In China, of which kingdom the government and arts, without commerce with or knowledge of ours, surpass our examples in several excellent features, and of which the history teaches me how much greater and more various the world is than either the ancients or we have been able to penetrate, the officers deputed by the prince to visit the state of his provinces, as they punish those who behave themselves ill in their charge, so do they liberally reward those who have conducted themselves better than the common sort, and beyond the necessity of their duty;
Txinan, erresuma hartako gobernuak eta moldeek, gureen berri izan gabe, gure ereduak gainditzen baitituzte alderdi askotan, hango historiak irakasten baitit nola mundua antzinako jakintsuek eta guk uste baino zabalagoa eta ezberdinago dela, Txinan diot, printzeak bere probintzietako egoeraren aztertzeko igorri ofizialek, beren karguan gaizki ari direnak zigortzen dituzten bezala, eskuzabalik sariztatzen dituzte ere ongi ari direnak, zori arruntaz eta bere eginbeharraz goiti.