Chapter 66 – Thinking of Faraway Places

Author’s Notes:

Note: A guest from afar comes, bringing me a letter. It speaks of longing, of long separation. — From “Coldness of Winter Comes in November”

“Under the vast heaven, there is no land that is not the king’s; on the shores of the land, there is no subject who is not the king’s.” — Book of Odes, Small Ode of Ya, “Northern Mountain”

“Suddenly thinking of the traveler far away, again thinking of the early morning officials.” — Bai Juyi, “In the Wind and Snow”

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Brother Nine is experiencing the aftermath of a splash of cold water on his infatuated brain. It’s time for the sage.