A Griffin in China: Fact and Legend in the Everyday Life of the Great Republic |
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Page 63 - Though there might be a large quantity of meat, he would not allow what he took to exceed the due proportion for the rice. It -was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
Page 63 - ... yellow. His sleeping-dress was half as long again as his body. On the first day of the month he always went to court in court robes. On fast days he wore pale-hued garments, changed his food, and made a change in his apartment. He liked to have his rice carefully cleaned and his minced meat chopped small. He did not eat rice that had been injured by heat or damp or that had turned sour, nor could he eat fish or meat which had gone. He did not eat anything that was discoloured or that had a bad...
Page 125 - THE silver-crested love-pheasants strutted upon the Pheasant Terrace. Now the pheasants are gone, the terrace is empty, and the river flows on its old, original way. Gone are the blossoms of the Palace of Wu and overgrown the road to it. Passed the generations of the Chin, with their robes and head-dresses; they lie beneath the ancient mounds. The three hills are half fallen down from Green Heaven. The White Heron Island cuts the river in two. Here also, drifting clouds may blind the Sun, One cannot...
Page 155 - There should be no Wine Springs on Earth. Why then be ashamed before Heaven to love wine. I have heard that clear wine is like the Sages; Again it is said that thick wine is like the Virtuous Worthies. Wherefore it appears that we have swallowed both Sages and Worthies. Why should we strive to be Gods and...
Page 122 - Ch'ih wen (ir $9), carved on the beams of bridges, because of its fondness for water. It is also placed on the roofs of buildings to keep off fire. Sometimes...
Page 166 - The following have been selected to represent the four seasons: the tree-peony for spring; the lotus for summer ; the chrysanthemum for autumn ; and the prunus for winter.
Page 122 - P'u Lao, carved on top of bells and gongs, in token of its habit of crying out loudly when attacked by its arch-enemy the whale; (2...
Page 125 - ... gone, the terrace is empty, and the river flows on its old, original way. Gone are the blossoms of the Palace of Wu and overgrown the road to it. Passed the generations of the Chin, with their robes and head-dresses; they lie beneath the ancient mounds. The three hills are half fallen down from Green Heaven. The White Heron Island cuts the river in two. Here also, drifting clouds may blind the Sun, One cannot see Ch'ang An, City of Eternal Peace. Therefore am I sorrowful. THE NORTHERN FLIGHT...
Page 179 - Confucianists to fall dead at the sight of the modern Chinese young lady, but, on the contrary, these hardy old gentlemen seem to have survived the flapper, jazz, bobbed hair, and evening dress with remarkable composure.
Page 247 - Chinese scholars take note of four varieties of cranes, the black, the white, the blue...