I am glad, and am proud, and I laugh at all greatness.
Power, wealth, honours, before your duration shall be sufficient to merit my esteem.
The Yellow River will be seen starting from the west to flow towards the north.”
Since that time a kind of drinking game has been invented. A tube, in the shape of a cylinder, is placed on the table. It contains a number of ivory rods, each of which is inscribed with an ancient verse. Each player draws one of these rods, and according to the verses on them, it is decided which player is to drink. Here are some examples:—
“Alas! Where is the handsome face to-day?
(The most bearded player has to drink.)
In love with a shadow or a sound.
(It is the shortsighted man’s turn to empty his glass.)
We see each other without hearing our voices.
(The deaf man drinks.)