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Chapter 11: A Warm Heart Cannot Rest: Rushing a Thousand Li to Help

From: Hau Kiou Choaan, or The Pleasing History. Translated by James Wilkinson, edited by Thomas Percy (London, 1761)

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[Volume II, Book II, Chapter X (cont.) / Volume III, Book III, Chapter I]

CHAP i.• KW 0-kbe-tzu. perceiving tha~ the Grand Vifitor would not affift him further in promoting the defired marriage, but on the contrary had fee forth a Declaration to prevent the young lady from being molefted any more - on that fubjed ; perceiving alfo that • CHAJ'. XI. In the Tranllator's manufcript. he was unwilling to admit him into his prefence ; was no lefs perplexed how to proceed, than at a loss to account for such an alteration. In this distress he went to the Che-bien to learn what intelligence he could from him ; telling him, how much he was mortified by the Grand VHitor"s coldnef s, and by the order he had publifhed. That Mandarine was surprized at what he heard : " And yet, said he, this is all the work of Sbt,ey-~-fin. She hat-h found means to terrify the Grand Vititor into what he hath dane.,. The other objc&:d how iinpoftible that wa for a. young and fitnplc girl, who had neither father nor any one elfe to dirccl her. " You muft ·not consider her, said theCbe-him, as a y.ung woman of

~f, the ordinary {burip. Althougli fhe b very young, fi'ie hath uncommon abi- , Tttles. When I tarried the flrft order to her howfe, fhe made no objection to it; l,ut reteived it with very little tontefn: and when at partirig I told her it w-as not a thing of trifling tonfoquence, ana th'at it was !oo lat-e for her now to recede ; fhe told me fhe thbuld not atttr ·her cwrt irltentsons, ,ttnough the Gra~tl Vifitor might poffibJy · depart from his. Her words are Jo punclually accomplilhcd, that it is · evident ihe hath otcafioned this change. But how Ihc effected it you mufl: in~ ril yoorself at the tribunal, where die matter was tranfacted!' Kwo-lcbe• lz'tt followed Ms advice, and apPtied ~ tne people of thl! audience for iri.: ~ · B 2 telligence ;

telligence ;, but without e.ffea: : for their mafter, unwilling to become the talk and reflecl:ion· of the city thus upon his firft arrival, had given pofitive orders that nor a fyllable fuould be mentioned of the young lady's appearing before him, nor that fhe had occasion• ed this change in his measures. Twe~ty days were now paft in this uncertainty, when an officer from the Grand Vifitor's tribunal came to tell Kwo-lcbe-tzu that his mafter had sent · · for him. He gladly obeyed the fummons, and presented himself at his audience. The Mandarine received him with much ref pea, and carried him into an inner apartment : where he told him; that when he firft arrived he was ignorant ignorant of the affair between hJm and the young lady Shuey-ping-fin, but that his too forward interpofal in it had like to haye been attended with v_ery fatal confequ~nces. Ki,:o-khe-tzu with fomc furprize, atked in what respect any confequences that were fatal could refult to one of his rank; or what harm could arife from fo · trifling a cause as the concerting a private wedding

he even ventured to remonftrate

to his Excellence the inconfiftency which had appeared in his conducl', a~d which seemed fo. unfuitable to one of his gra. vity and office •. . The Mandarine replied, " I looked upon Shuey-ping-fin . • The Chint.fe idiom is, " What lhould makQ " you speak with two· tongues, one of your gravity and office i Is it not enough wh~q " rou fpcak once? Tranflator's M.S, as a girl of no confequenc~: and when · I fcnt 111Y order requiring her tp co~pleat the marriage, I never imagine(\ that fhe would be. able to set it afid~ much lefs that file was of fo ditl:ingui! hed a capacity as fht; appears tQ be poffefi'cd of. She mjlde no objections to the order, but fcemed difpofed to , opey it; yet afterward$ drew. up a petition tQ th~ Emperor, am\ sent it to court by a trufty servant. Judge from hence of the acutenefs of her wit." The furprize of Kwo/ cbe-tz.11 w~ increafed, " How, fai<J, he, could fhc dare to fend a pcti-: ·cion to the Emperor? ferhaps this is only reported to il:rike you with fear.,, " She not only sent it, purfucd the Grand Vifitor, but came her-: fdf

