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Publishing LimitedBlk 205 Henderson Road\\#03-01 Henderson Industrial ParkSingapore 0315Tel:(65)2764700Fax:(65)2764727  \nTrades &Traditionsof oldChinaFirst Edition  \n◎ Sun Tree Publishing(Singapore)Private Limited 1994  \nAll Rights Reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmittedin any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nEditors:Aileen Lau,Bina Maniar &Emma Tan  \nCover Design:Karen Leong  \nDesign /DTP:Karen Leong&Sares Kanapathy  \nSun Tree Publishing LimitedRegistered OfficeDashwood House69 Old Broad StreetLondon EC2M 1PEUK  \nRevised and extracted fromThe Costume of Chinaby George Henry Mason  \n&  \nPicturesque Representations o the Dress and Manners of the Chineseby William Alexander  \nThe publishers would like to thankAntiques of the Orient Pte Ltdfor the generous loan of all plates and reference material  \nISBN:9810042124Printed in Singapore  \n## Trades &Traditionsof old China\n\nWilliam Alexander6Major George Henry Mason  \n## Preface\n\nThe detailed plates and picturesque captions in Trades &Tradi-tions of Old China were extracted from two books:The Costumeof China,Illustrated by Sixty Engravings:With Explanations InEnglish and French by George Henry Mason,Esquire,a Major ofHis Majesty's (Late)102DRegiment and published by ThomasMcLean in London in 1804 and Picturesque Representations ofthe Dress and Manners of the Chinese,Illustrated in Fifty Col-oured Engravngs with Descriptions by William Alexander,pub-lished by Thomas McLean in London in 1814.Though a meredecade apart they are both amazingly similar and yet different.  \nGeorge Henry Mason was confined to record his views fromCanton and as he writes in his own Preface,he could not“gratifyhis inclination for inquiry\"because of the\"strictly circumscribedlimits marked out for foreigners at Canton”.  \nThose who defied the authorities by extending their journeysbeyond the boundaries would be subjected to insult and arrest.TheChina of Mason's time c.1790 was...  \n\"so completely insulated from the rest of human kindthat only a very superficial acquaintance has beenhitherto obtained with the Religion,the Laws,theManners,or the Arts of a people-the most ancient inthe discovered world.\"  \nHe went on to say that  \n“...it is exceedingly to be regretted,that either ha-bitual caution,ungenerous suspicion or experiencednecessary circumspection,should influence the Chi-nese,even at the distance of fourteen hundred milesfrom the capital of theirempire,to restrain the observ-ing traveller within this narrow compass.\"  \nHis exposure of China was based on his experiences in Cantonwhere he was entertained by Hong merchants(Chinese merchantswho regulated Canton's commerce)at their home.These opportu-nities coupled with  \n\"the aid of some donations,unwearied diligence,andfrequent exertions of patience,(he)obtained no in-","cbCainGwO8GWDkyR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainGwO8GWDkyR","pdf",1900792,112,"English","# Preface\n## 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