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person   of   philosophical   poise  the  written   destiny  was   as   apparent   in   the 

falling leaf   as   in the   rising   sun�察�pointing   the  saying thus�此   �Although   the 

Desert of Shan´tz is boundless�察�and mankind number a million million�察�yet 

in it Li´hing encountered his mother´in´law。; Changing to meet another of 

our company setting forth with a club to make the venture�察�I was permitted 

for a moment to engage him�察�whereupon thrusting into his hand a leather 

charm against ill´directed efforts�察�and instructing him to bind it about his 

head�察�I encouraged him with the imperishable watch´word of the Emperor 

Tsin Su�察 �The stars are indeed small�察�but their light carries as far as that of 

the full moon。; 

     At the steps of the pagoda so great was the throng of those who would 

have   overwhelmed   me   with   their   gracious   attention�察  �that   had   not            this 

person's   neck   become   practically   automatic   by   ceaseless   use   of   late�察  �he 

would   have   been   utterly   unequal   to   the   emergency。 As   it   was�察  �he   could 

only      bestow     a   superficial      hand´wave       upon     a   company        of   gold´ 

embroidered   musicians   who   greeted   his   return   with   appropriate   melody�察�

and     a  glance    of  well´indicated      regret   that   he   had   no   fuller  means     of 



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conveying his complicated emotions�察�in the direction of the uppermost tier 

of maidens。 Then the awaiting Sir Philip took him firmly towards the inner 

part   of   the  pavilion�察  �and    announced�察    �so   adroitly   and   with   such   high´ 

spirited    vigour    had   this  one   maintained     the   conflict�察 �that   it  had  been 

resolutely  agreed   on   all   sides   not   to   make   a   test   of   his   competence   any 

further。 

     Thereupon   a   band   of   very   sumptuously   arrayed   nymphs   drew   near 

with   offerings   of   liquid   fat   and   a   variety   of   crimson   fruit�察  �which   it   is 

customary  to   grind   together on the   platterunapproachable in   the   result�察�

certainly�察�yet incredibly elusive to the unwary in the manner of bruising�察�

and practically ineradicable upon the more delicate shades of silk garment。 

In such a situation the one who is now relating the various incidents of the 

day may be imagined by a broad´minded and affectionate sire�此�partaking 

of this native fruit and oil�察�and from time to time expressing his insatiable 

anguish that he continually fails to become more proficient in controlling 

the oblique movements of the viands�察�while the less successful crickets are 

constrained      to  persevere     in  the  combat�察    �and   the  ever´present     note   of 

evasive purport is raised by a voice from behind a screen exclaiming�察 �Out 

afore�拭�That he may have been�察�but do ee think we was a´going to give he 

out afore�拭�No�察�maaster�察�us doant a´have a circus every day hereabouts。; 

     Thus   may  this   imagination of   competitive   locusts   be set   forth   to   the 

end。 If a fuller proof of what an unostentatious self´effacement hesitates to 

enlarge upon were required�察�it might be found in the barbarian printed leaf�察�

for the next day this person saw a public record of the strife�察�in which his 

own name was followed by a numerical emblem signifying that he had not 

stumbled or proved incompetent in any one particular。 Sir Philip�察�I beheld 

with pained surprise�察�had obtusely suffered himself to be caught out in the 

committal of fifty´nine set offences。 

     With a   not unnatural   anticipation that�察 �as   a   result of   this painstaking 

description�察�this person will find two well´equipped camps of contending 

locusts in Yuen´ping on his return。 

     KONG HO。 



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                                 LETTER XII 



       Concerning the obvious misunderstanding which has entwined itself 

about   a   revered   parent's   faculties   of   passionless   discrimination。   The   all´ 

water disportment and the two�察�of different sexes�察�who after regarding me 

conflictingly from the beginning�察�ended in a like but inverted manner。 



     VENERATED SIRE��Your gem´adorned letter containing a thousand 

burnished   words   of profuse   reproach   has   entered   my   diminished   soul   in 

the form of an equal number of rusty barbs。 Can it be that the incapable 

person   whom�察  �as   you   truly   say�察  �you   sent�察   �to   observe   the   philosophical 

subtleties     of   the  barbarians�察    �to   study   their   dynastical     records    and   to 

associate   liberally   with   the   venerable   and   dignified�察─  �has�察  �in   your   own 

unapproachable felicity of ceremonial expression�察 �according to a discreet 

whisper      from    many    sources�察   �chiefly    affected    the   society   of   tea´house 

maidens�察  �the   immature   of   both   sexes�察  �doubtful   characters   of   all   classes�察�

and criminals awaiting trial�察�has   evinced an unswerving affinity  towards 

light amusement and entertainments of a no´class kind�察�and in place of a 

wise aloofness�察�befitting a wearer of the third Gold Button and the Horn 

Belt´clasp�察�in situations of critical perplexity�察�seems by his own ingenuous 

showing to have maintained an unparalleled aptitude for behaving either 

with   the   crystalline   simplicity   of   a   Kan´su   earth´tiller�察  �or   the   misplaced 

buffoonery   of   a   seventh´grade   body´writher   taking   the   least   significant 

part    in  an   ill´equipped      Swatow      one´cash     Hall    of  Varied     Melodies。; 

Assuredly�察  �if     your   striking    and   well´chosen      metaphors      were    not  more 

unbalanced than the ungainly attitude of a one´legged hunchback crossing 

a   raging   torrent   by   means   of   a   slippery   plank   on   a   stormy   night�察  �they 

would   cause   the   very   acutest   bitterness   to   the   throat   of   a   dutiful   and 

always   high´stepping   son。   There   is   an   apt   saying�察  �however�察   �A   quarrel 

between      two    soldiers    in  the  market´place       becomes      a  rebellion    in  the 

outskirts�察─  �and   when   this   person       remembers   that   many   thousand   li   of 

mixed       elements      flow    between       him    and    his    usually     correct    and 

dispassionate       sire�察 �he  is  impelled     to  take   a  mild    and   tolerant   attitude 



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towards      the   momentary       injustice   brought     about    by   the  weakness      of 

approaching old age�察�the vile´intentioned mendacity of outcasts envious of 

the   House   of   Kong�察  �and�察  �perchance�察  �the   irritation   brought   on   by   a   too 

lavish indulgence in your favourite dish of stewed mouse。 

     Having thus re´established himself in the clear´sighted affection of an 

ever    mild   and    perfect   father�察 �and   cleansed     the  ground     of  all  possible 

misunderstandings in the future�察�this person will concede the fact that�察�not 

to   stand    beneath    the   faintest   shadow     of  an   implied    blemish     in  your 

sympathetic  eyes�察  �he   had   no   sooner   understood   the   attitude  in   which   he 

had been presented than he at once plunged into the virtuous society of a 

band of the sombre and benevolent。 

     These�察�so far as his intelligence enables him to grasp the position�察�may 

be   reasonably   accepted   as   the   barbarian   equivalent   of   those   very   high´ 

minded persons who in our land devote their whole lives secretly to killing 

others whom they consider the chief deities do not really appr

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