The story of a student in Peking, who having completed his course wandered to the temple of mysteries before he should go back to his home in the provinces. there he came upon a wall painting in an unfrequented corridor, a troop of goddesses gathering hyacinths in a meadow; but one of the goddesses was younger than the rest, for her hair was still low on her neck, and looking upon her, this student loved her. He knelt before the painting for a long time, perhaps passing into a trance. For it seemed to him that the youngest of the goddesses stepped out of the wall painting and down the corridor and through the courtyard to her own chamber. The student followed her, and had bur knelt at her feet to crave her kindness when there came a trampling of feet upon the stone. Terrified, she hid him behind a screen, and a great god in armor with a black lacquer face came through the door. He questioned, she protested; at last, he went ill satisfied, taking the youngest of the goddesses with him.
2007-06-07
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