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Chapter 58

The Spiders

盤絲洞七情迷本　濯垢泉八戒忘形At Gossamer Cave the seven passions delude the root; at the Filth-Cleansing Spring, Bajie forgets himself.
世德堂本 1592, juan 13
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The Gossamer Cave held seven women, and they were spiders.

Seven spider-women, spinning silk from their navels to seal the hillside.
Seven spider-women, spinning silk from their navels to seal the hillside.
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