Editorial note — Chapter XX · CHINESE TARTARY.
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[Footnote 143: The Chinese have besides a proverb quite in accordance with this rule, for they say: 'Bedjidu yikha le Djidu shi kha-le.' 'I know not, is one word; I know, is ten words,' that is to say, 'Saying "I know not," you have said everything; but saying "I know," your interrogator will put more questions, and you will have necessarily more to say.']