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七号的后罩楼不大,与庆王府、恭王府的相比,甚至有些寒碜,庆王奕勖、恭王奕诉,都是慈禧身边炙手可热的大王爷,我们胡同这位王爷好像很一般,大概除了历史专家,谁也叫不出他是什么王爷。 (Ye, 2011: p. 38)

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Number 7’s Back Quarters weren’t large. Compared to those in the mansions of Prince Qing and Prince Gong, they were even a bit shabby. Prince Qing and Prince Gong were high and mighty Princes of the First Rank at the Empress Dowager Cixi’s side, whereas it seems our hutong’s prince was run-of-the-mill, and probably nobody except an historian could say just who he was. (Humes, 2014: p. 68)