This plate describes and illustrates the lifestyles of the different provinces of China. The central illustration is of a bridge in the Province of Xensi, it is surrounded by 11 vignettes of Chinese figures. It was published in the fifth volume of the encyclopaedic atlas by Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) entitled 'Atlas Historique ou Nouvelle Introduction a l'Histoire, a la Chronologie & a la Geographie'. It was issued from 1705 to 1720 in 7 volumes. Koeman II p. 33; Phillips 579; Shirley 'Atlases in the BL' T.Chat-1a; Van Waning 'Chatelain's Atlas Historique' in IMCoS Journal 120 pp. 7-15.