The soil is fruitful, and the climate mild and temperate: the happy region was ignorant of earthquake and pestilence; the emperor's throne was turned towards the East, and a golden wolf on the top of a spear seemed to guard the entrance of his tent.

One of the successors of Bertezena was tempted by the luxury and superstition of China; but his design of building cities and temples was defeated by the simple wisdom of a Barbarian counsellor.

"The Turks," he said, "are not equal in number to one hundredth part of the inhabitants of China.

If we balance their power, and elude their armies, it is because we wander without any fixed habitations in the exercise of war and hunting.
Are we strong?
we advance and conquer: are we feeble?
we retire and are concealed.

Should the Turks confine themselves within the walls of cities, the loss of a battle would be the destruction of their empire.
The bonzes preach only patience, humility, and the renunciation of the world.