1'.lf t~ ITIY audience,: aOQ fhtw.ed me a copy of ~~" · : Wiiy• dld Mt your EJcdl~cy trAr t~ -papm-, . said the }'9Uth. and :ot<ier htr to be chaftifed ?,, " H¢r petition, repl~ he, had been d1f- . patp~ three days. · After that time if l ha.d oEei-cd to pafs fc:nteace upon .her; whe1a th¢. Emperor had feen the p¢.tition and demandtd her to be forth• cQming, what anfwcr could I have retunwd ? For had I behaved tQ her with the. leafl hadhnc{s, ~ WIS prc~d , tf> plunge a poinud iA ~ bofom. It bthll>ved nx: therefore «> treat her wirh g¢ntlctoefs, and to iffwe · forth a Declaration in htr favour. By this mearis. the WM. pw,aifod , <>n t() . recall her fuvaae. But until · he- returned, it· was . ia no wife -proper for B 4 m~

me to speak ·to you. The petition is at length brought back. I haye it in my possession, and .have sent for you to ihew it unto you. Here it is!" When Kwo-kbe-tzu had peru(ed it, he was aftoniihed at herboldnefs. "What a daring· and daunt!~ pctitjon is here, said he ? Shall lhe go clear with this? No! I will not quit her yet. I muft still imreat your Excellency's affiO:ance.1' The Grand Vifi(or replied, ".Couid I ferve you in any thing elfe, you !1)ight command me. But with regard to my being any forthcr. concerned in this marriage, you muft never think of it. And if you still perlift in your views on this subject, you will perhaps involve yourfclf in ~ great dtal of trouble: for this young lady i~ ~manov~able in her resolutions.'• ~ ~-kbe-lZ1'

Kwo-kbe-tzu, not knowing what an .. f.wer to make, took his leave of the Grand Vifitor, fccmingly persuaded of the reasonablenefs· of his advice, . and dif po fed to comply with it. But he still · retained in his bofom a defire to pradife farther on the young lady ; and the moment he was withdrawn refolved to f pare no means for its gratification. With this view he sent for his friend Cbttn-lcie, to whom he communicated· the young lady's petition, and all the circumftances attending it. (When he had perufed it] "Certainly, said he, her petition is very home and fevere: And yet fhe does not object: to your pcrson or charact:er : but pleads her father's abfence, and her having no permission from him to marry, She pnly urges the 'injuftice

ifti~~ of f pr~g lwr ip~ a. m~ri4ge ~er thtff; draimfhlnces, A~ I think 1he h~th r.~~f9~. Let ~s think ne longer tMIJ Qf PQ!Jlpul(iv~ lT)CthOQs: bQ~ proc; ecd to others more proper and effeciμJll, And for thefe you h.ave now a good opportunity. The ~pdi,-rine her father is. io banjlhment, Y Q\\r father is preferr-ed, and hath great iot~reft a( (Qurt. You h1lve nQthin.g to do then bMt to fMd thither Md reJ11t(: all the m~~r to him. Alk his coofcnt, and mtr~iJi him to procure the fame from tho · f#hc;r of the youngJady. Difgrac.ed and l,;m&Jhed •• he ii, he will hardly rcfufc ~ T;hi.~ oncf obtwicd. there is no f9i>ffl w. f(11r that {h¢ wi!J denJ yau

