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

Note 150 — XCVII. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.

Herbert Allen Giles translation

Pieces of silver and gold paper made up to represent the ordinary Chinese “shoes” of bullion (See No. XVIII., note 133), and burnt for the use of the dead. Generally known to foreigners in China as “joss-paper.” return to footnote anchor 150 return to footnote anchor 180 return to footnote 259

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