GIFT OF 
 

 PUSH HIM OUT! 
 
 OR 
 
 A BOOK OF CHINESE PROPHECY. 
 
 Printed at the " Shanghai Mtroury" Office. 
 
PUSH HIM OUT! 
 
 OR 
 
 A BOOK OF CHINESE PROPHECY, 
 

 
PREFACE OF THE TRANSLATOR. 
 
 THAT this book should attract the attention 
 of the Government to such an extent as to put 
 it among" its proscribed books is sufficient 
 proof of its power. That, notwithstanding- this, 
 almost every scholar in the Empire knows of 
 it, if he has not read it in MS., and has much 
 belief in it, is another proof of its popularity. 
 
 Tradition has it that, when the gods found 
 out that the secret of the future had been 
 revealed to mortal men, the heavens thundered, 
 the earth shook, and the wind blew and 
 disarranged the order of the chapters, and 
 nobody has been able to put them in their 
 proper order ever since. 
 
 The book was obviously written in the pre- 
 sent dynasty and with the very definite purpose 
 of driving- the Tartar out : hence the name of 
 it PUSH HIM OUT." 
 
 By publishing a translation of it in English 
 we do not infring-e the spirit of its proscription, 
 as the object was to check its circulation 
 
 546269 
 
PREFACE OF THE TRANSLATOR* 
 
 among" the Chinese. We only publish it so 
 that Foreigners may know what passes in the 
 mind of the average Chinese scholar in regard 
 to the rise and fall of dynasties and may be of 
 special interest at the present time of war with 
 Japan. 
 
 As it is not printed, there are endless 
 variations in the readings and the order of the 
 verses, and many books are not complete. 
 This copy is the result of collating five other 
 copies. The style is oracular throughout, 
 therefore different interpreters will necessarily 
 find different meanings in the oracles ; but I 
 trust some general and not inaccurate idea of 
 its contents may be gathered from this 
 translation. The illustrations can be filled in 
 by those who are accustomed to Chinese art, 
 by the help of the descriptions of each sketch 
 and a little imagination. 
 
 In conclusion we might add that, if the 
 author and artist had shown as much zeal in 
 trying to drive corruption and ignorance out 
 of China as they have shown in trying to 
 drive away the Foreigner the Manchu 
 Heaven might have granted them better 
 success. Does not God care for Foreigners 
 as much as Chinese ? It is wickedness, not 
 races, which God hates. It is more knowledge 
 and more goodness that will save China. 
 
 THE TRANSLATOR, 
 China April 1895. 
 
THE WILD MAN'S PREFACE. 
 
 "ANCIENTLY, when chaos was divided into 
 the two lights, sun and moon, four Ministers 
 and three Emperors arose successively, and 
 the five Emperors followed by the three 
 Kings. As to the way of Heaven, opportunities 
 are men's fortune or misfortune; succession 
 of sovereigns are nations' making or unmaking. 
 From of old till now, there have been many 
 ministers who have usurped the throne of their 
 princes, and guests who have taken the place 
 of their masters, but this, all say, is not the 
 natural course of things. 
 
 Now, Yuen Tien-kan was a scholar of the 
 Tang dynasty (A.D. 618-860) who had got 
 hold of the powers of Heaven, Earth and 
 Man, and held the five elements in his hand. 
 He turned the key of Heaven and recorded 
 what he saw. He turned the key of Earth 
 and recorded what he saw. All was revealed 
 by meitns of the golden lock in a manner quite 
 different from that of all the Sacred Books, 
 
IV THE WILD MANS PREFACE. 
 
 If illustrated and laid before the assembled 
 Dukes (?) it will be of immense benefit to the 
 Ruler. 
 
 When I read the book it was with difficulty 
 I could lay it aside. In it there is much 
 thought for reflection. 
 
 This is respectfully prefaced by your 
 
 WILD MAN FROM THE EASTERN SEA. 
 
THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE. 
 
 THE Preface of Yuen Tien-kan, a Minister 
 of the Court, a small historian in waiting" on 
 the Emperor. 
 
 In the iyth year of the Emperor Ching- 
 Kvvan (A.D. 643), on the 13* day of the first 
 moon, we received your Majesty's commands 
 to prophecy the events of the future and report 
 to your Majesty. Your Memorialists the 
 MinisterYuenTien-kan and others in obedience 
 to Your Majesty's commands, have already 
 memorialised that the book has been pre- 
 sented. The book prepared the Illustrated 
 Push Him Out is what we drew up by Imperial 
 Command. Your Ministers, the Memorialists, 
 have heard of the movements of the powers of 
 nature and of the calamities arising* from 
 imperfect adjustments. Some, though ignorant, 
 talk wildly : this is conceit. Some, though know- 
 ing 1 , dare not speak, because their rank is low. 
 Now, having" obtained the knowledge, how 
 should we dare keep silence ? 
 
vi THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE. 
 
 Peace and rebellion, prosperity and disaster, 
 all depend on opportunities; rise and fall, peace 
 and rebellion have all their appointed time. 
 The Emperors Yao and Shwun, who yielded 
 their thrones to worthy successors, did not 
 follow human nature in doing so. The Em- 
 perors Kie and Chow, who perished, did so by 
 Heaven's decree. As right influences did no 
 longer prevail, then Foreigners could not but 
 come and trouble China. When there is right 
 succession China will find no difficulty in driving 
 away her enemies. As to the dynasties of 
 Chow: Ts'in, Han, Wei, Chin, Sung, Liang 
 Ch'i, together with Chi'n and Sui, their triumphs 
 and troubles are past; their blessings and 
 calamities we need not discuss. But as regards 
 the ten thousand generations of the present 
 dynasty, your Ministers, observing the heavens 
 above, saw the cause of the rise and fall of 
 nations and of peace and war, and observing 
 human affairs below, found out the signs of 
 fortune and misfortune ; for calamities and 
 blessings are foreordained, even on nations, 
 and cannot be escaped. 
 
 Your Ministers, kneeling in obedience to 
 His Majesty's grace, ordering us to write out 
 the future, have according to our knowledge 
 described minutely what shall come to pass 
 and have drawn up over sixty sketches to show 
 forth what shall come to pass during the next 
 millenium. We are not afraid of 
 
THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE. vii 
 
 considered mad or blind, and so we have 
 prepared and presented this to Your Majesty, 
 in the hope that in Your sacred mercy Your 
 Majesty will look upon it and understand it, 
 and preserve it among- Your secret archives, 
 so as to be a guide for the future. 
 
 Your Ministers have dared to lay this before 
 Your Awful Majesty with infinite fear and 
 trembling". 
 
 Edict issued on the lyth year of Ching- 
 Kwan ist moon i3'ih day (A.D. 643). 
 
CHINESE PEOPHECIES 
 
 (PUSH HIM OUT ILLUSTRATED) : 
 
 OR 
 
 GOLDEN KEY TO OPEN THE LOCK 
 OF HEAVEN. 
 
 BY 
 
 YUEN TIEN-KAN (A.D. 643). 
 
 SKETCH I. 
 
 A MAN sits on a stone and holds up in his hands 
 the sun and moon. 
 
 From Pan-ku, the world's first man, 
 Drag-ons, tigers always fight ; 
 Thousand ages are too short, 
 Right and wrong- to thus decide. 
 
 SKETCH 2. 
 
 Two swords put tog-ether like a door-frame ; 
 and eighteen carp fish, and one of them in the 
 door, bleeding. 
 
 In the river eighteen carp 
 One by one they leap and play ; 
 Father, son these twice nine live 
 Centuries three, all but one year. 
 
 
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 SKETCH 3. 
 
