Theirs was the confession, and Mr. Kang turned them out by the dozen throughout his life, expiating one supposed crime after another by denouncing himself as a reactionary element, a deviationist and whatever else was on the political menu that day.

In a conventional boiler, the hot gases from the firebox, after passing through the firetubes, arrive in the smokebox and then pass up the chimney to atmosphere.

… whether his mind and his soul were deadly and perishing, or it were aye living and eternal; and again, about his good, what it was, and what good was best for him to do, and what evil to forlet.

IIn his own words, Huang says, The libationer [rector] of the Imperial College should be chosen from among the great scholars of the day He should be equal in importance to the prime minister, or else be a retired prime minister himself. On the first day of each month the Son of Heaven should visit the Imperial College, attended by the prim minister, six ministers, and censors. The libationer should face south and conduct the discussion, while the Son of Heaven too sits among the ranks of the students. If there is anything wrong with the administration of the country, the libationer should speak out without reserve.