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1.第一个叩门者马戛尔尼子爵抱恨终生的是他在1793年那个夏天的中国之行,倒不全是因为他辜负了英乔治三世国王陛下的神圣使命,令他无法宽恕的是自己.他竟愚蠢地允许大清帝国的官员在公使船的桅杆上悬挂用中文写成的告示,那告示写的“红夷进贡”四个汉字明显带有屈辱性,伤了大英帝国的面子。没有适当的理由可以解释,那么他一定是被东方燥热的阳光烤昏了头。
1. The First Knocker Viscount Maccourti’s life-long hated life was his visit to China in the summer of 1793, not because he had let down the sacred mission of His Majesty King George III and made him unforgivable Himself, who stupidly allowed the officials of the Qing Empire to hang a notice in Chinese on the mast of the marshalling vessel, and that the four Chinese characters of “Red Tribute Tribute” were clearly humiliating and hurt the British Empire face. Without proper reason to explain, then he must have been fainted by the hot sun in the east.