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1905
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Etiquette in Chinese Official Intercourse ... By Mr, Li Mou-hsufi, i
Lettera from an Old Missionarj' to his Nephew 13
Possibilities of the Centennial Missionary ^ „ o / 1 wi- r »r 4
Conference in China. .907 " ( ^-^ '^''^'''' ^- '■'''"• •'^■^- ""^
The Beginning of Another Year By Rev. S. helt Woodbridge. 26
The Conciliatory Plan ... By Kcv. C. B. Titus. 29
Educational i';"'%\""'^^°°'''
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^*P*'*'«'^"*\E':ucaiional Notes
Correspondence
Inttrnational Bible Reading As.sociat ton.— Easy WCnli Version.— China Mission Statistics.— General Centenary Conference, 1907.— The New Summer Resort, Chi- kuug-shan.— Who Ar»: to Decide ?
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AND MISSIONARY JOURNAL.
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VOL. XXXVI. JANUARY, 1905. NO. 1.
Etiquette in Chinese Official Intercourse *
BY MR. U MOU-HSUN.
Official Calls*
IT is common usage, when notifying a proposed visit, to send a ting-ch*ai a day ahead with the caller's card, with a verbal message to the effect either that a visit is proposed for the next day at a certain hour or asking that a convenient hour on the next day be fixed for the call.
In the first case the ting-ch*ai brings back a message with a card that the official has duly noted the proposed call, or in the second case that the official will be at home either at his office or private residence at a certain hour.
Should the proposed visit be made in writing, a letter as below is usually written : —
I beg to inform you that I, the Commissioner of Customs, in- tend to pay my respects to you to-morrow at ten o'clock. I there- fore write previously to inform you. Card enclosed.
Form of Reply to above.
In reply to your note I beg to inform you that I have received notice of your intention to call at lo o'clock to-morrow and will await your visit at that time. Card enclosed.
FORM OF CALL.
About half an hour before the call, the ting-ch*ais, chair- bearers and sailors (all in official hats and uniforms) should be in readiness. The caller should start so as to reach, just before the stated hour of visit, the main gate of the Taotai's office. The chair should then stop, but not he let down. In calling on a
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prefect or magistrate the chair can proceed direct to the principal hall (:/c ^)) ^-^M ^^^ third stopping place before the chair stops. The ting-ch*ai, with the caller's card, will go on ahead and call out in a loud voice : Receive the card '^ W). A head servant will come out, receive the card and hand it on to an interior domestic called a chieh-tieh-men-ting (g^ ijiJS f^ X)- ^^^ interior do- mestic will take the card inside to his master. The master wnll say : ** Request him to enter " (|f ). The interior domestic will take the caller's card out and say in a loud voice : * ' Please come in'' (era*)- ^^^ gateman will then open the middle part of the principal gate.
The caller's chair will proceed through the main gate (|f^ P^), the second gate called i-m8n (^ f^) on to the third stopping place, the principal hall (;J^; ^ before the nuan-k*o (^ ^) and the chair will then be set down.
If a prefect or magistrate is being called upon, the chair will go on beyond the nuan-k*o (g |^) straight to the erh- t*ang (m ^) before being lowered.
The interior domestic, with the card in front of him, will direct the way. The caller will get out of his chair and proceed (not looking to the right or left).
The host will be in the reception room Cfj^ ||) alias (^ § ^) to greet the caller. The host may meet the caller at the erh-t*ang (ZH ^) or not ; in the case of a friend the caller may be conducted straight to the reception room and the host subse- quently join him there.
The host and caller at first sight should salute each other without saying a word, but this is optional. The guest should proceed on the left of the host and walk in line to the reception room. They should greet each other with their hands lifted above their noses to the level of the cheeks. Having gained the reception room the host should request the guest to be seated on the k *ang and the host be seated after him on the k *ang also. Tea being brought the host should rise and present tea to the visitor — the host's servant having brought the guest's tea, places it first- in the host's hands — the host rises and places the tea on a small table between them by the visitor. The visitor should rise to receive the tea, with a salutation, and reciprocate by appearing to offer the host tea ; the host's servant having already placed tea on the table by the host, the guest should gradually move the tea nearer to the host and reseat himself. The guest will then proceed to speak.
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Etiquette in Chinese Official Intercourse.
FIRST VISIT OF A GUEST.
A Taotai should be designated as kuei-tao (:ft JE)) or X Ta-jen ; a Brigadier General as kuei-chen (;ft |^), if he has the rank of a General-in-chief as kuei-chiin-men (ft- '^ P^), or X Ta-jen ; a Prefect as kuei-fu (:ft j^), if he has a ** majority " of rank as ta-jen (;f^ As or ta-lao-yeh (:h ^ M^y ^ District Magistrate as kuei-hsien 'Jfc !K^ ^^ ta-lao-yeh (;/< ^ ^) ; a Weiyuan is addressed according to the rank he holds ; smaller officials can be addressed as t*ai-yeh (-j^ ^) or lao-yeh (^ ^).
All the above mentioned officials can equally correctly be addressed as ko-hsia ([^ f ).
FORM OF CONVERSATION.
GuesL Is your honourable Taotaiship well ?
Host. Thanks to you. Is your honourable commissionership
well? GuesL I have long wanted to make your acquaintance. HosL That is reciprocal.
GuesL Which is your honourable native province ? HosL Shantung.
GuesL How long has your Honour been here ? HosL More than three years* Guest, Is all your honourable family with you ? Host. Yes, I have brought them all. Guest. How many sons have you ? HosL Two. Guest. How old are you ( j| ^) ? (If the host has a beard the
question is put thus ^ ^). Host. I am fifty-nine years old- Guest. Your appearance is very flourishing and portly '(^ J^^
(not addressed to a thin man) and shows that that is
owing to your good fortune Host. You are far too complimentary. I really am of no
account. Guest. You are exceedingly modest ; is your official business
here very important or not ? Host. There is not very much work but sufficient. Guest. The object of my first visit to you is to get your Tao- taiship's guidance in ail matters. Host. Don't mention it. It is a case of mutual instruction ;
pray don't be so modest.
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Guest. There is still a small matter of business, but I will call
again and get your guidance. Host That doesn' t matter. I shall come and return your visit. Guest, Don't think of troubling yourself to do so.- (Whilst saying this, it is usual to lift the tea cup with both hands to the mouth, when the host will give the signal . and two or three sips of tea will be mutually imbibed). The servant seeing the guest lifting his tea cup will call out in a loud voice : * * Escort the guest out. ' ' The guest will, after sipping the tea, put the cup down and get up. The host will, at the same time, put down his cup and get up. The guest will salute the host and say : ** I must leave ; " the host, saluting also, will say : * * An revoir. "
The guest will first go out, the host accompanying him. The guest arrived at his chair will turn to the host, salute him, and say : ** By your leave " (|jj) ; the host saluting, will reply : " After you" (|f). The guest will turn round and get into his chair and sit down, at the same time giving a salutation — not necessarily looking at the host. The chair will then be raised, and the hands, raised in salutation, will be lowered, and the chair proceed out of the main gate.
The host