Innermostasia 355 - Ch'iang Ssu'yeh bidding farewell - He was Stein's best Chinese interpreter and general assistant. He came from the Indian consulate in Kashgar for Stein's second expedition and was instrumental in so many successes, especially in obtaining the manuscripts from Tun-huang "cave of the 1000 Buddhas' but was in too poor health to participate in the third expedition.