People have their reasons why they do things. The emperor's question to Sun Yuting was most likely intended to assess the possibility for the establishment of Chinese colonies in Asia and the Americas.
Sun Yuting was known to be a native of Jining in Shandong Province. He was known to have the position of a tong jinshi chushen.
n 1816, Lord Amherst visited the Jiaqing Emperor's court. Sun Yuting advised the Jiaqing Emperor not to allow Amherst to do the customary prostrations and kowtowing for foreign ambassadors to the Emperor.
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