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The History of China

Special 1: To Qianlong, From George...

The History of China

Chris Stewart

History

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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"Dear Emperor of China, will you be my friend? Check Yes or No..." 0:00:00 - Letter of Credence from King George III to Emperor Qianlong, 1793 CE 0:10:20 - Author's note 0:11:44 - Lord Macartney's Sixfold Proposals for the Improvement of Trade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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His most sacred majesty, George III, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland,

0:41.5

sovereign of the seas, defender of the faith, and so forth.

0:45.8

To the supreme emperor of China, Kianlong, worthy to live tens of thousands and tens of thousands,

0:53.5

thousand years, send the greeting.

0:57.0

The natural disposition of a great and benevolent sovereign, such as is your imperial majesty,

1:05.0

whom Providence has seated upon a throne for the good of mankind, is to watch over the peace and security of his dominions,

1:13.7

and to take pain for disseminating happiness, virtue, and knowledge among his subjects,

1:19.4

extending also to the same beneficence with all the peaceful arts, as far as he is able,

1:25.4

to the whole human race. Impressed with such sentiments from the beginning

1:30.8

of our reign when we found our people engaged in war, we granted to our enemies, after obtaining

1:36.8

victories over them in the four quarters of the world, the blessings of peace upon the most

1:42.2

equitable conditions. Since that period, not satisfied with

1:47.3

promoting the propensity of our own subjects in every respect, and beyond the example of any

1:52.4

former times, we have taken various opportunities of fitting out ships and sending in some of the

1:58.0

wisest and learned of our own people for the discovery of distant and unknown regions,

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