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At Thai-phiug is a great festival; 



The Hung-gate is widely opened; 



We are going to assemble at the bridge, 



And teach the children faith and loyalty; 



(How dare you then) bar the road and interrogate me? 



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Having said this, you may continue you journey. 



If you meet a brother on your journey, say this quatrain: 



I see at a distance a spot of red in your face; 

 Don't fear that the original colour is like the wind. (*) 

 Before the censer we have pledged to folio w our heart's 

 You see now that we are sincerely united in one family 



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If you meet a brother on board a ship, say this distich: 



The old man at eighty knew Wen-wang • 



This circumstance and this event the Budhists know. ( 2 ) 



( 1 ) Don't be afraid that a red brother is like a policemau. 



( 2 ) Kiang-shang (^ IpÏM w ^^ tne surname Tsze-ya ( ■?• 5f I, was a man who lived during the 



reign of the emperor Chau (j^J") of the dynasty Shang I TÖj J, (B. C. 1154 — 1122). He was a descendant 



of the first minister of the emperor Yao ( J^H. and was a very wise and virtuous man, being very 



prudent at the same time. In virtue of the office he held at court, he had tried, several times, to 

 change the horrible conduct of his prince; but, seeing that all his efforts were in vain, he retired from 

 office. On a certain day that Wen-wang, earl of the Western lands, was hunting, he met Kiang-shang 

 at the northern shores of the river Ui I yl| *7fC)l Wen- wang, who knew him by reputation, trea- 



ted him very respectfully and , in the course of their conversation , he said : „ The land of Chau 



