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express   the   same     thought�察   �You     have   succeeded      in  accomplishing       the 

undesirable;���察 �don't you know that the old man was in the tripe and trotter 

line�拭─�



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     ;To no degree�察─�I replied truly。 ;Yet�察─�I continued�察�matching his idiom 

with another equally facile�察 �wherein was this person's screw loose�拭�Are 

they not openly referred tothose of the Line of Tripe and Trotterby their 

descendants�拭─�

     ;Not   in   most   cases�察─  �he   said�察  �with   a   concentration   that   indicated   a 

lurking sting among his words。 ;Generally speaking�察�they aren't mentioned 

or taken into any account whatever。 While they are alive they are kept in 

the   background   and   invited   to   treat   themselves   to   the   Tower   when   nice 

people are expected�察�when dead they are fastened up in the family  back 

cupboard   by   a   score   of   ten´inch   nails   and   three´trick   Yale   locks�察  �so   to 

speak。 And in the meantime all the splash is being made on their muddy 

oof。 See�拭─�

     I nodded agreeably�察�though�察�had the opportunity been more favourable�察�

I would have made the feint to learn somewhat more of this secret practice 

of burying in the enclosed space beneath the stairs。 Thus is it set forth why�察�

after the statement�察 �They do not hesitate to express their fathers' names 

openly�察─    �it  is  further  written�察    �Walk    slowly�    �Engrave     well   upon    your 

discreet remembrance the unmentionable Line of Tripe and Trotter。; 

     Another      point   of  comparison      which     the  superficial    have    failed  to 

record is to be found in the frequent encouragements to regard The Virtues 

which are to be seen�察�like our own Confucian extracts�察�freely inscribed on 

every   wall   and   suitable   place   about   the   city。   These   for   the   most   part 

counsel moderation in taking false oaths�察�in stepping heedlessly upon the 

unknown   ground�察  �in   following   paths   which   lead   to   doubtful   ends�察  �and 

other timely warnings。 ;Beware a smoke´breathing demon�察─�is frequently 

cast across one's path upon a barrier�察�and this person has never failed to 

accept   the   omen   and   to   retrace   his   steps   hastily   without   looking   to   the 

right or the left。 Even our own national caution is not forgotten�察�although 

to   conform   to   barbarian   indolence   it   is   written�察   �Slowly�察  �slowly�察  �drive 

slowly。;   ;Keep   to   the   Right;   ��or�察   �Abandon   that   which   is   evil�察─  �as   the 

analogy      holds�撮�   is  perhaps     the  most    frequently     displayed    of   all�察 �and 

doubtless      many     charitable    persons     obtain   an   ever´accruing      merit    by 

hanging the sign bearing these words upon every available post。 Others are 

of a stern and threatening nature�察�designed to make the most hardened ill´ 



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doer pause�察�asin their own tongue;Rubbish may be shot here;�察�which 

we   should   render�察   �At   any   moment�察  �and   in   such   a   place   as   this�察  �a   just 

doom   and      extinction     may    overtake     the  worthless。;     This   inscription     is 

never to be seen except in waste expanses�察�where it points its significance 

with a multiplied force。 There is another definite threat which is lavishly 

set    out�察  �and   so   thoroughly      that   it  may    be  encountered       in  the   least 

frequented   and   almost   inaccessible   spots。   This�察  �as   it   may   be   translated�察�

reads�察   �Trespass   not   the   forbidden。   The   profligate   may   flourish   like   the 

gourd   for   a   season�察  �but   in   the   end   assuredly   they   will   be   detected�察  �and 

justice meted out with the relentless fury of the written law。; 

     In a converse position�察�the wide difference in the ceremonial forms of 

retaliatory invective has practically disarmed this usually eloquent person�察�

and he long since abandoned every hope of expressing himself with any 

satisfaction in encounters of however acrimonious a trend。 At first�察�with an 

urbane      smile    and    gestures    of   dignified    contempt�察     �he   impugned       the 

authenticity of the Ancestral Tablets of those with whom he strove�察�in an 

unbroken stream of most bitter contumely。 Finding them silent under this 

reproach�察  �he   next   lightly  traced   their   origin   back   through   generations   of 

afflicted lepers�察�deformed ape´beings�察�and Nameless Things�察�to a race of 

primitive ghouls�察�and then went on in relentless fluency to predict an early 

return   in   their   descendants   to   the   condition   of   a   similar   state。   For   some 

time he had a well´gratified assurance that those whom he assailed were so 

overwhelmed as to be incapable of retort�察�and in this belief he never failed 

to call upon passers´by to witness his triumph�察�but on the fourth occasion a 

young man whom I had thus publicly denounced for a sufficient though 

forgotten reason�察�after listening courteously to my venomous accusations�察�

bestowed a two´cash piece upon me and passed on�察�remarking that it was 

hard�察 �and   those   around�察  �also�察  �would   have   added   from  their   stores   had   it 

been permitted。 From this time onward I did not attempt to make myself 

disagreeable   either   in public   or to   those   whom  I   esteemed   privately。   On 

the other hand�察�the barbarian manner of retort did not find me endowed by 

nature to parry it successfully。 Quite lacking in measured periods�察�it aims�察�

by an extreme rapidity of thrust and an insincerity of sequence�察�to entangle 

the one who is assailed in a complication of arising doubts and emotions。 



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;Who   are   you��no   one   but   yourself�察─  �exclaimed   a   hireling   of   hung´dog 

expression who claimed to have exchanged pledging gifts with a certain 

maiden   who   stood�察  �as   it   were�察  �between   us�察  �and   falling   into   the   snare�察  �I 

protested warmly against the insult�察�and strove to disprove the inference 

before   the   paralogism   lay   revealed。   Throughout   the   whole   range   of   the 

Odes�察�the Histories�察�the Analects�察�and the Rites what recognised formula 

of rejoinder is there to the taunt�察 �Oh�察�go and put your feet in mustard and 

cress;�察�or how can one�察�however skilled in the highest Classics�察�parry the 

subtle inconsistencies of the reproach�察 �You're a nice bit of orl right�察�aren't 

you�拭�Not arf�察�I don't think。; 

     Among the arts of this country that of painting upon canvas is held in 

repute�察�but to a person associated with the masterpieces of the Ma epoch 

these   native   attempts   would   be   gravity´dispelling   if   they   were   not   too 

reminiscent of the torture chamber。 It is rarely�察�indeed�察�that even the most 

highly´esteemed   picture´makers   succeed   in   depicting   every   portion   of   a 

human body submitted to their brush�察�and not infrequently half of the face 

is   left  out。   Once�察  �when   asked      by   a   paint´applier    who   was     entitled   to 

append two signs of exceptional distinction behind his name�察�to express an 

opinion upon a finished work�察�I diffidently called his attention to the fact 

that he had forgotten to introduce a certain exalted one's left ear。 ;Not at 

all�察  �Mr。    Kong�察─    �he   replied�察   �with    an   expression      of   ill´merited     self´ 

satisfaction�察   �but   it   is   hidden   by   the   face。;   ;Yet   it   exists�察─  �I   contended�察�

;why not�察�therefore�察�press it to the front at all hazard�察�rather than send so 

great   a   statesman   down   into   the   annals   of   posterity   as   deformed   to   t

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