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APPENDIX I.


[The following eight lines are inserted in some editions.]


80A. Especially of the ox and dog
Wei2 niu2 yang2
Think ox sheep


Wei see line 264.

Niu see line 77.

Yang see line 77.


80B. is the merit most conspicuous;
Kung1 tsui4 chu4
Merit very manifest


Kung see line 353.

Tsui see line 202.

Chu see line 149.


80C. one can plough the fields,
Nêng2 kêng1 t'ien2
Can plough field


Nêng see line 34.

Kêng is composed of 耒 lei a plough-handle (itself composed of 木 mu wood and 丰 chieh rank weeds) as radical, with 井 ching a well as phonetic. It has been alleged that the latter is really a corruption of 田, in which case the whole character would be an ideogram.

T'ien is an obvious picture of fields laid out.