Note 108 — XV. MISS YING-NING; OR, THE LAUGHING GIRL.
Herbert Allen Giles translation
The rule which guides betrothals in China is that “the doors should be opposite”—i.e., that the families of the bride and bridegroom should be of equal position in the social scale. Any unpleasantness about the value of the marriage presents, and so on, is thereby avoided. return to text