e ceremony of meeting the Chinese envoys consists of first sending an envoy to ... Ai-chiu on the Chinese frontier, followed by five others (of 2nd rank and over) to meet them at successive stages and escort them with all possible comfort to Sêul, where they are first entertained at a "dismounting banquet". The and following days the heir and other members of the royal family, heads of public offices &c., each give a banquet in turn. (All these banquets are repeated when the envoys take their departure). When the envoys first arrive at their hotel, the heir advances with the various high officers, and makes two obeisances. When they take their departure, the same ceremony is repeated outside the ... Gate...
The annual homage envoy [aan den Keizer te Peking] is conducted from the palace by the Corean court officials with great ceremony to his hotel, and music is used even on fast days; a number of articles of local produce are taken with him, and special other articles are sent on the emperor's birthday and with formal state communications; these usually consist of raw or manufactured fibres, papers, furs, shells, scents, pencils, dried fruits, candles &c." (Parker, Corea, China Review XIV, 127).--"The formal reception by the king ... is equally intricate and complicated, and comprises the grovelling on the ground by his majesty, three knocks of the head, and the shouting out standing up of the words: "Live for ever" ..., with his hands reverently raised to his forehead. This is done in the presence of his relatives, a full court, and the Chinese envoys. Music, bows &c., are all regulated with extreme nicety" (Parker, a. v., bl. 134).--(Dat de Koning van Korea de Pekingsche gezanten tot buiten de stad te gemoet gaat, wordt in dit bericht niet gezegd).
[326] Saijsing. Deze havenplaats in de provincie Thiellado (Tjyen-Ra) is op geen kaart aangetroffen; eenige regels later wordt zij Naijsingh genoemd.
[327] Sunischien = Syoun-Htyen, 34° 33'-124° 56' (Dict. Cor. Fran