 A woman, wearing a crown, sitting- on a 
 throne, holding a bird in one hand and a 
 golden wand, beating a drum in the other. 
 
 Lady Woo among them is, 
 China's sceptre firmly holds, 
 Robed she is in rainbow hues, 
 Baton gold and golden drum. 
 
 NOTE. This is supposed to represent the 
 famous Empress Woo Tse-tien, who became 
 Empress in A.D. 654, Empress Dowager in 68.3, 
 and Bole Empress supreme in 690 ; retired in 705. 
 
 SKETCH 4. 
 
 A bell ; a man holding fire in his right hand 
 and leading a dog by his left hand. 
 
 Altars sacred they divide ; 
 Eighteen sections is the plan; 
 Faithful servant is the dog 
 Which restores the house of T'ang. 
 
 SKETCH 5. 
 
 A saddled deer on a green mountain. In 
 the valley below there lies a dead lady. 
 
 Bell and drum go through Tung Pass ; 
 Princes grasp the sharp-edged sword, 
 Perish forests as by fire, 
 Here they die as with the plague. 
 
 NOTE. Tung Kwan is a famous pass near the 
 great bend of the Yellow .River, between the pro- 
 vinces of Shansi and Shensi. The saddled deer 
 on the mountain is a play on the name Ngan 
 Lu-shan, an unworthy Turkish general and 
 favourite of one of the most famous for beauty 
 of all the concubines in Chinese history, Yang 
 Kwei-f- i. He rebelled, and died A.D. 757. She 
 was executed by the Emperor's command. 
 
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 SKETCH 6. 
 
 On a tree there is a yellow owl, below there 
 are dead bodies innumerable. 
 
 Rebels rise and fill our land 
 White, nor black, their colours are ; 
 Eig-hteen lands, all desert waste, 
 Parted father is from son. 
 
 SKETCH 7. 
 
 One man, holding a sceptre and wearing a 
 crown, sits in a g-olden bucket. Outside there 
 are men with their backs to the bucket. 
 
 Heaven's son still has our realm ; 
 Iron chariots westward drive ; 
 .Golden eagles fly for prey; 
 Savage beasts the statesmen are. 
 
 SKETCH 8. 
 
 A large tree with 1 8 branches and a Buddhist 
 priest hiding himself below. 
 
 Soon he shows his hobby-horse : 
 Studying genii becomes mad. 
 All the land is boiling o'er, 
 For no solders save the realm. 
 
 SKETCH 9. 
 
 Three brilliant stones arranged, one above 
 and two below ; the upper emits light. 
 
 Tis a monkey, cherry red, 
 Throne usurped, and trouble leads 
 North and South and every point ; 
 But the sun shines on it all 1 
 
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 SKETCH 10. 
 
 Above there is a Turk walking- on the clouds ; 
 below there is a wooden shoe flying in the air. 
 
 Honan region who is lord ? 
 North, ten Turks victorious are : 
 Heaven's son my lord shall be ; 
 Swords and spears to him I bring. 
 
 SKETCH 1 1 . 
 
 Above there is a man wearing a cowl, with a 
 red cloak and a band adorned with precious 
 stones, and a yellow face. Below there are 
 two men dancing. 
 
 Wild beasts battle thirty years ; 
 Fiery tongue from earth doth shoot ; 
 Joyful news to heaven bears, 
 Eastern legions win the day. 
 
 SKETCH 12. 
 
 There is a king standing with a man riding 
 over a bridge and holding in his hand a court 
 tablet. In front of this man is a man with a 
 bow shooting at him. 
 
 Shensi gained is only loss 
 Parted far are fathers, sons, 
 Eighteen summers gaining fame, 
 Empty glory bubble is. 
 
 SKETCH 13. 
 There is a door on fire. 
 
 Heaven appoints a Taoist priest, 
 Leading Turks to mount the throne : 
 Widows, orphans, weep their loss, 
 Perish last in burning" homes. 
 
