Batavia. Translates the league's manuscripts: books seized by the police at Padang (Sumatra) in 1863, a book found at Japara (Java) in 1851, and two manuscripts given to the Batavian Society, with Chinese text.
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A member asked on the road where he comes from answers that he comes from the East, and asked where he is going, that he goes to join the myriads of brethren. When served tea he pours it back into the pot and refills the cups before drinking. Two cups side by side are the Sun-and-Moon tea; three in a row are the tea of the brotherhood, of which the guest drinks the middle cup.
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manuscripts of the 19th century (Dutch East Indies)
Checked against the Internet Archive text on 2026-11-04. Schlegel gives dozens of further tea-cup arrangements, each with its verse.
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