180 _Koue he kien_ is the imperial college. The great hall, where Confucius is honoured, is a very beautiful one. There are likewise halls for honouring the disciples of this philosopher and several eminent Chinese learned men, who have followed his doctrine with success. The emperor goes thither sometimes to perform the ceremony to Confucius as master and instructor to the empire. The avenues, courts, and apartments, of _Koue he kien_ have a most majestic appearance. 70 the smaller observatory. 108 the imperial observatory, built by _Kia hing_, emperor of the last dynasty _Ming_. 136 the tribunal of mathematics, _Kin tien kien_. 137 the tribunal of mandarins, _Ly pou_. 139 the tribunal of rites and ceremonies[149], _Ly pou_. 133 _Ping pou_, the tribunal of war. 134 _Kong pou_, the tribunal for public works. 140 _Heu pou_, the tribunal for the finances. 142 the tribunal of princes, _Tsong gin fou_. 168 _Hing pou_, the tribunal for criminal causes. 144 _Li fan yuen_, the tribunal for foreign nations, Thibetans, Eleuthians, Russians, and indeed for all foreigners, who come by the way of Tartary from the west. 369 _Tou tcha yuen_, the tribunal of the censors of the empire. It has under it the _provosts_ and _mare-chaussée_. 233 the tribunal of _Kieou men ti tou_, or governor of the nine gates, that is, the governor of the city. 185 the tribunal of the judge of the city. This judge is here called _Fou yn_. He has under him two judges named _Tchi hyen_. One of these is the judge of the district called _Ouang ping hien_ 193. The other is called the district of _Tay tsing hien_ 182. These districts are within the city and without it. What is called at Peking _tou yn_ is called elsewhere _tchi fou_. 128 is the tribunal of _Han lin_, or the chosen doctors of the empire. This tribunal, called _Han lin yuen_, is a very considerable one: it has the care of the registers for the Chinese history. All the learned men of the empire, and the colleges and schools, depend upon this tribunal. Here are chosen the judges and examiners of the compositions for the degrees of the learned men; as likewise those, who are most capable of writing verses and pieces of eloquence for the use of the palace and emperor. 107 _Kong yuen_ is the inclosure, where the compositions are drawn up for the examination of the learned men. Here are a great number of little chambers or cells for the composers, and fine apartments for the mandarins appointed to preserve good order, and to prevent those, who compose, from making use of the compositions of others.