第三百二十九篇第三百二十九篇Story Three Hundred and Twenty-Nine

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

The Little Coffins

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: on a river ferry landing at sunset, a lean barefoot boatman in a bamboo hat grips a stout travelling merchant's wrist and traces with one finger on his palm, the merchant staring at it in astonishment, with his bamboo-laden mule standing behind him, a moored reed-awning ferry boat, a mooring post and stone steps, and a far bank with town wall and masts.

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