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Three drops united togethtr form one speek of red ( l ), 

 Return the rations and provender to the magazine ( 3 ), 

 Please bring forward the army-leader to give his orders ( 3 ) 

 Turn round and enter the five-terraced mountain. ( 4 ) 



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The host covers the betel -nuts with betel-leaves, and lays the betel-leaf-stalks on the top of 

 the leares. 

 The guest ought to take away the stalks and say this quatrain: 



With one weapon eighteen f eet long ■ — ( 5 ) 



Lü-pu fought Liu, Kwan and Chang thrice ( 6 ) 



To morrow we will have a true-spoken instruction ( 7 ); 



And within and without the East-gate we'11 choose a battle-field. ( 8 ) 



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The guest then opens a betel-leaf and says the following quatrain: 



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together , form the character Hang I ^fc I ? or the name 



Three drops of water (y J with Eung I it 



of the league. 



Place the leaves again in the tray. 



Take out the lime and smear it on the leaf. 



Fold the leaf and put it into your mouth. 



The Spatula with which lime is smeared on the leaf. 



( 6 ) Liu-pi, Kwan-yü and Chang-fi fought thrice with Lü-pu a general of Tuiig-choh (jjt ÉjL )• Lü-pu 

 had a lance eighteen feet long. (See the History of the three states.) 



(7) To morrow we will instruct new members. 



f 8 ) And, letting them pass the bridge of swords, affiliate them. 



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