Oriental Stories/Volume 1/Issue 2/The Rug

China is a great Rug Of which Peking is the center. If a man is to be saved From the wrath of Dragon Gods, Spirits of Earth, of Air, of Fire, Escape only can be found By seeking the center Of the Rug, Prostrating oneself in prayer, By making sacrifices To Spirits of Unknown Forces. For China will be China When all the earth Falls back to ruins, Just as China was China Before the cities of men Had come into being. China is a Rug Of which all else on earth Is the fringe. China is a great Rug Of which Peking Is the jewel That illumines the center.