FOOTNOTES
Herbert Allen Giles translation
“... Move these eyes? ... Here are severed lips.”
—Merchant of Venice, Act iii., sc. 2.
“The [wo]man that deliberates is lost.”
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“Her rustic home stands by the Tung-t‘ing lake. Ye who would there a pure libation pour, Look for mud walls—a roof of rushy make— And Judas-tree in flower before the door.”
“The frog is not drowned in the river; The medicine hare lives for ever.”
“The pulse of human nature throbs from England to Cathay, And gambling mortals ever love to swell their gains by play; For gold in this vile world of ours is everywhere a prize— A thousand taels shall meet the prayer that on this altar lies.”
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · return to textNote 2 · The Chinese believe that the Judas-tree will only bloom where fraternal love prevails. return to textNote 3 · return to textNote 4 · As the question is not concealed from view, all that is necessary for such a hollow deception is a quick-witted versifier who can put togeth