Note 84 — LXXXI. THE INJUSTICE OF HEAVEN.
Herbert Allen Giles translation
The full explanation and origin of this saying I have failed to elucidate. Dragons are often represented with pearls before their mouths; and these they are supposed to spit out or swallow as fancy may take them. The pearl, too, is said to be the essence of the dragon’s nature, without which it would be powerless; but this is all I know about the subject. return to footnote anchor 84 return to footnote anchor 331