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344 KANG-HE.

in order to restore peace among the kingdoms ; therefore you
must call him Aisinghioro, and give him the surname of
Balkhori After his mother had been removed
Yong-shon.'
to the icy cave, where she died, her son entered a small boat,
in which he followed the course of the river. There were at
that time three chiefs engaged in mortal feuds ; one of them,
descending to the river for water, on perceiving the boy,
admired him to see him,
greatly ; and his relations also going
and that he was born in order to a to dissension,
hearing put stop
they exclaimed : ' This man is a saint, begotten of Heaven !
They therefore chose him for their prince, upon which he
adopted for his kingdom the honorary title of Mantchoo. At
last, after several generations had passed away, the subjects
revolted, and extirpated his whole family, excepting Fan-sha-
kin, a lad who flew to the desert. When closely pursued by his
enemies, a magpie alighted upon him, so that his pursuers,
mistaking him for the withered trunk of a tree, passed by at a
distance."
Nos. 587, 588. Famille verte bowl. Diameter, 13 inches ;
height, 6f inches. Mark, seal (probably Full, happiness), in
two blue is not marked off
rings. Outside, the decoration
"
and consists of the three friends," the
by rings, prunus, pine,
and bamboo, most beautifully painted. The prunus tree springs
from the a old trunk in from
ground magnificent aubergine,
which with the most
sprout green twigs, lovely plum blossoms,
in so as to show on the white while the
pink, up ground,
pine branches stretch down from the top, displaying the most
charming green enamel. Here, truly, we have the famille verte
at its best. The reader will notice that magpies are introduced
along with the prunus, as in No. 585. On the other side are
two broken bamboo with
sprouts, yellow-tipped leaves, showing
that it is winter, a red mat fence, with red bamboo
pillars
and gilt tops, rocks in green and blue, with some flowers, and
two large butterflies beyond, one in coloured enamels, the other
in what looks like a black and
aubergine gilt. Inside, the
decoration of a at the
is
quite different nature; edge,
marked off in black, there is a green speckle-work band
1 inches on which are thrown flowers and
deep, butterflies,
in The six reserves are
chiefly red, blue, and aubergine.
marked off blue and
by gilt bands, two contain each a red fish ;