my mo11c." . Kw,-kbi-tz" approved of

IM$ a{{,~. He fmiled and said, " There I will

wjll them · be; I}O dang~r th~t {h~ w.ill t~ . a,igflt agai,i, And Y~t, fald h~. ,w,h,e.Q. ,I wrfr~ t<> my father. orie canno~ d.,fcfmi to. -~ircultlil:~~s PPQfl p~per : · QR the Qtber hind, I hav~ no fervll~ fapable of qifi;h.aFging fq im,imiaot ~ trnft, I wilh yoy w9uld oblig~ m,: f~ far as to undertake it. YQu will_ lltl~ me greatly in. this affair with my · father." " . This, replied hi.s fdend, is no more .than to give y~u a good morrQW. f am CP.JW~n~Q .to go, if it will ferve yQ\J. This is an undenaking of little troub.u=. But if it were other-. wife, I 1hQu.kl fct abqut it with a very good will." Kwo-kbi-tzu im .. medi.-,;ely prepared . the ]e(ter, and gave it to · Chun.~lie, whQm he libe•. r31ly furnilhed with nec.e~aries for . his Journey; journey ; ordering an old servant to attend him. He accordingly set out for the court, in compliance with the requefi: of Kwo-lebe-lzu, in order to bring his marriage with Shuey-ping.Jin' to a fafe and f peedy conclufion. We shall at prtsent leave him in purfuit of his journey. CH AP. IL [LE - T us now return to] '.litbcbung •u [who] immediately .upon leaving than-tong had repaired to his house in the city of '.lab-ming. There the lovely Shuey-ping-fin was the fubjetl: of his thoughts, as alfo the affcttion and kindnefs with which fhe h:id treated him. In purfuancc of her advice, ho he was Qeeome a great student of books · of the law ; and having maftered his too hafty and inflexible temper, , began ·to think of qualifying himself for f.,me employment, and of rendering himself famous for his learning. One day as he happened to look into the Gazette•, he faw an· account that his father, had petiti9ned the Emperor for leave .to thro~ up · his office, pleading the decline of his health, ~hich rendered him unable • The imperial GAZETTE, which is publiOied every day atPt-li,rg, and thence difperfed thro' all the provincer, is a large pamphlet of feventy or eighty pages, giving an account of all the public tranfaaions in this nft empi_re. It is a colleclion of all the memorials, peti-· , tions, &c. prefenl'Cd to the Emperor I of the an. fwers which he makes to them ; of the inllructions he delivers out, &c. . The following fpecimcn extra&d from tht Jefuiw Lettm;may fcrve to shew their form and manner. u IA the Gar.ttte for December 15. ~727, . whicll vnabre to fopport the fatigues of it, He was a good deal alarmed at thit informaiion, which was quite new to hiln1 ~'11klt w:tt tne tlnrd c!:ry of the (econd moon, ji,:ft we find inferted the tities of· luch memoria!s, u arrived at court the third of ,he eleventh moon, with a fliort acco11::t of th'e fobjetb of tl\em, For inftance, 'The memorial of the Yiceroy o.f Clmton tiJ11cer11i,rg ibt mogrizi11es ·of rict, which rrquirt to ht rmtwtd.-'The memo,ial if the gt• 'tirral of the Chinefe troo;s ib the prD'Vince of Che• !ia11g, in whii:b ht accufes fach ti Mandarint 11/ ha'Ving extifled money if hisfubaltern officers, f:fc. ln tl\is manner notice is given of perhaps twenty or thirty memorials.-Secondly are printed the ilnfwen which are this day given by the Emperor to many other memorials and petitions, lf there have bet!n gi\fen nnnt, then it is, 'Ibis il.t, t!xr, ha'llt hem 1id tiftfwers ti'flt1t on the part If his ffltl}ej/J.-Thirdly are given the iriffrue.: tions arid otders ilfoed out by tltc Emperor; either of his own voluntary motion, or in anfwet to atticles which have been propofed to him.-:Foortl, ly · are pilblifhed the detiberations, which the fovereign courts ha,'.e prefi:otcd t0 his majefty to receive his cqti6rrnafion.-In the laJ! place come many other memorNils', which have been difpatched to dte Emperot by the great Mauc)aril\ts of the provinces; fuc:h are the Vice .. roys. him : and immediately orcMred ms fcr.i. vant co get ready his horfe 81\d fullow him to collt't. He accardiogly ftt for. wards, roys, the Generals of the '/' artarian or CIJint}i troops, and other officers of the firll rank.-ln this collection alfo are inferted aH criminal causes puniiliablc with death; all public calamities, with the means ufed for relief of the sufferers ; all public cxpcnces and diIBurfements ; all,new Jaws and regulations : the remonfha-nces made to the Emperor concerning his own conduct or decifions: the day when the Emperor facrilice!t, ploughs, &c. the time fixed for the great Mandarines to alfemble to receive his infiruaions: in fuort whatever relates to the public adminillration. The Chineft Ga,r,ttt, is of gteat ufe, not only as it affords · d'ireaions for the Mandarincs in difcharge of their offices, but alfo a, it is a fevere check upon their conduct. For it not onlr contains the names, places of abode, &c. of all new Mandarines, and of thofe to whofe places they fucceed ; bat alfo of all that are deprived of their employments and the reasons for thc;ir difmiffion; viz. this far being too fevere or indul- . gent in hispuniOunents; that for embezzeling the Emperor·s tribute ; another for oppreffion; a fourth for want of talents to ~overn well. It even records any. praises or reprimands bellowed by the Emperor. As for initance, S"'b d Manilari11, btltb

