Note 2 — Chapter XXIII · THE EIGHT PROVINCES.
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The nearest town beyond the frontier, at which the Chinese merchants were wont to assemble, is Hun-chun.2 This loophole of entrance into Corea, corresponded to Ai-chiu at the Yalu River in the west. As at the latter place, foreigners and Christian natives have attempted to penetrate the forbidden country at Kion-wen, but have been unsuccessful.