第二百一十八篇第二百一十八篇Story Two Hundred and Eighteen

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Story Two Hundred and Eighteen · Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

The Iron Shirt

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: in the daytime courtyard before a wealthy house's gallery, a bearded martial artist in a small round cap and open jacket stands braced with fists on his hips while a heavy hanging log swings into his belly, as two headbanded servants at the right stand astonished with their arms still stretched out, among potted pines, a garden rock and a round-windowed wall.