Your views are perfectly correct， observed Chia Cheng， after he had heard their suggestion; and we should go to-day and have a look at the place so as then to set to work to write the inscriptions; which， if suitable， can readily be used; and， if unsuitable， Yue-tsun can then be sent for， and asked to compose fresh ones.

the whole company smiled. If you， sir， were to compose them to-day， they ventured， they are sure to be excellent; and what need will there be again to wait for Yue-tsun!

You people are not aware， Chia Cheng added with a smiling countenance， that Ive been， even in my young days， very mediocre in the composition of stanzas on flowers， birds， rockeries and streams; and that now that Im well up in years and have moreover the fatigue and trouble of my official duties， Ive become in literary compositions like these， which require a light heart and gladsome mood， still more inapt. Were I even to succeed in composing any， they will unavoidably be so doltish and forced that they would contrariwise be instrumental in making the flowers， trees， garden and pavilions， through their demerits， lose in beauty， and present instead no pleasing feature.

This wouldnt anyhow matter， remonstrated all the family companions， for after perusing them we can all decide upon them together， each one of us recommending those he thinks best; which if excellent can be kept， and if faulty can be discarded; and theres nothing unfeasible about this!

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