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III.
Yung-ching,[1] A.D. 1722. The third Emperor. Reigned thirteen years.
IV.
Këen lung,[2] A.D. 1735. The fourth Emperor. Reigned sixty years. The Chinese Empire was never so large as in his reign. Këen lung expanded it to its greatest size, as Trajan did the Roman empire by violating the wise precept of Augustus, in adding the province of Dacia. Këen lung sent the embassy to the Khan of the Tourgouth Tartars, a tribe whom he afterwards restored to their native country, from their exile in the Russian territories. Lord Macartney's embassy was to this Emperor.
V.
Kea-king,[3] A.D. 1795. The fifth Emperor. Reigned twenty-five years, Lord Amherst's embassy.
VI.
Taou-kwang,[4] A.D. 1820. The reigning Emperor.
