The sit-round games. The masterpiece of the divine Li Tang,
and its reception by all, including that same Herbert.
VENERATED2 SIRE (whose breadth of mind is so well developed as to take for granted boundless3 filial professions, which, indeed, become vapid4 by a too frequent reiteration),—
Your amiable5 inquiry6 as to how the barbarians7 pass their time, when not employed in affairs of commerce or in worshipping their ancestors, has inspired me to examine the matter more fully9. At the same time your pleasantly-composed aphorism10 that the interior nature of persons does not vary with the colour of their eyes, and that if I searched I should find the old flying kites and the younger kicking feather balls or working embroidery11, according to their sex, does not appear to be accurately12 sustained.
The lesser13 ones, it is true, engage in a variety of sumptuous14 handicrafts, such as the scorching15 of wooden tablets with the semblance16 of a pattern, and gouging17 others with sharpened implements18 into a crude relief; depicting19 birds and flowers upon the surface of plates, rending20 leather into shreds21, and entwining beaten iron, brass22, and copper23 into a diversity of most ingenious complications; but when I asked a maiden24 of affectionate and domesticated25 appearance whether she had yet worked her age-stricken father’s coffin26-cloth, she said that the subject was one upon which she declined to jest, and rapidly involving herself in a profuse27 display of emotion, she withdrew, leaving this one aghast.
To enable my mind to retranquillise, I approached a youth of highly-gilded appearance, and, with many predictions of self-inferiority, I suggested that we should engage in the stimulating28 rivalry29 of feather ball. When he learned, however, that the diversion consisted in propelling upwards30 a feather-trimmed chip by striking it against the side of the foot, he candidly31 replied that he was afraid he had grown out of shuttle-cock, but did not mind, if I was vigorously inclined, “taking me on for a set of yang-pong.”
Old men here, it is said, do not fly kites, and they affect to despise catching32 flies for amusement, although they frequently go fishing. Struck by this peculiarity33, I put it in the form of an inquiry to one of venerable appearance, why, when at least five score flies were undeniably before his eyes, he preferred to recline for lengthy34 periods by the side of a stream endeavouring to snare35 creatures of whose existence he himself had never as yet received any adequate proof. Doubtless in my contemptible36 ignorance, however, I used some word inaccurately37, for those who stood around suffered themselves to become amused, and the one in question replied with no pretence38 of amiable condescension39 that the jest had already been better expressed a hundred times, and that I would find the behind parts of a printed leaf called “Punch” in the bookcase. Not being desirous of carrying on a conversation of which I felt that I had misplaced the most highly rectified40 ingredient, I bowed repeatedly, and replied affably that wisdom ruled his left side and truth his right.
It was upon this same occasion that a young man of unprejudiced wide-mindedness, taking me aside, asserted that the matter had not been properly set forth41 when I was inquiring about kites. Both old and young men, he continued, frequently endeavoured to fly kites, even in the involved heart of the city. He had tried once or twice himself, but never with encouraging success, chiefly, he was told, because his paper was not good enough. Many people, he added, would not scruple42 to mislead me with evasive ambiguity43 on this one subject owing to an ill-balanced conception of what constituted true dignity, but he was unwilling44 that his countrymen should be thought by mine to be sunk into a deeper barbarism than actually existed.
His warning was not inopportune. Seated next to this person at a later period was a maiden from whose agreeably-poised lips had hitherto proceeded nothing but sincerity45 and fact. Watching her closely I asked her, as one who only had a languid interest either one way or the other, whether her revered46 father or her talented and richly-apparelled brothers ever spent their time flying kites about the city. In spite of a most efficient self-control her colour changed at my words, and her features trembled for a moment, but quickly reverting47 to herself she replied that she thought not; then—as though to subdue48 my suspicions more completely—that she was sure they did not, as the kites would certainly frighten the horses and the appointed watchmen of the street would not allow it. She confessed, however, with unassumed candour, that the immediate49 descendants of her sister were gracefully50 proficient52 in the art.
From this, great and enlightened one, you will readily perceive how misleading an impression might be carried away by a person scrupulously-intentioned but not continually looking both ways, when placed among a people endowed with the uneasy suspicion of the barbarian8 and struggling to assert a doubtful refinement53. Apart from this, there has to be taken into consideration their involved process of reasoning, and the unexpectedly different standards which they apply to every subject.
At the house of the Maidens54 Blank, when the evening was not spent in listening to melodious55 voices and the harmony of stringed woods, it was usual to take part in sit-round games of various kinds. (And while it is on his brush this person would say with commendable56 pride that a well-trained musician among us can extort57 more sound from a hollow wooden pig, costing only a few cash, than the most skilful58 here ever attain59 on their largest instrument—a highly-lacquered coffin on legs, filled with bells and hidden springs, and frequently sold for a thousand taels.)
