In the land of Tao-chou
Many of the people are dwarfs;
The tallest of them never grow to more than three feet.
They were sold in the market as dwarf slaves and yearly sent to Court;
Described as -an offering of natural products from the land of Tao-chou.�
A strange -offering of natural products -; I never heard of one yet
That parted men from those they loved, never to meet again!
Old men-weeping for their grandsons; mothers for their children!
One day-Yang Ch-ëng came to govern the land;
He refused to send up dwarf slaves in spite of incessant mandates.
He replied to the Emperor -Your servant finds in the Six Canonical Books
-In offering products, one must offer what is there, and not what isn-t there-
On the waters and lands of Tao-chou, among all the things that live
I only find dwarfish people; no dwarfish slaves.�
The Emperor-s heart was deeply moved and he sealed and sent a scroll
-The yearly tribute of dwarfish slaves is henceforth annulled.--

The people of Tao-chou,
Old ones and young ones, how great their joy!
Father with son and brother with brother henceforward kept together;
From that day for ever more they lived as free men.
The people of Tao-chou
Still enjoy this gift.
And even now when they speak of the Governor
Tears start to their eyes.
And lest their children and their children-s children should forget the Governor-s name,
When boys are born the syllable -Yang� is often used in their forename.