SKETCH 14. 
 
 Four tombstones three large and one 
 small. There is a woman with a flower in her 
 hair. 
 
 Buddhist monks to Honan flee, 
 Bowing 1 low return they home, 
 Till their own blood rise to power 
 Harems, courtiers, slaves to Turks. 
 
 SKETCH 1 5 . 
 
 A Turk sits on a stone and a (Chinese) king 
 prostrates himself before him. 
 
 China's troubles ape year rise, 
 Turks turn Chinese, Chinese Turks : 
 Heads and faces trimmed alike, 
 Till there's ice in river Fen. 
 
 SKETCH 16. 
 
 A pomegranate tree with one pomegranate 
 on it. 
 
 Tribe all slaughtered, yet they think 
 That nude boy in stream is heir : 
 Weeps the army to a man 
 Royal branches lopped but one. 
 
 SKETCH 17. 
 
 A boat with a king standing in it, bearing a 
 sword on his shoulder. 
 
 Heaven's decrees how shall I know ? 
 Sons of men ! which one seeks woe ? 
 Coward call whom merit has 
 Every act is read amis. 
 
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 SKETCH 18, 
 
 There is a pomegranate tree in a garden 
 close to the garden wall. A mandarin has a 
 stick and strikes the pomegranates from inside, 
 and two eunuchs have sticks and strike the 
 pomegranates from outside. 
 
 Traitors screen who sees behind ? 
 Palace eunuchs further see ; 
 Just is Heaven, just is man, 
 Spear, unerring, strikes the false. 
 
 SKETCH 19. 
 A tree has a cover over the top of it. 
 
 Speed the horses ! What good they ? 
 Our short month is twenty-nine, 
 Royal canopy tops the tree, 
 But no wand to charm a friend ! 
 
 SKETCH 20. 
 
 Two (Chinese) kings are giving the imperial 
 seal to one another. Behind them are two 
 Turks watching them. 
 
 Falsehood first then children slaves, 
 Eighteen of them live apart ; 
 Low in sorrow, deep they sigh ; 
 Money gone and trouble come ! 
 
 SKETCH 21. 
 
 Scores of birds flying over a mountain, but 
 one bird has a broken leg and cannot fly. 
 
 Hundred birds, high, touching heaven ; 
 Ninety-nine o'er Shansi fly 
 One among them lame of foot, 
 Donkey rides in Ta Liang town. 
 
SKETCH 22. 
 
 In a bundle of fuel-sticks there is one that 
 buds with leaves and blossoms. 
 
 China's lord- is Son of Heaven, 
 Faggot heaps one sprig- is green 
 Green by radiance of the sun, 
 Not by soldiers, nor by horse. 
 
 SKETCH 23. 
 
 A boy with a hood has red robe and a band, 
 with precious stones. Opposite him is a pig-. 
 
 Up an old tower seven-five years 
 Lacks one rung- to reach to heaven ; 
 Rising, sitting with the moon ; 
 Safe and sound, if watchmen watch. 
 
 SKETCH 24. 
 
 Above there are six small rooms opposite 
 each other. Below there is one small house 
 and three large ones. 
 
 Diviners eleven in moonlight sit, 
 Brothers children without break ; 
 Brothers two the genii seek ; 
 Snakes and dragons ride to heaven ! 
 
 SKETCH 25. 
 
 An Emperor sits, and many Kings holding* 
 court tablets pay their respects, kneeling 
 before him. 
 
 Master Cash-plum gets the throne ; 
 All the rest before him kneel ; 
 Heaven gives him the whole land, 
 If the people he will save. 
 
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 SKETCH 26. 
 
 A woman, carrying a sword on her shoulder^ 
 goes in a boat. 
 
 Only hear we " Rebels come ! " 
 How can they with rebels sit ? 
 Plain deliverance is now come ; 
 Favours new the Emperor gives. 
 
 SKETCH 27. 
 
