T‘an Kung, Gems of Chinese Literature — A Strange Congratulation (1922)
“ So saying, he bowed twice towards the north, striking his brow upon the ground. “Well-timed,” exclaims the superior man, “was the panegyric; and well-timed also was the prayer.” [1] ↑ The strange part of the congratulation was to allude, even indirectly, to the hateful contingency of death, as suggested by the word “weep.” ”
