1 2ain Long c)ear)y stic3s to ,hat has a),ays *een theirs and sho#)d re%ain a)) theirs. He doesn0t ,ant the 4ritish co%ing into /hinese )and other than to /anton for their nor%a) trades.

He states in the third paragraph of the second edict that the re-#est for a s%a)) is)and near
/h#san ,here %erchants ,o#)d store their goods ,o#)d *e #se)ess to the p#rpose *eca#se none of their ships ha'e e'er ca))ed to s#ch an is)and. In the second to )ast paragraph of this sa%e edict he %entions that /hina has a %ora) syste% and it cannot *e *etrayed and any reasons to *etray this %ora) syste% is !#tter)y #nreasona*)e.1 In this doc#%ent I fee) that the /hinese ha'e their o,n 'ie, of the ,or)d and foreigners sho#)d not *e ,e)co%e into their co#ntry to try and trade or do anything to *enefit the%se)'es. 5hey are 'ery strict on ,hat co%es in and ,hat stays. In the third paragraph of the first edict 2ai Long states !It is tr#e that E#ropeans in the ser'ice of the dynasty ha'e *een per%itted to )i'e at 6e3ing *#t they are co%pe))ed to adopt /hinese dress they are strict)y confined to their precints and are ne'er per%itted to ret#rn ho%e.1 5o %e I *e)ie'e this sho,s &#st ho, strict he is on the reg#)ations of the /hinese. 7o# are not to co%e and go and yo# are not to co%e in to 6e3ing ,ith yo#r o,n ,ays and %#st t#rn to the /hinese ,ay. He doesn0t *e)ie'e there is a ,ay for so%eone to co%e fro% their co#ntry to his in their o,n dress and #sing their o,n actions ,itho#t offending his peop)e. 5hey ,o#)d ha'e to ad&#st to /hinese ,ays and /hinese dress *#t he says in the fo#rth paragraph of the first )etter !It %ay *e s#ggested8...9 it has ne'er *een o#r dynasty0s ,ish to force peop)e to do things #nsee%)y and incon'enient.1 +)so in the sixth paragraph of the first part of the )etter it says !:,aying the ,ide ,or)d8...9 strange and cost)y o*&ects do not interest %e.1 He respectf#))y dec)ined their re-#ests and appreciates the tro#*)e they too3 to get to his area. 5he /hinese E%peror doesn0t *e)ie'e Eng)and has anything offer the% *eca#se he a)ready has e'erything he needs and does not ,ish for %ore. He 3ind)y accepted the gifts they

*ro#ght in *#t a)so 3ind)y to)d the% he didn0t need the% in the sixth paragraph *y saying !If I ha'e co%%anded that the tri*#te offerings sent *y yo# are to *e accepted it ,as so)e)y in consideration for the spirit ,hich pro%pted yo# to dispatch the% fro% afar.1 5he /hinese E%peror doesn0t *e)ie'e that a 4ritish representati'e sho#)d represent his co#rt *eca#se 6e3ing is !near)y t,o tho#sand %i)es a,ay fro% /anton1 and *eca#se of that distance he doesn0t thin3 a 4ritish representati'e co#)d exercise any contro). 2ain Long says in the fifth paragraph that his )a,s and cere%onies differ so %#ch fro% theirs that e'en if the En'oys ,ere a*)e to ac-#ire to the ci'i)i;ation they co#)dn0t transp)ant his peop)es %anners and c#sto%s onto their a)ien soi). 5he /hinese E%peror doesn0t *e)ie'e that they can offer each other anything %ore than they a)ready. 5he trading they do at the /e)estia) E%pire in /anton is a)) that needs to *e done *et,een the t,o co#ntries. If anyone is to co%e into his co#ntry they %#st ta3e on the ro)es of a nor%a) /hinese citi;en *#t he a)so ,ishes they don0t do anything they don0t ,ant to do. <hich is ,hy it0d *e *est to &#st 3eep it si%p)e at the /e)estia) E%pire in /anton. He thin3s anything e)se ,i)) *e #se)ess to the% *eca#se they ha'e ne'er had ships *een ca))ed o#t there to the is)and they are ,ishing to *#i)d #pon. In the )ast paragraph he says that the /e)estia) E%pire is 'ery strict and are *o#nd re'erent)y to o*ey the )a, of the )and and if their 'esse)s to#ch the shore the %erchants ,i)) ne'er *e per%itted to )and or to reside there *#t ,i)) *e s#*&ect to instant exp#)sion. He says it ,o#)d *e #se)ess for the %erchants to tra'e) a)) that ,ay for nothing. He does ho,e'er %ention in the )ast paragraph of the first )etter !I confer #pon yo# 'a)#a*)e presents in excess of the n#%*er #s#a))y *esto,ed on s#ch occasions inc)#ding si)3s and c#rios a )ist of ,hich is )i3e,ise enc)osed.1 and goes to hope he they accept the% and ta3e note of his tender good,i)) to,ards hi%.

He is 'ery 3ind in dec)ining their re-#ests and is 'ery respectf#) in stating his *e)iefs. He doesn0t ,ant the% to co%e to his )and for nothing other than ,hat they a)ready ha'e and ,ishes the +%*assadors that ha'e a)ready co%e a)) that ,ay to p#rs#e the recent re-#ests a safe ,ay ho%e.