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红楼梦Chapter19

these words so harassed Hsi Jen that she hastened to put her hand over his mouth. Speak decently， she said; I was on account of this just about to admonish you， and now here you are uttering all this still more loathsome trash.

I wont utter these words again， Pao-yue eagerly added.

This is the first fault that you must change， Hsi Jen replied.

ll amend， Pao-yue observed， and if I say anything of the kind again you can wring my mouth; but what else is there?

the second thing is this， Hsi Jen explained; whether you really like to study or whether you only pretend to like study is immaterial; but you should， when you are in the presence of master， or in the presence of any one else， not do nothing else than find fault with people and make fun of them， but behave just as if you were genuinely fond of study， so that you shouldnt besides provoke your father so much to anger， and that he should before others have also a chance of saying something! In my family， he reflects within himself， generation after generation has been fond of books， but ever since Ive had you， you havent accomplished my expectations， and not only is it that you dont care about reading books，and this has already filled his heart with anger and vexation，but both before my face and behind my back， you utter all that stuff and nonsense， and give those persons， who have， through their knowledge of letters， attained high offices， the nickname of the the salaried worms. You also uphold that theres no work exclusive (of the book where appears) fathom spotless virtue; and that all other books consist of foolish compilations， which owe their origin to former authors， who， unable themselves to expound the writings of Confucius， readily struck a new line and invented original notions. Now with words like these， how can one wonder if master loses all patience， and if he does from time to time give you a thrashing! and what do you make other people think of you?