C285 A red cloth bag hanging from a tree

What did it mean to kneel?

It meant submission and fear. And incomparable respect.

The blind old woman knelt down before the new young man. He kowtowed six times in a row. Then her knees, forehead, hands, and elbows pressed together on the floor, and she stopped moving.

This kind of service was the highest level of worship: it was something one could only look forward to