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Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Note 304 — LV. THE VIRTUOUS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.

Herbert Allen Giles translation

Such is the Chinese idiom for what we should call “bitter” tears. This phrase is constantly employed in the notices of the death of a parent sent round to friends and relatives. return to text

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