Upon a certain evening, at the conclusion of one sit-round game which involved abrupt60 music, a barrier of chairs, and the exhilarating possibility of being sat upon by the young and vivacious61 in their zeal62, a person of the company turned suddenly to the one who is communicating with you and said enticingly63, “Why did Birdcage Walk?”
Not judging from his expression that this was other than a polite inquiry on a matter which disturbed his repose64, I was replying that the manifestation65 was undoubtedly66 the work of a vexatious demon67 which had taken up its abode68 in the article referred to, when another, by my side, cried aloud, “Because it envied Queen Anne’s Gate”; and without a pause cast back the question, “Who carved The Poultry69?”
In spite of the apparent simplicity70 of the demand it was received by all in an attitude of complicated doubt, and this person was considering whether he might not acquire distinction by replying that such an office fell by custom to the lot of the more austere71 Maiden Blank, when the very inadequate72 reply, “Mark Lane with St. Mary’s Axe,” was received with applause and some observations in a half-tone regarding the identity of the fowl73.
By the laws of the sit-round games the one who had last spoken now proclaimed himself, demanding to know, “Why did Battersea Rise?” but the involvement was evidently superficial, for the maiden at whose memory this one’s organs still vibrate ignobly74 at once replied, “Because it thought Clapham Common,” in turn inquiring, “What made the Marble Arch?”
Although I would have willingly sacrificed to an indefinite extent to be furnished with the preconcerted watchword, so that I might have enlarged myself in the eyes of this consecrated75 being’s unapproachable esteem76, I had already decided77 that the competition was too intangible for one whose thoughts lay in well-defined parallel lines, and it fell to another to reply, “To hear Salisbury Court.”
This, O my broad-minded ancestor of the first degree—an aimless challenge coupled with the name of one recognisable spot, replied to by the haphazard78 retort of another place, frequently in no way joined to it, was regarded as an exceptionally fascinating sit-round game by a company of elderly barbarians!
“What couldn’t Walbrook?” it might be, and “Such Cheapside,” would be deemed a praiseworthy solution. “When did King’s Bench Walk?” would be asked, and to reply, “When Gray’s Inn Road,” covered the one with overpowering acclamation. “Bevis Marks only an Inner Circle at The Butts80; why?” was a demand of such elaborate complexity81 that (although this person was lured82 out of his self-imposed restraint by the silence of all round, and submerging his intelligence to an acquired level, unobtrusively suggested, “Because Aylesbury ducks, perchance”) it fell to the one propounding83 to announce, “Because St. John’s Wood Shoot-up Hill.”
Admittedly it is written, “When the shutter84 is fastened the girdle is loosened,” but it is as truly said, “Not in the head, nor yet in the feet, but in the organs of digestion85 does wisdom reside,” and even in jesting the middle course of neither an excessive pride nor an absolute weak-mindedness is to be observed. With what concrete pangs86 of acute mental distress87 would this person ever behold88 his immaculate progenitor89 taking part in a similar sit-round game with an assembly of worthy79 mandarins, the one asking questions of meaningless import, as “Why did they Hangkow?” and another replying in an equal strain of no consecutiveness90, “In order to T’in Tung!”
At length a person who is spoken of as having formerly91 been the captain of a band of warriors92 turned to me with an unsuspected absence of ferocity and said, “Your countrymen are very proficient in the art of epigram, are they not, Mr. Kong? Will you not, in turn, therefore, favour us with an example?” Whereupon several maidens exclaimed with engaging high temper, “Oh yes; do ask us some funny Chinese riddles93, Mr. Kong!”
“Assuredly there are among us many classical instances of the light sayings which require matching,” I replied, gratified that I should have the opportunity of showing their superiority. “One, harmonious94 beyond the blend of challenge and retort, is as follows—‘The Phoenix95 embroidered96 upon the side of the shoe: When the shoe advances the Phoenix leaps forward.’”
“Oh!” cried several of the maidens, and from the nature of their glances it might reasonably be gathered that already they began to recognise the inferiority of their own sayings.
“Is that the question, or the answer, or both?” asked a youth of unfledged maturity97, and to hide their conscious humiliation98 several persons allowed their faces to melt away.
“That which has been expressed,” replied this person with an ungrudging toleration, “is the first or question portion of the contrast. The answer is that which will be supplied by your honourable99 condescension.”
“But,” interposed one of the maidens, “it isn’t really a question, you know, Mr. Kong.”
“In a way of regarding it, it may be said to be question, inasmuch as it requires an answer to establish the comparison. The most pleasing answer is that which shall be dissimilar in idea, and yet at the same time maintain the most perfect harmony of parallel thought,” I replied. “Now permit your exceptional minds to wander in a forest of similitudes: ‘The Phoenix embroidered upon the side of the shoe: When the shoe advances the Phoenix leaps forward.’”
“Oh, if that’s all you want,” said the one Herbert, who by an ill destiny chanced to be present, “‘The red-hot poker100 held before the Cat’s nose: When the poker advances the Cat leaps backwards101.’”
