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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland: the contrary I have again and again seen him crowded against the
wall by these cringing servants of Her Majesty.
"One day while we were in the palace a pompous eunuch had stepped
before the Emperor quite obliterating him. I saw Kuang Hsu put
his hands on the large man's shoulders, and quietly turn him
around, that he might see before whom he stood. There were no
signs of anger on his face, but rather a gentle, pathetic smile
as he looked up at the big servant. I expected to see him fall
upon his knees before the Emperor, but instead, he only moved a
few inches to the left, and remained still in front of His
Majesty. Never when in the palace have I seen a knee bend to the
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