第四百九十篇第四百九十篇Story Four Hundred and Ninety

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Story Four Hundred and Ninety · Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Only One Official

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: in the main hall of a magistrate's office by day, a lean bearded official in a black cap and embroidered round-collared robe stands beside his desk with one hand pressed to his chest and his chin raised, while a startled servant in a soft cap holds out a paper list, a tethered sheep and pig on the brick floor between them, with a landscape screen, notice boards and a lattice window behind.