月余间拜访我朝官员十八位
“visited 18 of our officials in a month,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
贵邦使臣
“Your envoy”
月余间拜访我朝官员十八位
“visited 18 of our officials in a month,”
礼赠超万两白银
“gifting over 10,000 taels of silver.”
“We have been watching every move you made, and your corrupt attempts to buy our court officials have been thoroughly documented.”
In imperial China, private interactions and gifts between foreign envoys and domestic officials were strictly forbidden and treated as high treason.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in a little over a month
A formal written/classical time expression often seen in historical dramas or official reports.
our dynasty; our imperial court
A formal self-referential term used by imperial subjects to refer to their own ruling state.