Part 3, Chapter 1

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌⁠THE GREEN DEATH

"Oh! Chiang Nan's a hundred li, yet in a moment's space

I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face."

 —TS'EN-TS'AN.

A young man can get himself into trouble in China. He may refuse to eat the food that is pushed into his mouth at a Chinese banquet by the perfectly well-intentioned man sitting beside him. In that case he will hardly do more than arouse the conte