第四百八十二篇第四百八十二篇Story Four Hundred and Eighty-Two

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Story Four Hundred and Eighty-Two · Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

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A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: at night in the hall of a great mansion lit by four hanging lanterns, a young lady sits in a carved armchair before a mountain-and-pine screen and looks kindly down the steps at a young scholar in a torn gown, who kneels with his hands on the floor and his face lifted in glad thanks, while a smiling maid with hands in her sleeves stands beside him near an open doorway that looks onto a moonlit courtyard.