16 . wards, and having almoft reached the end of his journey, overtook a man mounted on a mule. As he pafi"ed hath hut an indifferent ckara8tr; if ht dots not mend, I ,will punijb him.-l11 lbort whether a Mandarine is accufed or fufpel!led, is promoted or d~gra<led, is amerced any part of his falary or totally calhiered, it is immediately publilbed throughout the empire. It 1s eafy to imagine what excellent purpmcs of government this mull ferve, and what influence it mull have on the Mandarines: and indeed all is but barely necessary in an empire fo extenfive as C/;ina, and among a people naturally fo corrupt as the CJ:inefi. N. B. Jt may be proper to mention that nothing is printed in the Ga%t1tt, but what hath been prefcnted to the I?.mpen,r or comes from him; thofe who have the care of it not daring to add a tittle, not even their own reflcftions. under pain of corporal punifhmcnt. In the year 1726, a writer belonging to the tribunal, and another employed in the pofl,office, were condemr. ed to die, for having inferted certain falfehoods in the Gazette. See P. Du Ha/de, I. 259. Lmm tdijiant. ~,. xviii. 434, &c. xix. 265, &c. xxii. 1901 & c. Where ma_y lu fu11 many curioUJ extra! 11 from th, Chin&/i Ga:uttes; by

. . . by him, he looked in his face and knew _him to be ,~ huey-yeong, the old and faithful servant of his fair hoftefs. He immediately aficed what bufinefs brought him thither, and where he was going. The old man knew him; and leaping from his mule, said, " · Sir, I was going in search 'of you, with whom I have very urgent bufinefs." . q'ieb-chung-u "'ith some furprize aficed him, " What bufinefs can you have with me ? Does it relate to your mailer or your young lady.0 He told him it was concerning the latter. The young gentleman's wonder at this was increafed. " How, said he! Pray what is the matter ? ' Perhaps K_wo-kbi-tzu hath given her frefh difi:urbance ?" Shuey-yeong replied; " It is _fo, and he VOL, III. C · hath hath driven her to foch extremities that ftie had no oth~r rerpedy, but to fend this petition_ to the court. Believing me incapable of conduaing an affair: of this importance as t ought, fhe hath, 9rdeied me to feek you out, and in .. ireats you, to direct me how to get it: delivered." " That is not diffieult, re~ .Plied the youth: but in what manJ1¢r hath Kwo-kbe-lZ4, troubled your m~ftrefs, to occasion her to take a step of this oon"' fequence ?" The old man rold him io • brief, that upon t:he arrival of the Grand - Vifitor of· the province~ who had been a pupil of his father's, Kwo-lcbi~tzu had applied to him ; and that he had been prevailed upon to be a chief inftrument in promoting his deftgns, having itfued out two ord.ers to compel her to marry him; him ; " Which my lady added htj inding it impoffib}e to avoid, in her extremity drew up this petition, and difpatched me aw«y to -find y<>u out ; which i _have happily accomplifhed in meeting with you : and if ia the courfe of this affair the,e &ould be occali<>ft for money, I come fuifnciently provi- · ded."' 'li'IINbrmf-u was deeply 'con-. cerned at his tale 1 and a1ked the name . of the Grand Vifitor; wondering. how he durfl: to commit (uch injuftice. Shuey-yeong t(i)ld him his name wa• Fung-ymg. He: r-cplied; " I ·:lalow him. Hath he done this ? Ve.ry well I And your lady's petition is againft this gentleman ? 'Tis rm ·matter. Do not you offer t0 ffir.ike- on the drum, 1 will carry the petition myself to the o;g;,;,edby ~o proper office~ • ; who will prcsently give it to the Emperor. When his, · majcfty returns it to the kcretary, I will fo explain the affair to that minifter, that when it comes · to be examined inr.o, the whole truth· shall be made appear without aay difguife or partiality. In tonfequcnce of which the Grand Vifitor will soon be difcharged from his office.~• •' Sir, re- • In the Tranllator'a M.S. ir i,, "'[ nt-cbmg-fo,· •' or the great Mandarine, who teceives peti" tions. -See alfo vol. 1. p. 36.-But from the accurate Baytr we learn that this is a miftake

the officer, who bears the title here given.

