He stood up and went across to look at a silk-embroidered picture on the wallThe Imperial Concubine Chao-chun Leaving the Frontier. Then he wandered over to the window and stared out at the trees in the garden.

• 他站起来看看墙壁上那幅缂丝的《明妃出塞》图，又踅到窗边望望花园里的树木。