"Having been a Censor, I venture thus to memorialise
the Throne. But as my present official position does not
permit of my forwarding this direct, I request the high
officials of my Board to present it for me. As my name did
not figure originally in the list of officials to represent
my Board at the ceremonies preparatory to His late
Majesty's burial, I begged the Grand Secretary Pao Yün to
allow me to be included in the list. Pao Yün could not
have foretold my suicide, so that no blame can attach to
him for being my sponsor. Under our enlightened Dynasty,
how could anyone imagine a return to the ancient and
happily obsolete practice of being buried alive with one's
Sovereign? But my grief is too great and cannot be
restrained; for to-day my Sovereign returns, dragon-
borne, to Heaven, and all the world weeps with me in woe
unutterable.

"I have respectfully but fully explained my feelings
in this question of the lawful succession to the Throne,
and now, under the title of your guilty servant, I present
this my Memorial."

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