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decoration than we suspect. Huxley has pointed out that Western ladies did not take frequent baths because they were afraid to see their own naked bodies, and this moral concept delayed the rise of the modern white-enameled bathtub for centuries. One can understand why in the design of old Chinese furniture there was so little consideration for human comfort only when we realize the Confucian atmosphere in which people moved about. Chinese redwood furniture was designed for people to sit upright }]I ?vyQ#V
in, because that was the only posture approved by society. Even Chinese emperors had to sit on a throne on which I would not think of remaining for more than five minutes, and for that matter the English kings were just as badly off. Cleopatra went about reclining on a couch carried by servants, because apparently she had never heard of Confucius. If Confucius should have seen her doing that, he would certainly have "struck her shin with a stick, " as he did to one of his old disciples. Yuan Jang, when the latter was found sitting in an incorrect posture. In the Confucian society in which we lived, gentlemen and ladies had to hold themselves perfectly erect, at K288&D|1WU
least on formal occasions, and any sign of putting one's leg up would be at once construed as a sign of vulgarity and lack of culture。