 A Turk sits in a boat, with two men behind 
 him holding a banner and a sword ; a woman 
 sits opposite on a Turkish bed. 
 
 Cow-head woman if you meet 
 Going on to Tochow town 
 Having there ten thousand gods, 
 China's trouble comes from these. 
 
 SKETCH 28. 
 
 A woman wearing a golden crown leads a 
 dog. 
 
 Heroine great appears now, 
 All the world is in her palm ; 
 Ships of war from all four seas ; 
 Horn she has whose right's divine. 
 
 SKETCH 29. 
 
 Two (Chinese) kings, with royal apparel, sit 
 in a felt tent as if half laughing and half 
 crying. 
 
 Smiling Emperors of two realms 
 Urge their generals on to war 
 Which is right to go or not ? 
 Killing work it is to tell ! 
 
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 SKETCH 30. 
 
 A man, wearing" a hood, worships before an 
 incense table; two Turks stand by serving- 
 him. 
 
 Stream of time bears many sons, 
 Down from T'ang Yii to the Han. 
 Rulers daily private plan : 
 Heaven alone their counsels tell. 
 
 SKETCH 31. 
 
 Three men in armour and bearing- swords. 
 A monkey lifts up his hand and three pigs 
 run. 
 
 Twenty rats play games at men. 
 Men are helpless without friends, 
 But, in Tsehchow, Heaven calls 
 Ch'in Shu-pao reform to make. 
 
 SKETCH 32. 
 
 A red sun on a yellow cloud. A monkey 
 with three fingers. 
 
 Golden Turk rebellion stirs, 
 Heaven's son claps hands to hear, 
 But his smile hides sharpened sword ; 
 Yet that sword is stolen away ! 
 
 SKETCH 33. 
 
 A house is tumbling; and a man with a 
 bushel on his head. 
 
 Royal house see falling- is : 
 This the hour of statesman's help, 
 Grant him power his helmet 'tis 
 Storms and hail strike down in vain. 
 
SKETCH 34. 
 A red serpent goes with its head lifted up. 
 
 Sovereign has a Dragon's care : 
 Ministers have a Kilin's shield : 
 People, Jnpiter, and snake : 
 Then complete is China's peace ! 
 
 SKETCH 35. 
 
 A withered tree sprouts up again and one 
 branch grows downwards. 
 
 Know where Zeus his chariot rests- 
 Dragon changes into hare. 
 From the north-east do they come 
 Come to change our China's lord. 
 
 SKETCH 36. 
 
 A huge bill-hook with a long handle on the 
 ground. 
 
 North and east their homes we find : 
 This day soldiers come like flood : 
 Foxes seek their holes to rest 
 When the silkworms turn to 'coons. 
 
 SKETCH 37. 
 
 An Emperor clothed in a red robe, holding a 
 court baton, and sitting reverently. 
 
 Sages reign and people rest: 
 Rule is easy sparklike goes: 
 Without effort Yao Shwun ruled ; 
 Tribute poured from all around. 
 
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 SKETCH 38. 
 A spear and a sword thrust in the ground. 
 
 When Zeus planet is in Siih, 
 Troubles thick fall on the land ; 
 Fear no ruler, fear no man, 
 All depends on Dragon's will. 
 
 SKETCH 39. 
 
 A tree, with a carpenter's square hanging 
 on it. Below is a Buddhist monk, sitting 1 . 
 
 Branch and leaf each sheds a light 
 Each light shines on all around : 
 On the bank a brighter light, 
 Shakya's son is China's King ! 
 
 SKETCH 40. 
 
 A man's eye in a plum tree. 
 
 Master Plum has eye for war ; 
 Rides his horses to King's Court ; 
 In his anger doughty Kwei 
 Asks for help : the Manchus reign ! 
 
 SKETCH 41. 
 
 Eight banners in four colours. 
 
