Note 109.
Her silence that of the concubine of the King of Ch'u.
Ts'u Fei, concubine of the King of Ch'u was much distressed because her lord was of a very wild disposition, and only took pleasure in hunting and such pursuits. She constantly expostulated with him on his mode of life, but at last, finding that all her entreaties were in vain, she ceased her remonstrances and sank into a silence from which she could not be roused.
[AFTER BEING SEPARATED FOR A LONG TIME]
Note 110.
Besides there are the "embroidered character letters."
In the Fourth Century A.D., a lady, whose maiden name was Su, embroidered a long lament of eight hundred and forty characters in the form of a poetical palindrome and sent it to her husband who was exiled in Tartary.
[BITTER JEALOUSY IN THE PALACE OF THE HIGH GATE]
Note 111.
The Heavens have revolved. The "Northern Measure" hangs above the Western wing.