presides over the ceremonies of the court: it being hia bufinefs tt> give anfwer to the other Mandarines on this fubjefl.--The officer -t>robably meant in the text, is the Chu,,z-Jhu~· •r iecond chancellor, who (u we learn from the fame learned writer) is the immediate fuperintendanr' of all petitions, and fupplicatory tpiftlet. Vide Ba.,1ri Mufzm Sinkum, &om z. p. 20,, 203. plied ' , . plied' the other, if you can do us this service, it will be · very fortunate - for my lady." This said, 'l'ilb-,hu11t-11 mounted his horfe •, and the old servant his mule. Then the youth told him, that as his horfe ,vent fafter than he could follow, he would go before to the audience of his father, the Superior of the Viceroys, and would. order SifJ'W•lan _ to stay without to ~i~e him. Thither . S/;uey-yeong promifed hifu to follow, . 'iieb-,bung-u put forward fu)l fpeed, and arrived at his father's audience: where he found a large concourfe of ' • The Author did not inform us before, that · he had difmounted, this however was a com. pliment to the young lady's meif~ge and petition. · · · o,;, i,ed ,y n pcopm attending, whence he concludect that. the Emperor h-1 not permitta:<l him to Jay down his office•. The~ ~ighting from his horfe he went iA to pay his duty to his parents, where to his great joy he learnt that he was. right in his conjechire. When he dif.. · ~nrcd he ordertd his servant to stay without till Sbuey-ymrg arrived. He ,vaiad till night, but the other never . c:aine. 'Fhe young gentleman imagined that as the old man's mule waa flow, it might poffibly be late before he reached the city; and that he had ~hereforc perhaps put into {Qme' inn, 11 • The Emperor's retaining him in his poll was a great mark of truft and considence ; and a public teftimony to the i'nftgnty of bis former adminiftration. This waa tkuefore a propeti fubjeB: for the vifits and. coagratlllatioas of hi• friends and dependents. · · intending

intending t9 wait upon ~ on. , tll,s morrow. In the morning he sent ~'"" again co wait for him, which hes did till noon, but the old m'1t nc-ve.r appeared. 'Iitb-,h#t,g-u thought ht mi&}1t have been detained by fomc acquaintance of his old '1}after's, an.d. that having divulged his bufinefa be had been directed to purfue a differ~ method. However he called to hinf. , - one of his father's audience, a capable _ person, and sent him to m~e inquiry after him. He accordingly went· t~ the tribunal of petitions, ~nd ~ed if any one had been there from the daughter _of the Mandarinc Sb114J-lctu-ye: but he was anfwered that none such had been at that audience. 'Iieb-,bung-u - then supposed he might have 3onc to the gate of the palace, where the drum is ftationed ; but word Wa$ brought him that he had not been there. He now began to consider whether' the Grand Vifitor might not have got somebody to waylay him, or whether he might not suddenly have dropt down and expired ; which on account of his great age and the fatigue of the jeurney he thought not improbable. He had sent about all day long 'till it was night, and had learnt no news of him, yet he could not be fatisficd 'till he had ordered - Siow-tan to go out again the next morning, and to make all possible inquiry after him. On· the morrow 'l'ieb-cbung-u arofe early~ ~arly, not having been able to Oecp for ·thinking what could have become of the servant with the petitio.n. ·He sent every where· in search, but· could get• no account of him, though he continued his inquiries four or five days : which rendered him very uncaf y. He thought if the petition could be once delivered to the Emperor, there would then be oo danger from the Grand Vifitor. But he feared it had not yet reached the hands of his majefty. " This Mandarine, said he, . is very powerful, and what can a poor weak girl; with all the wit and ingenuity fue is miftrefs of, do in oppofition to his authority ? She hath no father at home, nor any one elfe to affift and protect her : all the inhabitants

so habitants of '!'/ff-nan muft be in the intereft of her adverfary. Thetefore if I do not go to her affiftance th~te is · nobody will appear in her behalf. As I am acquainted with the ,iare of her affairs, I cannot in honour but fty tQ her relief. I should be more cowardly than a woman, should I forbear to help -her in this exigency, which nothing but my ignorance of her misfortunes could excuse." In .purfuancc of thefe r'cfolves, he went to take leave of his father and .mother, intreating their permission to

return to ·his ftudies. Then leaYing Jlis horfe behin9 him, for the greater pri;. vacy and dif patch, he hired a mule. and together with his servant, rook -the road for Shan-tong, bailing away, Jo th~ relief of th~ yoμpg lady : ( about whom

