This chapter opens with the young master of the chu clan dressed in his finest attire. He is ready to go to the clan meeting, where he is to present his father's seal to the new patriarch. The old patriarch, who has been missing for the past ten years, has not been heard from for some time. The young master tells the old patriarch that the family has been reduced to such a state because of his father, who is the patriarch of the clan. The patriarch says that the golden seal of the family should be passed on to the next generation.