This gives rise to another interesting question: when a Western merchant went to Canton to make his order, did he give the Chinese craftsman a drawing and say he wanted something modeled on it? Or did he bring the actual thing and say "make one of these?" Or did he bring a little model?
這又引出了另一個有趣的問題：一個西方商人到中國來辦貨時，是給中國工匠看一張圖，說我就要這樣的東西；或是帶一件實物請他仿製；或是帶個小模型？