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

Note 321 — CLV. ADULTERATION[320] PUNISHED.

Herbert Allen Giles translation

The text has here a word (literally, “mud”) explained to be the name of a boneless aquatic creature, which on being removed from the water lies motionless like a lump of mud. The common term for a jelly-fish is shui-mu, “water-mother.” return to text

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