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"second, as he nears the last stage of his journey through life! When I was in Peking in last October, I received marked personal courtesy and attention from both Prince Kung and Pao Yin. The former had been in office for at least a quarter of a century, for it was he who negotiated the Treaty of lease with Lord Elgin, in 1860, at the close of the second Chinese war. He appeared to me to be worn out with the cares of office, and Sir Harry Parkes, who has seen him recently, writes to me that he made a similar impression upon him. Pao Yin himself told me that he had reached the great age of seventy-seven. Probably, these two statesmen do not regret their retirement.
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Among the lesser functionaries disgraced, it will be seen that the officers who commanded ... It may be mentioned that the name of Pao Yin is pronounced by the Chinese like Bowen, and that the same Chinese characters are used in writing both our names. The old Chinese Statesman was wont to comment on this coincidence, and to call pleasantly on me his younger brother.
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