"His brothers tried to persuade him not to, but they couldn't. He sprang up and came staggering into the presence of the Chinese king, who knew what was happening, though he kept silent. That king was inside the three brothers, but he pretended to be unfamiliar with them. The fire under the kettle is the appearance.The boiling water is the reality.The beloved is in your veins though he or she may seem to have a form outside you. The prince knelt and kissed the king's feet, and stayed there, bowed down. This young man will have everything he seeks, and twenty times that which he left behind. He gambled and flung off his robe in ecstasy. Such love is worth a thousand robes."
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