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After having said this, you pronounce the following quatrain on your own ignorance: 



My hairs are not yet dry , and 1 was born late ( ] ) 



I do not yet quite know the affairs of the fiower-paviliou. 



The youngster ( 2 ) hopes that his elder brother will inslruct him: 



Tor he remernbers the time when he pledged himself in the fknver-pavilion. 



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At the Hung-gate you ought to take an incense-stick in both your hands, and say: 



,/I salute the two Generals at the Hung-gate! To night X, of the town X, in the district 

 X, of the prefecture X, has arrived here and wishes to enter the gate." 



The Generals go then to the master to request his permission. 



This being granted, you ought to kneel thrice when entering the Hung-gate. Entering the 

 Hall of Fidelity and Loyalty you ought to kneel four times. Entering the City of willows you 

 kneel twice. 



Having come hefore the Red-flower-pavilion you recite the two quatrains of the // peach- 

 flowers" and the //United waters of the three rivers." ( 3 ) 



i 1 ) i. e. Entered the league. See P. VI, s. xi. 

 ( 2 ) i. e. I. ( 3 ) See p. 54. 



