Absurdly enough, the practice of addressing the Emperor of China hopefully in Latin persisted into the nineteenth century.
可是這種做法一直到十九世紀還有人如法炮製，直到終於有人甘冒不韙，斗膽直言：「… … 在信封上用拉丁文寫個中國皇帝收，然後聽天由命，任其流落，實非明智之舉！」