This was flanked by a bronze wine vessel inlaid with gold and a crystal bowl. By the walls were a row of sixteen cedar-wood armchairs;and above these hung two panels of ebony with the following couplet inset in silver.Pearls on the dais outshine the sun and moon;Insignia of honour in the hall blaze like iridescent clouds.Small characters below recorded that this had been written by the Prince of Dungan, who signed his name Mu Shi and styled himself a fellow provincial and old family friend.