A. disgraceful B. imperfect C. hold D. consideration E. approved F. accordingly G. naked H. wandering I. incorrect J. ignorance K. rise L. culture M. reclining N. struck O. apparently There is a closer relationship between morals and architecture and interior decoration than we suspect. Huxley has pointed out that Western ladies did not take frequent baths because they were afraid to see their own 1 bodies, and this moral concept delayed the 2 of the modern white-enameled bathtub for centuries. One can understand, why in the design of old Chinese furniture there was so little 3 for human comfort only when we realize the Confucian atmosphere in which people moved about. Chinese redwood furniture was designed for people to sit upright in, because that was the only posture 4 by society. Even Chinese emperors had to sit on a throne on which I would not think of remaining for more than five minutes, and for that matter the English kings were just as badly off. Cleopatra went about 5 on a couch carried by servants, because 6 she had never heard of Confucius. If Confucius should have seen her doing that, he would certainly have 7 her shins with a stick, as he did to one of his old disciples, Yuan Yan, when the latter was found sitting in an 8 posture. In the Confucian society in which we lived, gentlemen and ladies had to 9 themselves perfectly erect, at least on formal occasions, and any sign of putting one's leg up would be at once considered a sign of vulgarity and lack of 10.