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g, that they too ay share y all ebracg kdness

至爾國王表內懇請派一爾國之人住居天朝，照管爾國買賣一節，此則與天朝體制不合，斷不可行。向來西洋各國有願來天朝當差之人，原準其來京，但既來之後，即遵用天朝服色，安置堂內，永遠不準復回本國，此係天朝定製，想爾國王亦所知悉。今爾國王欲求派一爾國之人居住京城，既不能若來京當差之西洋人，在京居住不歸本國，又不可聽其往來，常通訊息，實為無益之事。

as to your entreaty to send one of your nationals to be aredited to y celestial urt and to be ntrol of your untrys trade with cha, this reest is ntrary to all a of y dynasty and cannot possibly be entertaed it is true that europeans, the service of the dynasty, have been peritted to live at pekg, but they are pelled to adopt chese dress, they are strictly nfed to their own prets and are never peritted to return ho you are presuably failiar with our dynastic regulations your proposed envoy to y urt uld not be placed a position siilar to that of european officials pekg who are forbidden to leave cha, nor uld he, on the other hand, be allowed liberty of ovent and the privile of rrespondg with his own untry; that you would ga nothg by his residence our idst

且天朝所管地方至為廣遠，凡外藩使臣到京，驛館供給，行止出入，俱有一定體制，從無聽其自便之例。今爾國若留人在京，言語不通，服飾殊制，無地可以安置。若必似來京當差之西洋人，令其一律改易服飾，天朝亦不肯強人以所難。設天朝欲差人常駐爾國，亦豈爾國所能遵行？況西洋諸國甚多，非止爾一國。若俱似爾國王懇請派人留京，豈能一一聽許？是此事斷斷難行。豈能因爾國王一人之請，以至更張天朝百餘年法度。若雲爾國王為照料買賣起見，則爾國人在澳門貿易非止一日，原無不加以恩視。即如從前博爾都噶爾亞（葡萄牙），意達哩亞等國屢次遣使來朝，亦曾以照料貿易為請。天朝鑒其悃忱，優加體恤。凡遇該國等貿易之事，無不照料周備。前次廣東商人吳昭平有拖欠洋船價值銀兩者，俱飭令該管總督由官庫內先行動支帑項代為清還，並將拖欠商人重治其罪。想此事爾國亦聞知矣。外國又何必派人留京，為此越例斷不可行之請，況留人在京，距澳門貿易處所幾及萬裡，伊亦何能照料耶？

oreover, our celestial dynasty possesses vast territories, and tribute issions fro