Q. 



19. 



A. 





a. 



20. 



A. 





a 



21. 



A. 





Q. 



22. 



A. 





a 



23. 



A. 





G. 



24. 



A. 





a. 



25. 



62 



As I was roaming over the mountains, the sun was still obscured; 



The heart of man on earth turns itself to the east. 



When the cocks crowed at dawn, I wished to help ray native country; ( 1 ) 



The bright pearl ( 2 ) rosé, and reddened myriads of miles around. 



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Who ordered you to come here and enlist in our army? 

 Thian-yu-hung of the ancestral temple Kao-khi ordered us. 

 Which abilities do you possess that you dare to enter the army? 

 I am fully acquainted with the eighteen military arts. 

 How can you prove that? 

 I can prove it by a verse, 

 How does this verse run? 



I am skilied in the use of the sword and ehain-bullet ; 



I handle the lance as well as Tsz-lung; ( 3 ) 



My cudgelling is not different from that of Hui-ying; ( 4 ) 



And my single club is better than (the two of) Wei-cld-kung . ( 5 ) 



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Whence did you comei 



I came from the red-flower-pavilion, where the Hung-master has instructed me. 



How can you prove that? 



I can prove it by a verse. 



How does this verse run? 



i 1 ) Sang-kwoh stands for Sang-tsz \^k TtO» ^ üe P^ ace where one is born; the native village , country, 



fatherland. 

 ( 2 ) i. e. The sun. 



(") A faraous general during the time of the three states (168 — 265). 

 (*) A man of antiquity very skilied in the use of the cudgel. 

 ( 5 ) A man who lived during the Thang-dynasty (618—907), who fought bravely with two clubs, 



