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Lord Amherst was the head of the second formal British embassy to [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] China, after [[Lord George Macartney]] in [[1793]].
Lord Amherst's mission took place in [[1816]]. Though they arrived in China, the members of the British mission either fell ill, or claimed to have fallen ill; when this was reported to the [[Jiaqing Emperor]] by Minister of Rites Dang Dong <!--當冬-->, he is said to have been furious. He ordered the British embassy to return home, and canceled all feasts and bestowals of gifts; the British did not make further formal embassies to the Qing of this sort.
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==References==
*Chun, Allen J. "The Ching tribute system as guest ritual: a preliminary description." ''Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Sinology''. Vol. 169. 1989, 201.
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