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A. The mountains were high, so that I could not see the coves. 



ft. 73. What did you find there? 

 A. &n antithetical couplet. 



Q. 74. How does it run? 



A. Heaven, earth, the productive stimulus of nature, , — — -, , ( ] ) 



Drizzling rain, summer-shower , hoarfrost, snow, mist, snowy and sleety rain. 



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Q, 75. How can you prove that? 

 A. I can prove it by a verse. 



Q. 76. How does this verse run? 



A. Hian-chu in the Ling-(wang) temple gathers flow.ers. 



I saw that the Black-dragon (mountain) was irreproachably pure. 



TV hen we shall have filled the world under another dynasty, 



We shall destroy the barbarians and replace our lord on (the throne of) China. 



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~m m m m m m 

 m m # m m ** m 



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In which place were you when you had passed the Black-dragon? 



At the foot of the Nail-mountain. ( 2 ) 



What did you find there? 



A ferry-boat for the valiant Hungs. ( 3 ) 



How many people were in this ferry-boat? 



Three men. 



Who was on the f orepart of the boat ? 



The skipper ( 4 ) Avas on the forepart. 



(*) "We have not been able to find out the meaning of these three last characters. All the copies of the hand- 

 book I possess, contain the same characters, so that there is no doubt about their accuracy. They must 

 mean some of the agencies of nature, as the rest of the distich does. 



( 2 ) I_J_| a mountain in thé Kwan-yin-chain, in the district of Shih-ching l^» ;Öjê), of the pre- 



fecture Hwui-chao, in the province of Canton. 



( s ) $t J^L #8 Vari: &E SS $&? » a sM P witb a red how " or " a shi P for the Hung-chiefs." 



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78. 



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79. 



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80. 



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