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Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2)

Note 742 — APPENDIX A.

Herbert Allen Giles translation

On fête days at temples it is not uncommon to see cages full of birds hawked about among the holiday-makers, that those who feel twinges of conscience may purchase a sparrow or two and relieve themselves from anxiety by the simple means of setting them at liberty. return to text

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