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Rewards by ribbons and vanity in European courts
Letter LX from Vien Chi Ahangi to Pum Hoam at Pekin reviews European rulers rewarding courtiers with two yards of ribbon. It critiques flaunted pageantry, warns against ambition for its own sake, and quotes Confucius on happiness. The piece also reports on Rome Portugal tensions, papal ministerial expulsions, and European military moves.
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Pum Hoam
Pekin
Europe
Fatith Aswell
Confucius
Mandarine
Rome
Pope
Delci
Spinelli
Rezzonico
Torrigiani
Cavalchini
Antonelli
Merlini
M. Grampi
Portugal
Holy See
Cardinal Corfini
St. Anthony
Father
Royal Hospital of
Francis di Amada-Mendozza
Don Antonio Joseph Rodrigues
Francis di Almada-Mendozxa
Holmes
Florence
St. Anthony’s Church
Lisbon
Crown of
M. d’ Almada
Madrid
d’Almada
Ferdinand
Saxenhausen
Marshal Broglio
Prince of Brunswick
Petersburgh
Russia
Myschakow
Cronstadt
Dantzick
Polansky
Gothland
Silesia
Brandebourg
Pomerania
Saxony
Dresden
Lauban
Lusatia
Marshal Daun
Wirtemberg
Caffel
Prince Xavier of Saxony
Fulda
Broglio
Hamelon