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 Title: “American Consul Arrives at Hankou” 美使抵漢 Year: 1884 Volume: 1 Page Number: 42.2 (left) Caption Translation: American envoy Minister Yang arrived at Hankou in an American warship. Together with the marine force commander and several other officials he visited the Governor-general of Hunan and Hubei. The governor-general first dispatched someone to welcome them into the official bureau and provided them with food and drink. The following day the Governor-general, with his honor guard, went to the American warship to return the visit. As he left the official bureau a salute sounded. Soldiers stood in line by the riverbank, and flags fluttered like rising flames. When the Governor-general arrived at the American warship, Minister Yang set out a feast to welcome him. When people had drunk a bit, the American envoy ordered the soldiers on the ship to demonstrate different formations and to set off underwater mines. After the Governor-general finished watching, he returned to the feast. Soon after this he left, and the envoy fired nineteen salutes to see him off. Chinese cannons also fired in reply, and the sounds followed each other like a string of pearls. Translator: Wang Guojun, revised by Peter C. Perdue |
Caption Text: 美使抵漢 美國欽差楊大臣乘美國兵船到漢口， 率同水師提督及官兵數人拜會兩湖督憲， 督憲先派委員迎迓入署， 款以酒筵， 翌日督憲排列儀仗至美兵船回拜。出署時鳴砲一聲， 護衛兵丁分隊站立江干， 旗幟飄颺如荼如火。督憲到美兵船， 楊大臣亦張筵款待， 飲至半酣， 即命船上兵丁撡（操）演各種陣式， 又放水雷， 俾督憲(從？)觀， 再行入席飲酒， 稍頃告辭， 然炮十九门（門）以送， 中國炮台亦开（開）炮相應， 其聲如連珠云。 View on Yale Visual Resources |
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| illustrations from the 1898 edition of the Dianshizhai huabao, generously provided by the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University Massachusetts Institute of Technology © 2015 Visualizing Cultures  |
| “American Consul Arrives at Hankou” 美使抵漢 1884 (page 42, left) [dz_v01_044] |