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CONTENTS
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PREFACE BY HILAIRE BELLOC | 1 | |
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I. | THE ENCOUNTERING OF SIX WITHIN A WOOD | 9 |
II. | THE INEXORABLE JUSTICE OF THE MANDARIN SHAN TIEN | 19 |
THE STORY OF WONG TS'IN AND THE WILLOW PLATE EMBELLISHMENT | 26 | |
III. | THE DEGRADED PERSISTENCE OF THE EFFETE MING-SHU | 48 |
THE STORY OF NING, THE CAPTIVE GOD, AND THE DREAMS THAT MARK HIS RACE | 53 | |
IV. | THE INOPPORTUNE BEHAVIOUR OF THE COVETOUS LI-LOE | 83 |
THE STORY OF WONG PAO AND THE MINSTREL | 85 | |
V. | THE TIMELY INTERVENTION OF THE MANDARIN SHAN TIEN'S LUCKY DAY | 94 |
THE STORY OF LAO TING AND THE LUMINOUS INSECT | 98 |
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