 Northern Tartars rule the land ; 
 Every inch is under sway : 
 Twice four banners order keep- 
 Kerchiefs red and narrow sleeves. 
 
SKETCH 42. 
 
 A yellow cow has a green duck on her 
 back. 
 
 Tin Mao year sleeps China sound ; 
 Waking 1 , finds the Gospel come ! 
 Scans the world on mountain tops ; 
 Lightning speed she takes all in ! 
 
 SKETCH 43. 
 
 A man, with armour, holds an iron battle-axe. 
 
 Then another rules the land, 
 Not by horsemen warriors bold, 
 Only bells resound throughout : 
 China's best before him bow. 
 
 SKETCH 44. 
 
 A bow hangs on a tree. On the water's edge 
 is a pig; in the water there is a tortoise. 
 
 When one reigns for fourteen years, 
 Then hangs up his shooting bow, 
 Former toil of war seems vain 
 Hundred twice the House will reign. 
 
 SKETCH 45. 
 
 A general, in armour, holding a kind of 
 spear. 
 
 Seek my surname 'tis three heads ; 
 Seek my name the deluge 'tis. 
 People turn to virtue's side. 
 Spears and arrows what use they ? 
 
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 SKETCH 46. 
 
 One, in armour, sleeps across; another, in 
 armour, holds a sword, and looks fierce. 
 
 Clothed in raiment, rainbow hues, 
 Graceless children grow around : 
 Without g-oodness, useless all ; 
 Ruin comes or soon or late. 
 
 SKETCH 47. 
 A g-olden phoenix in the gorgeous sunset 
 
 clouds. 
 
 From all quarters, all the good 
 Bow their heads before the Lord. 
 Voice from heaven sobers all 
 Clouds he tramps on as on rocks ! 
 
 SKETCH 48." 
 
 A spear, a bow, a sword. A Turk leads a 
 dog opposite the bow. 
 
 In north China born is King- ; 
 Warlike weapons he has by ; 
 All at once in quiet reigns ; 
 Searches deep the hearts of men. 
 
 SKETCH 49. 
 
 A man, wearing- a crown, has two mouths, 
 
 Battling- o'er, the Sun doth rise 
 As of yore, to rule the land. 
 Horses, soldiers he needs none 1 
 All rejoice to own him lord. 
 
SKETCH 50. 
 
 A giant, with a hood, robed in a red-sleeved 
 gown, tied with a band at the waist, raising his 
 two clenched fists in anger. 
 
 Warrior fierce his bow in hand 
 Still says " Fear not : I am old." 
 On the threshold has a sword, 
 To the palace straight he goes ! 
 
 SKETCH 5 1 . 
 
 Thirteen red banners. 
 
 Ursa Major new lord owns ; 
 Close beside the rebels burn ; 
 Regions three all wasted are, 
 Oxen turn and white horse slay. 
 
 SKETCH 52. 
 
 P* woman, with a guitar, two long swords 
 and a rabbit on the ground, close by. 
 
 Western maiden plays a lute ; 
 Gorgeous garments fortunes cost ; 
 Now to Court an entrance gains ; 
 Henceforth rulers are undone ! 
 
 SKETCH 53. 
 
 A boy, on whose head there grows a green 
 branch, drawing his bow to shoot a Foreigner. 
 
 Torn hat, coloured watch ye well ! 
 Sons of Ming fresh troubles bring; 
 Frightened by the Western gods, 
 Eighteen Turks all rebels turn. 
 
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 SKETCH 54. 
 
 A man, dressed in black, holding- an iron 
 battle-axe. 
 
 When the water-lily buds, 
 When heirs royal early fade, 
 Look then for our ruler new ; 
 Henceforth rest shall fill the land. 
 
 SKETCH 55. 
 
 A man, wearing- a cowl, is riding-, and a 
 strong- man g-oes before him. 
 
