I'm in the middle of something here andI have to keep this line open. Rather, she hadnot allowed for as many screwups as she had encountered before, during,and after the move. Why won't you let me help or at leastsympathize? Because you can't fix it, she said wearily. During the reigns of Udaand Daigo (888-930), Sugawara Michizane, Miyoshi Kiyotsura, Ki noHaseo, and Koze no Fumio, formed a quartet of famous masters ofChinese literature.
But what if the thingthey had missed, the thing that had been there all along that theyhadn't been able to see, had happened earlier?Wha ** It is thus seen that thevisit of Saicho (Dengyo Daishi) to China at the beginning of theninth century and the introduction of the Tendai creed into Japanconstitute landmarks in Japanese history. The bloodrelationship of the Fujiwara family to the Court could scarcely havebeen more marked, but its public recognition was impeded by thedefect in the family's lineage. A cheer went up inthe room.
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