Note 67.
I sit, sit in the North Hall.
The "North Hall" is a term for the Women's Apartments, which always lie farthest from the Great Gate placed in the South wall of the house. (See Plan of House.)
Note 68.
Then, though my Lord sang ten thousand verses which should cause even the dust on the beams to fly, to me it would be nothing.
It is said that when Yü Kung, a man of the State of Lu who lived during the Han Dynasty, sang, the sounds were so exquisite that even the dust on the beams flew. "To cause the dust on the beams to fly" has therefore become a current saying.
[THE PALACE WOMAN AND THE SOLDIERS' COOK]
Note 69.
Once the Unworthy One was a maiden of the Ts'ung Terrace.
The Ts'ung Terrace referred to by the sad lady who, in the dispersal of the Palace women (see Introduction), had fallen to such a low degree, stood in the Palace of King Chao, who lived at the time of the "Spring and Autumn Annals," many centuries before our era.