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Siang-tsze played on a flute; 



The lord Kwoh-kiu-tsau held two castanets of jade; 

 Sian-ku stood on a floating bridge, with a sceptre in his hands. ( ] ) 

 Q,. 57. Whom did you pass besides? 

 A. A woman. ( 2 ) 



How was she dressed? 



She had on her head a myriad-bamboo-hat. She wore a white dress, and rode 



on a white horse. In her left hand she held a flower-basket and, in her right hand, 



a sceptre. ( 3 ) 



Whither did she go? 



She entered a groove of firs and cypresses. ( 4 ) 



How can you prove that? 



I can prove it by a verse. 



How does this verse run? 



When a Avithered tree nieets spring it sprouts again. 



When the eight genii pass the se'a they put golden flowers in their hair. 



The princess rides on horseback along the roads, 



The fir-and cypress-grooves is our home. 



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( 5 ) Ping-ling lijfifö f||) was 'the third son of the Holy-Emperor !|ft| ^fï*)' The Emperor Tai-tsung, 



of the Tang-dynasty (A. D. 627—649.), gave him the title of Wei-chui-tsiang-kiun / j£ $£ ffi 

 Ipt). or „General of the awful bludgeon." Tai-tsung of the Sung-dynasty (A. D. 976—997.) added that 

 of „The most glorioua lord Ping-ling" (j^ ^ tj^ j|| ^.j, On the 25th of the 2d month 

 oftheyear 1008, the title of „The most holy king Ping-ling" (^g gg $fö jj| ^f) was be- 

 stowed upon him. (See the l^jÊ. jjjfi g^« Biographies of the Gods), 



