a peninsula lying to the north-east of China, between 99 and 109 degrees of E. Long. and between 32 and 46 of N. Lat. It is divided into 8 provinces, which contain 40 cities of the 1st rank, 51 of the 2nd, and 70 of the 3rd. The capital of the whole is Hanching, where the king resides. The Jesuits say, the people are well-made, of a sweet and tractable disposition, and fond of learning, music, and dancing, and in general resemble the Chinese. Their houses are mean, being covered with thatch; and they have no beds, but lie on the floor. They have little silk, and therefore make use of linen-cloth in its room. Their arms are cross-bows, and very long lances or swords. Their trade consists in white paper, pencils, gingling, gold, silver, iron, yellow varnish, fowls whose tails are three feet long, horses no more than three feet in height, fable-skins, caftor, and mineral salt. In general it is a fertile country, though abounding in mountains. They never bury their dead till three years after their decease, but keep them close shut up in coffins for that time. It is tributary to China.