Gems of Chinese Literature/Huai Tsung-Valedictory

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POOR in virtue and of contemptible personality, I have incurred the wrath of God on high. My Ministers have deceived me. I am ashamed to meet my ancestors; and therefore I myself take off my crown, and with my hair covering my face, await dismemberment at the hands of the rebels. Do not hurt a single one of my people!

  1. ↑ She was afterwards killed by the rebels.
  2. ↑ His body, together with that of the Empress, was reverently encoffined by the Manchus.
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