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乾隆五十七年(1792年),英王乔治三世派遣以乔治·马戛尔尼勋爵为首的使团来华为乾隆皇帝贺寿。同年八月十一日(9月26日),这个首次赴华的英国官方使团800余人从朴茨茅斯港启程,于次年五月十四日(1793年6月21日)抵达中国。后中英双方就拜谒乾隆皇帝的礼仪进行反复商讨,八月初十日(9月14日),马戛尔尼与部分随员在避暑山庄觐见乾隆皇帝,并参加了万寿庆典等宴会。马戛尔尼此次访华,转交了乔治三世给乾隆皇帝的两封信函。其中一封提出希望中英两国友好
Fifty-seven years of Qianlong (1792), King George III sent a mission led by Lord George Macartney to come to China for Qianlong Emperor He Shou. In the same year, August 11 (September 26), more than 800 first official British mission to China departed Portsmouth Harbor and arrived in China on May 14, 1793 (June 21, 1793) . After the two sides held repeated discussions on the etiquette to visit the Emperor Qianlong, on August 10 (September 14), Macartney and some of his entourage visited the Emperor Qianlong at the Summer Resort and attended the banquet such as the celebration of Wanshou. During his visit to China, Macartney handed over two letters from George III to Emperor Qianlong. One of them proposed the friendship between China and Britain