第三百二十五篇第三百二十五篇Story Three Hundred and Twenty-Five

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Story Three Hundred and Twenty-Five · Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

The Old Fern-Gatherer

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: In daylight before a commander's tent inside a stockaded camp, a plump, laughing old man in a wide-sleeved gown opens the front of his robe and draws a sword out of his navel, while a helmeted, armoured officer seated at a low table with a tea set leans back in astonishment with one hand raised, a weapon rack, a drum and a tall banner around them.