 Hares to hens run ; sheep are slain ; 
 Withered trees bud forth afresh ; 
 But the times are wintry cold ; 
 Sovereign born should spring-time be. 
 
 SKETCH 56. 
 
 People walking- on water. 
 
 Western dog's at Eastern bark. 
 Turn the sovereigns into serfs. 
 Wives and daughters helpless are 
 Drowned the husbands sons are none. 
 
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 SKETCH 57. 
 
 A slab of ink divided into three parts. 
 
 Every home its children mourns ; 
 Regions three all slaughtered o'er. 
 Rotten tree stops Northern leak, 
 Out of sorrow comes Ming's King 1 , 
 
SKETCH 58. 
 
 Beneath three small peaks, the waters 
 divide into four seas. 
 
 Now the rebels fill the land ; 
 Emperors, Kings, divide the spoil > 
 Homes or nations few are good, 
 Till the true lord comes to reign. 
 
 SKETCH 59. 
 
 A horse, from whose neck rise eight streams 
 of light. 
 
 Cows, seven hundred, plus seven white, 
 Lost is one thirteen years past ; 
 Regions three no weapons have ; 
 Hence their living they must beg. 
 
 SKETCH 60. 
 
 A circle of light, in which a Buddhist monk, 
 clothed in yellow, sits. 
 
 Man and woman begging are, 
 Thirty-five their ages sum, 
 Starving pilgrims, seeking food 
 From their lord of eastern town I 
 
 SKETCH 61. 
 
 On the shore are two dead bodies. There 
 are two others one in armour and one in short 
 clothes. 
 
 Peace unfinished, fresh war comes ; 
 Leaders, soldiers all are fled 
 Northward, asking Who is lord? 
 People finding, need not die. 
 
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 SKETCH 62. 
 
 On the river are four felt tents opposite 
 each other ; on the right and left of each are 
 banners. 
 
 Dogs, four thousand, westward bark ; 
 Eastward, angered myriads are ; 
 On they move to death's door nigh, 
 Swords and spears before ONE lay. 
 
 SKETCH 63. 
 
 A man, clothed in black and wearing- a rain 
 hat, leads a yellow cow. 
 
 Victim is tlie LAMB for cow ; 
 People look for help in vain ; 
 Clothed not HE in statesmen's garb ; 
 Bound to-day is China's friend 1 
 
 SKETCH 64. 
 
 A man and a boy, clothed in red, wearing a 
 cowl and a jade girdle. 
 
 When the hare to dragon goes, 
 Who can tell its work is done ; 
 But a tree has taken root 
 Thirty years, plus three, bears fruit I 
 
 SKETCH 65. 
 
 A man, with a cowl and red robe, has two 
 serving women standing by in great laughter. 
 
 Rebels crushed, the sovereign reigns ; 
 
 Death all round a thousand /z', 
 
 Lest an heir remains unslain ; 
 
 Thus the youth seeks boundless peace I 
 
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 SKETCH 66. 
 
 A white-robed elder, with black scarf. 
 
 Western dogs at Eastern bark- 
 Vexing- scholars many spring's. 
 Guests turn masters How endure ? 
 Wait till ONE comes to avenge. 
 
 SKETCH 67. 
 
 An armoured man, with a boy pushing 
 behind him. 
 
 Times and seasons seek ye here ; 
 'Tis not man who governs all 
 Pictures study PUSH HIMOUT ! 
 All is well when Heaven reigns ! 
 
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 SKETCH 66. 
 
 A white-robed elder, with black scarf. 
 
 Western dogs at Eastern bark 
 Vexing scholars many springs. 
 Guests turn masters How endure ? 
 Wait till ONE comes to avenge. 
 
 An armoured 
 behind him. 
 
 SKETCH 67. 
 man, with 
 
 a boy pushing 
 
 Times and seasons seek ye here ; 
 Tis not man who governs all 
 Pictures study PUSH HIJTOUT ! 
 All is well when Heaven reigns ! 
 
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