“Oh, very good!” cried several of those around, “of course it naturally would. Is that right, Mr. Kong?”
“If the high-souled company is satisfied, then it must be, for there is no conclusive102 right or wrong—only an unending search for that which is most gem-set and resourceful,” replied this person, with an ever-deepening conviction of no enthusiasm towards the sit-round game. “But,” he added, resolved to raise for a moment the canopy103 of a mind swan-like in its crystal many-sidedness, and then leave them to their own ineptitude104, “for five centuries nothing has been judged equal to the solution offered by Li Tang. At the time he was presented with a three-sided banner of silk with the names of his eleven immediate ancestors embroidered upon it in seven colours, and his own name is still handed down in imperishable memory.”
“Oh, do tell us what it was,” cried many. “It must have been clever.”
“‘The Dragon painted upon the face of the fan: When the fan is shaken the Dragon flies upwards,’” replied this person.
It cannot be denied that this was received with an attitude of respectful melancholy105 strikingly complimentary106 to the wisdom of the gifted Li Tang. But whether it may be that the time was too short to assimilate the more subtle delicacies107 of the saying, or whether the barbarian mind is inherently devoid108 of true balance, this person was panged most internally to hear one say to another as he went out, “Do you know, I really think that Herbert’s was much the better answer of the two—more realistic, and what you might expect at the pantomime.” *
A like inability to grasp with a clear and uninvolved vision, permeates109 not only the triviality of a sit-round game but even the most important transactions of existence.
Shortly after his arrival in the Island, this person was initiated110 by the widely-esteemed Quang-Tsun into the private life of one whose occupation was that of a Law-giver, where he frequently drank tea on terms of mutual111 cordiality. Upon such an occasion he was one day present, conversing112 with the lesser ones of the household—the head thereof being absent, setting forth the Law in the Temple—when one of the maidens cried out with amiable vivacity113, “Why, Mr. Kong, you say such consistently graceful51 things of the ladies you have met over here, that we shall expect you to take back an English wife with you. But perhaps you are already married in China?”
“The conclusion is undeviating in its accuracy,” replied this person, unable to evade114 the allusion115. “To Ning, Hia-Fa and T’ain Yen116, as the matter stands.”
“Ning Hia-Fa An T’ain Yen!” exclaimed the wife of the Law-giver pleasantly. “What an important name. Can you pardon our curiosity and tell us what she is like?”
“Ning, Hia-Fa AND T’ain Yen,” repeated this person, not submitting to be deprived of the consequence of two wives without due protest. “Three names, three wives. Three very widely separated likes.”
At this in no way boastfully uttered statement the agreeably outlined surface of the faces around variated suddenly, the effect being one which I have frequently observed in the midst of my politest expressions of felicity. For a moment, indeed, I could not disguise from myself that the one who had made the inquiry stretched forth her lotus-like hand towards the secret spring by which it is customary to summon the attending slaves from the underneath117 parts, but restraining herself with the manner of one who would desire to make less of a thing that it otherwise might seem, she turned to me again.
“How nice!” she murmured. “What a pity you did not bring them all with you, Mr. Kong. They would have been a great acquisition.”
“Yet it must be well weighed,” I replied, not to be out-complimented touching118 one another, “that here they would have met so many fine and superior gentlemen that they might have become dissatisfied with my less than average prepossessions.”
“I wonder if they did not think of that in your case, and refuse to let you come,” said one of the maidens.
“The various persons must not be regarded as being on their all fours,” I replied, anxious that there should be no misunderstanding on this point. “They, of course, reside within one inner chamber119, but there would be no duplicity in this one adding indefinitely to the number.”
“Of course not; how silly of me!” exclaimed the maiden. “What splendid musical evenings you can have. But tell me, Mr. Kong (ought it not to be Messrs. Kong, mamma?), if a girl married you here would she be legally married to you in China?”
“Oh yes,” replied this person positively120.
“But could you not, by your own laws, have the marriage set aside whenever you wished?”
“Assuredly,” I admitted. “It is so appointed.”
“Then how could she be legally married?” she persisted, with really unbecoming suspicion.
“Legally married, legally unmarried,” replied this person, quite distressed121 within himself at not being able to understand the difficulty besetting122 her. “All perfectly123 legal and honourably124 observed.”
“I think, Gwendoline—” said the one of authority, and although the matter was no further expressed, by an instinct which he was powerless to avert125, this person at once found himself rising with ceremonious partings.
Not desiring that the obstacle should remain so inadequately126 swept away, I have turned my presumptuous127 footsteps in the direction of the Law-giver’s house on several later occasions, but each time the word of the slave guarding the door has been that they of the household, down even to those of the most insignificant128 degree of kinship, have withdrawn129 to a distant and secluded130 spot.
With renewed assurances that the enterprise is being gracefully conducted, however ill-digested and misleading these immature131 compositions may appear.
KONG HO.
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