Talk:Captain Elliot’s Circular (Regarding the Preliminary Conclusion of the Convention of Chuenpi)
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| Source: | "Volume X", The Chinese Repository, pp. 63, <https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Li07AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=zh-TW&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false>. |
Two Versions: 8 paragraphs vs 13 paragraphs[edit]
Apparently, there are two versions of the circular. An 8-paragraph version, as originally cited, and a 13-paragraph one that I'm citing here: Two Years in China: Narrative of the Chinese Expedition, Page 270. The contents of the two are the same, just different paragraphing. I have read both, and the 13-paragraph actually seems a better fit than the 8 one. So, I have changed it into a 13-paragraph one. --Magnet larry (talk) 09:33, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
Cantonese Translation[edit]
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