[356] The term “sea-market” is generally understood in the sense of mirage, or some similar phenomenon.
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[357] A famous General who played a leading part in the wars of the Three Kingdoms. See No. XCIII., [note 482].
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[358] A hit at the hypocrisy of the age.
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[359] Shewing that hypocrisy is bad policy in the long run.
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[360] The tears of Chinese mermaids are said to be pearls.
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[361] See No. XIX., [note 135].
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[362] Good ink of the kind miscalled “Indian,” is usually very highly scented; and from a habit the Chinese have of sucking their writing-brushes to a fine point, the phrase “to eat ink” has become a synonym of “to study.”
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[363] This all-important point in a Chinese marriage ceremony is the equivalent of our own “signing in the vestry.”
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[364] Literally, “if you have no one to cook your food.”
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[365] “Dragon Palace” and “Happy Sea,” respectively.
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