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whom he was rendered the more anxioUl J:,y the difappcaring of her fer:vant.] • Now it had happened that whe11 ~buey-yeolfl was almoft got to the _gate · of the city, he was overtaken by the txprefs clifpatchcd by the Granq Vifitor; who told him he muft go back with his petition, for that the affair was hulhcti '1P with his miftrcfs and all was ut peace ; then producing her ord~ ~r hia return, he in~ndy obeyed it~ [Ignorant of all this] 'I'it:b-cbng-u continued his journey, and as1ie haftcq _ ~long, pleafcd himfolf with the thought • The Editor hath removed this short parawaph from page 24; where it flood between · ~he words [ after him.] and [On the morrow] in μie Tranfiator's M.S. of °";,,,b, ()f what vengeance he would take ·ot1 ' ' the Grand Vifitor : refolving to go directly to his audience, to attack him there before all the world, · and bring him to public fuame for his injt:iftice apd oppreffion. But then when he refletleμ again upon the great office of that Mandarine, and what a crime ic: would be deemed to affront him pub- . licly although he had never fo muclt realon on his side, he became more con• siderate: " Be side, said he, the noise that it .will make, will come to the ears of Sbuty ping-fin: who will have a very . · mean opinion of my management, a~d def pife me as a common headftreng fellow: ,whereas fhe got the better of Kwo-'J:bi-tzu l>y her prudent conducl: without the leaft confufion or difturbance." ance." Upon thefe considerations he thought it would be better to go t~ the house of the young lady hc-rli::lf, and afk for the two orders which had been iffued out to. compel her to the mar• riage i Thcfe, said he to himfdf, I will carry to court to my father, and get him to draw up a fuli ancl proper petition ; we shall then fee what the Grand Vifitor will be able co fay to it." Having formed thefe refolves in his -br~aft, he put forward with all fpeed for the capital of Shan-tong., where in a few days he arrived. CH A P. III. AS soon as 'l'ieh-chung-u had ar:. rived at the city of 'l'fle-nan, he alighted o,,, •obv JO 1-tAtJ l(IOU tH:OAA~. alighted at an inn; and ltaving every thing to the c~ of his servant, went directly to the house of Sbuey~km-yi; He found all quiet at the outward gate, and not a pel'.MID-to ' be fuen : he ad; vanced farther within the -~reat gar~ where he found the fame stillnefs. He went up clofe to the inner gates • and met with nothing remarkable, lill cafting his eyes upon the wall he · faw the declaration fixed upon it ; he weno up to it, and found -it iffued out by !he Grand Vifitor. Suppofing_ it was his order to compel her to marryi • The Tranllator's calls tbe(e, " the door," -" the great doors," -and " the second doors." But they can only be underflood as belonging to the foveral courts before the hou.feJ See not-e vol. 1. p. 125. he

he was going to take it down ta· produce it as a proof againft him hereafter

but when -he read it he found·

it to be quite otherwise; and that itforbade any one to moleft her. He was at a loss to reconcile this to the account given him by her servant on the road ~ and considered whether the young laqy might not have btought over the Grand Vifitor to her party by valuable presents

or whether . her father might

11ot poffibly be reftored again- to his office : " 8ut surely, said he, I should have had news of that." He wa, strongly inclined to advance fur~her within : but then he thought if he !hould be obierved ufing fo great freedom, it might cause reflecl:ions to be caft on them both. cc No, said he fofcly, as I it ' am 3~ am no relation I cannot take that Hbcr.: ty." He therefore conduded to go back again, and pick up what information he could at some of the tribunals. Juft as he was going out Sbuey-guwin paffed by : ~ho was strangely surprized to fee him there, as he had before left the place with fo muc~ hafte and dif- . guft ; whenc~ he concluded that he was returned again for no good purpose: After faluting each other, Shuey-guwin afked him how long he had been come; and whether he had fecn his niece. The youth anf wered, " I am but jaft arrived: but had I ~en here longer how could I prefume to fee the yoong lady?" "If you did not come with that intention, said the other, what brought you here ?" He told him, that he had heard

