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The assembly hall featured a raised platform, upon which stood a simple rosewood chair with rounded armrests that was currently empty. This was the seat of the Grand Master.
Behind the chair stood a large three-legged bronze incense burner with a lid carved in the pattern of the Eight Trigrams. Wisps of faint incense smoke drifted outward from its openings. On the northern wall above it hung a plainly mounted scroll that read, “Peace Under Heaven.”
The Grand Master’s seat faced south. In front of the platform was a standing space and a tall table about one meter high and slightly over 30 centimeters wide, used for placing speaking notes. This was the designated speaking position.
Facing the Grand Master were 12 seats for the small-meeting members, arranged in a semicircle. Due to the elevated platform, these seats were noticeably lower, placing their occupants under the Grand Master’s gaze.
On either side of the Grand Master were four additional seats, slightly lower than his but higher than those of the Omniscient Sages and Virtuous Great Sages. These seats were reserved for the three Deputy Grand...
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