Among the wise; two generations past,
Attendant on their patrons, they have come
To this provincial city.[247] Here this day
’Tis mine to be imperial envoy;
Thus has the memory of ancestral fame
Ceased not to stimulate this feeble frame.
My father held an office at Lungchau,[248]
And deep imprinted his memorial there;
He was the sure and generous friend
Of learning unencouraged and obscure.