3.3 heard at court that the Grand Vifitor ·had giveR out orders tQ oblige his niece to conclude., within the fpacc of a month, the marriage, that was fo ' contrary to her inclinatjons. " This . proceeding, said he, in her father's ahfence, and without his consent~ I looked upon as very extraordinary and therefore come to inquire into it. I thought rnyself obliged to do her what service I ·could ; and therefore difregarded the length of the journey. WheR I came hither, I found the dedaratfo~ i,n h_er favour. Satisfied with the fight of that, and concluding the report at Pe-Icing to be faffe, ~ am very well pleafed, and th.all forthwith return to court.H Shuey-guwin fmiled at what he heard. Vot, III. D - ~' What, o,,, •obv 11,,1- .11WLTrm<DU1~rt.. . -»i V\Wrat;Osaidfl lnt.-!JcC)\tkh y9μ fJi~ ~~ clu:etUJmpol)ubea«~hJ;r;JJ:Pfm, ~nql ~t ,be! 1 f<t ~~} If~tj~ ~'J~fh- 2WC 11,mv,figlia ~ifM;.Rf4ffl, ,,ll!nmnrGtlfb{l .,irlifuetliate~lJdAft~ if~ ~jg~1frlO~ · rlefs;·,1£tnit Jill1Jfl1inpjcf ll;M{e ,~Ai~~t}:

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· 36 ' ing an ·aecufation againft him, or by putting fom,e public· affront upon him. Suppofe we pr~sent a petition to the Grand Vifitor about 'his coming in this. clandeftine manner, and make him aihamed by expofing him publicly. I -warrant he wiU not venture to 1hew his face her-e any more." Shuey-guwi11 1hook his head,- and said, " That wiU never do. He is son of the 'J'u. chay111n, or Superior of the Vice-roys, and what can the Grand Vifitor do to him whofe father is fo much his fuperior • ? · Leave the affair to me : I have thought of a way, by which w~ shall reach· him,. without making any public difturbancc,. and yet stop his 11_1out~ fo that he fhaU • See YoJ. z. p. i 85. aore. not

·31 t1ot dare to make the Ieaft complaint. lfl'ieb-cb1mg-M is very bold of speech t: (!· and cares not what he fays. I liftencd

to his reasons for coming; which he

pretended was purely for the fake of juftice : but that is only a blind to conceal his designs on my niece. · You rriuft therefore fend :,. servant to his lodgings, as from Shuey-ping-fin : he muft fay that his miftrcfs heard he was at her house in the morning, but having a great many vifitors could not then wait <?n him ; fhe had therefore sent to acquaint him that fhe muft ~eeds speak with hi~, and that at ten o'clock at night he mμft come to the ~arden door. This- meffage he will t Orig, " Hath a very hard mouth." o,,, •obv 1~ HAUT'lU.OUn aJOAl.&N;, dmJt1r1r1►.)li:1,1'Ct& •nWill ~ .. t:~lf ~i~ iti.1d ~ ~ -11Wft-p.lut Homcftiftbut.¥1){faWows.1.at ,th¢,.

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behind him fay, " Sir, I have waited here a gr~at while, having a meffage to deliver to you." He turned his . head aside, and found he was addrdfed by a youth of about fourteen or fifteen years. · He afked what bufine-fs he had with him ? The boy did; not immed~ately anfwer, but looking round him with great appearance of circumfpecHon, and seeing nobodr near, stepped up clofe to him, and told him foftly, that he was sent by Shueyping- fin. "How, replied he! and SbueJyeong at home• ! What is ·it fhe can have sent you to'-tell me ?" The you_th anfwered-that fhe would have sent Shuey)' eong, if fhe could have trufred a secret · • The Author seems here to have forgot, that 'Tith-cl.mng-u was ignorant what was bcico~e qf that jervant. l'ideji,pra pag. 27, &c. with

4-i with him :-but that fhe had nobody fhe could depend on fo entirely as himself. " Well, said he, whatJs your bufinefs ?" The. boy told him, that hia lady heard in the morning that he was at her house, and would have come out to him, but for fear of fcandal, and left it Jhould be known that there was a fe(:ret ~orref pondence between them : but ef pccially as he had given no notice that.he was"thcre; ·au which prevented her from inviting him to come in. " But now, proceeded he, fne hath sent me privately to defire you will let her fee you, to thank you for the trouble you have been at in coming fo long a journey." 'lieb-cbung-u replied, "Go home and tell your lady that I came here to redrefs an injury, eue

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some. Nor yet could such a young monkey, as you, fay all this of yciurself. · Tell me then the tr_uth ; and inform me who sent you, a:1d you will obtain my pardon. Otherwife I will ,carry you to the Che-him' s audience, -and have you th~re fevereJy punifhcd." - At thi~ the boy was fo frighted that his soul had almoft quitted his body : at laft however he refumed coura&e, and perfifted in it that he had said nothing but truth. Which fo far provoked '/ ieh-chung-u that he gave him two or three boxes on the -ear, bidding him inftantly coQfefs, orhe would_ beat him without mercy. The boy's courage forfook him, and_ he acknowledged the falfhood, confefs.jng he was sent by K'l.vo-khe-tzu~ whofe iervant

