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The Pure is impure! the Bright is not briglit ( J )! 



With iron courage und brorize hearts we sit in the city of willows. 



Shields and spears are piled up, and we lament over the present times; 



But within one revolution of Heaven and Earth, the great Ming shall be restored. 



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OOO These four cups of tea are called the Wind-tea. ( 2 ) 



If there is no wind ( 3 ) the host takes the middle-most cup away and places it to the right , so 

 that the cups form a square, meaning //four persons who have pledged fraternity." ( 4 ) 

 The host then requests the guest to drink of the tea. 



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QQ Five cups are placed in this order by the host. The guest takes the leffc under- 

 r\ most cup and places it to the right. These cups form then the character Ming ( 5 ): 



Tsung-ching I Jp. jtjê I . guarded the frontiers against the Manchoos. Animated by the desire of 

 helpiug his master, and destroying the rebel Li-tsz-ching (35 Ö BE ) • ne thought it best to call 



in the help of these Manchoos, against whom he was to guard China. To propitiate them, he sent 

 them rich presents of gold, silver and silk, and fine girls, as they sadly wanted women. The 



Manchoos, glad of this opportunity, entered China by the pass of Shan-hai I MJ ^^ |||] l , on the 



26th of May, 1644. They reached Peking on the 6th of June and, having been welcomed by the 

 population as liberators, they immediately made themselves master of the gates, and proclaimed the 



young prince Shun-chi I IjpJ Yjrr)« a l a( l °f seven years, as their emperor. So the glorious dynasty 



of Ming became extinct. (Histoire Générale d. 1. Chine, T. X, pp. 493 — 506.) 



(!) The Tartars took the title Tsing (pure), whilst the foregoing dynasty had the title Ming (bright). 



( 2 ) JÜl sR *• e - Police-tea, or Stranger-tea. 



( 3 ) Policeman or stranger. ^ A ^ ^ 

 ( 5 ) r$f , the name of the Chinese dynasty. 



