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Place the tea-pot with it's snout towards the tea-cup, and say: //"With a single club we save 

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Let us ride alone on a single horse towards the limits of Heaven ; 



And bear all the dust to protect our coming lord. 



When a true dragon (emperor) has been created we'11 meet with great happiness; 



Let us help the lord of Ming to mount the imperial terrace. ( 2 ) 



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Lay a chop-stick across two cups of tea. The guest ought then to take away this chop-stick 

 with three fingers, and recite this quatrain: 



Two dragons came into the world and deseended upon earth 



To establish a lord over China and settle the provinces. 



The five dynasties after the fall of that of Thang had no true lord ( 3 ) ; 



A prince Avho desires to reign long ought to be all heart and soul. 



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The host covers a tea-cup with a white fan, on which are written the characters //The 

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( 2 ) Comp. the quatrain on pag. 108, A. 314. 



( 6 ) During the years 907—959 of our era China was divided into ten districts. Five of these were governed 

 by independent princes who would not recognize the Emperor. 



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