第三百七十一篇第三百七十一篇Story Three Hundred and Seventy-One

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Story Three Hundred and Seventy-One · Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Yi of Jinling

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: in a paved lane by day, beside a tall whitewashed wall with a studded double gate, a plump man in a coarse robe leans back in fright with a hand raised, while a lean companion turns away with a sleeve lifted, both gazing at a great coiled dragon that rises from the wall with its head lifted, with a water jar, a stone block and a willow nearby.