第二百七十九篇第二百七十九篇Story Two Hundred and Seventy-Nine

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Story Two Hundred and Seventy-Nine · Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

His Allotted Portion

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: in the main hall of an official's house by daylight, a stout bearded official in a gauze cap and embroidered round-collared robe sits at a square table crowded with rice, noodles and steamed buns, eating greedily with a rice bowl in one hand and a bun raised to his mouth, while his wife stands beside the table with a sleeve raised to her face, staring at him in dismay, before a pine-and-mountain screen, a lattice window and a side table with an incense burner and vase.

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