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58 CHINESE ART.
" Reverently made by T'ang Ying of Shen-yang, a Junior Secretary of
the Imperial Household, and Captain of the Banner, promoted five honorary
grades. Chief Superintendent of Works in the palace Yang Hsin Tien, Im-
perial Commissioner in charge of the three Customs stations of Huai, Su, and
Hai, in the province of Kiangnan, also Director of the Porcelain Manufactory,
and Commissioner of Customs at Kiu Kiang, in the province of Kiangsi ; ana
presented by him to the Temple of the Holy Mother of the God of Heaven
at Tungpa, to remain there through time everlasting for offering sacrifices
before the altar ; on a fortunate day in the spring of the sixth year of the
Kmperor Ch'ien Lung."
