human
What is the matter?
gpt
Oh! let me join the church!
human
What do you want to join the church for?
gpt
To save my life,
human
But what is this all about?
gpt
You know the eunuch who came to you to buy books,
human
Well, he continued,
gpt
I am a friend of his. The Empress Dowager has banished him, burned all the books he bought for the Emperor, and I am in danger of losing my head. Let me join the church, and thus save my life.