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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: princesses might not be seated. The Empress Dowager first turned
to the Emperor, and said, 'Your Majesty, please be seated'; then
turning to the princesses and waving her hand, she told them to
sit down. They sat down in a timid, rather uncomfortable way on
the edge of the chair, but did not presume to touch any of the
food.
"The conversation ran upon various topics, and, among others, the
Boxer troubles. One of the ladies wore a badge. The Empress
Dowager noticing it, asked what it meant.
" 'Your Majesty,' was the reply, 'this was presented to me by my
Emperor because I was wounded in the Boxer insurrection.'
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