Rites, has presented a memorial asking for merey and stands forth asa self-accuser, acknowledging his serious misdemeanour in having also recommended to the Kmperor such dangerous and seditious characters as arch traitor Kang Yii-wei an!
lends. At an andier-ce of the Emperor, also, he had the audacity t" strongly recommed these men, frankly accepting: the responsibility of his action. Now that the conspiracy has been exposed Li Tuan-vii seeks to curry favour by confessing his sin, thereby cunningly trying to of the just punishment in store for! view of this it would not be acting justly to' the others if we punished him in the ordinary way for indiscretion in waking a recommendation. We, therefore, command that the said President of the Hoard of Rites be exshiered of his rank and titles and then be banishd to Kashgaria, where he shall be plated under the surveillance of the local auth: there [during the remainder of his life] as a warning to others,
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