An essential part of any German campaign is obviously the efficiency of its lines of communication and therefore it is dangerous to belittle our enemy's strength in this direction.

Ch'üan Ch'i was the scion of a great family of Feng-yang in Shang-lo [in present-day Shensi province].

Of course, you intend to reach game eventually; on the next round you can keep the pot boiling with Three Diamonds.

the dissolvent juices [of the stomach]