A CHINESE . HISTORY. -45 tervant he wa~, . and begging he would pardon what he had done in obedience . . to his mafter. 'iieh-clung-u let him · go, and though he was vexed, could not help laughing. " Go, said lie, and carry this meffagc back to them that employed you. Tell them that I ·'iieb-chung-~ am an upright and true man ; and that Sbtfey-ping-fin is a wo-' man without any drofs or mixture, free from any thing soul as the moft , - tranf parent ftream : let them not then· prefume to hope they can ever fucceed in their Jhallow plots." All this [ and more] -he charged the boy to tell his mafter and Shuey-gt:win : after which · he difmiffed him. Kwc,khl-tzu was impatiently expecl:• ing tQ.r hdi;Jtli~ :~<?e•& qf., ltis: ~~ md.~<llwail:etl, t1'.g00d · while,: 1wheb-!Aq' Jmigth·lie--J,_w:. 'hi$.. f~rva.nt ·~omc wi~h a,looof1,1fed: Md Jt>r~wfijl countenanpe-.; tM alked,<iwm ' what .wti t!he ,mat1=r .. ·0odwhich:ltht:ibey; telated, .ail .that bad ~1 !S/J11ey-guwfn; who :was prd-1 femi, fuppofp!i ,,i)ie • boy: had, .rmtbken · :his>•111efiage. "3;'.¥pu wert ordered; said lit; :t!aipafsifxmth't servant.:of iny- niece. f.Iad JOU ?ddncTQ, he· would nc,~ havct hurt ~.,:' Th~. boy lrisured hi~,hc hatt,pttn&ally:vbey'ed }:,is· orders ,:1:buJ that! 'liel,-rlmng :u was no, ordinary: '.peS• fan. :] 1'4 ,~CJ :I f poke, : '1id : hie; . the .quitkmti tof his-looks made me afraidi, and when I came to deli,icr. my inefi. fage, Jie would not have patience to ,liear ·m~ :«:>\it~ -pμt .~~ · me fevc*ly, an4

.$1£HOfESEJHISTOR¥. :47 ~od wmlld'ha~.~flCil.;me1if :I had Mt ,~fdftdr, dub l!JufhJliH.Ille ;iu)t~d, me who sent me to pafs ·th¢Ji: ~iws : ~a~ pl~ thefe tricks upon him ? And how I durft l§oJM.>)lQQj afpf.l"~~ .. Ju~b,~j}.y;l.y :as Siu,y' ping.fin: one.1(~1m9<Wli11~ ,difMaintenance script (talk)t. At parting pe laughed and said, the persons tfiatlclmp~ed.yM ate villains: ,.~,,}~·:•e~,~;&)5:~1iC¥.~~w they, -ofer ~ -wi~-.1 ~Y8~ft-f Wifwkers/.~ 1 ,' ' ,',/;VI ,\\-~m\~') :,\ ill: :.:·iJ:):'.<1 c 1 ' ' .i):. ·,A,, ~uA~,d),is ~rem- ~;1bp1h:wMaintenance script (talk)ji;} c¢oi ~trf~ t~•.:l, ~~!ler;ig_thr s~ ,~ ;ftMl ~ ~ f P.Jl~~Ja~,,j :'rr qμ Jllf.lft:~,be~)aafij(iE}wn,2ootwithft~n~•) maiaJiL11ailr; 0Lwill .yet ~ontt-.ive.a W:W/ ~taoc·cv.ta.-with hi•.", ,H1Alasi,-repli~ .. the ;btqerl, : 1M ;".'ilt be. too, : cunning ,~~ -~arc\ -~r~,Y~,,Jio wh~t you_ will. There

·48 There is no remedy." " Fear not, he replied:, I will find out a remedy, that lhall not fail, What he intended, will be f een at larg-e in the next chapter. CH AP. IV.• KW 0-kbi-tzu hearing Sb11ty-g#Wln fay he was not unprovided of . an occasion to plague 'Iieb-cbung•u; wu defirous to know what it was. He told him, that as his coming fo long a journey was all for the fake of his niect", it was not to be doubted but he would yet tlke an opportunity to f peak with her; and therefore he mufl: be watched. " Nay, said he, that he