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红楼梦Chapter22

　　Chia Cheng signified his obedience， and rising and walking up to the front of the screen， he noticed the first riddle， which was one composed by the Imperial consort Yuean， in this strain：

　　the pluck of devils to repress in influence it abounds， Like bound silk is its frame， and like thunder its breath resounds. But one report rattles， and men are lo! in fear and dread; Transformed to ashes tis what time to see you turn the head.

　　Is this a cracker? Chia Cheng inquired.

　　It is， Pao-yue assented.

　　Chia Cheng then went on to peruse that of Ying-Chs， which referred to an article of use：

　　Exhaustless is the principle of heavenly calculations and of human skill; Skill may exist， but without proper practice the result to find hard yet will be! Whence cometh all this mixed confusion on a day so still? Simply it is because the figures Yin and Yang do not aGREe.

　　Its an abacus， Chia Cheng observed.

　　Quite so! replied Ying Chun smiling; after which they also conned the one below， by Tan-chun， which ran thus and had something to do with an object：

　　This is the time when neath the stairs the pages their heads raise! The term of pure brightness is the meetest time this thing to make! The vagrant silk it snaps， and slack， without tension it strays! The East wind dont begrudge because its farewell it did take!