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保養精神 The Emperor Recovers
卻說太宗自服了安神定魄之劑，連進了數次粥湯，被眾臣扶入寢室，一夜穩睡，保養精神，直至天明方起，抖擻威儀，你看他怎生打扮：却说太宗自服了安神定魄之剂，连进了数次粥汤，被众臣扶入寝室，一夜稳睡，保养精神，直至天明方起，抖擞威仪，你看他怎生打扮：
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卻說太宗自服了安神定魄之劑，連進了數次粥湯，被眾臣扶入寢室，一夜穩睡，保養精神，直至天明方起，抖擻威儀，你看他怎生打扮：
却说太宗自服了安神定魄之剂，连进了数次粥汤，被众臣扶入寝室，一夜稳睡，保养精神，直至天明方起，抖擞威仪，你看他怎生打扮：
Now Taizong, having taken the decoction to calm his spirit and settle his soul, and swallowed several bowls of gruel, was helped by his ministers into the bedchamber, where he slept soundly through the night and nursed his strength; only at daybreak did he rise, rouse his majestic bearing, and — see how he was arrayed:
安神定魄之劑 the soul-calming medicine of the previous passage. 抖擻威儀 to shake out and compose one's dignified bearing. The formula 你看他怎生打扮 introduces the descriptive rhapsody of the emperor's regalia.
A transitional passage carries the emperor from convalescent to sovereign: a night's sleep and a few bowls of gruel restore him, and at dawn he rises to resume his state. The set formula that closes it hands off to the rhapsody on his regalia, the visual signal that the emperor is himself again.