第四百二十九篇第四百二十九篇Story Four Hundred and Twenty-Nine

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

The Black Devils

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: on a bright spring day in the front courtyard of a commander's residence, two barefoot, strong dark-skinned men in short sleeveless tunics dance facing each other with both arms raised and one foot lifted, a row of upright blades on a wooden board lying on the flagstones beside them, while a stout bearded official in a round-collared robe sits on the veranda at the right holding a teacup and smiling, with a tiled hall, a weapon rack and a pine tree behind.