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Appendix I


80D. the other can guard the house
Nêng2 shou3 hu4
Can guard door


Nêng see line 34.

Shou see line 333.

Hu is a picture of a leaf of the 門 mên double door in use all over China. See line 22.


80E. It is to obscure your natural goodness of disposition,
Mei4 t'ien1 liang2
Dark heaven good


Mei is composed of 日 jih sun as radical, with 未 wei negation as phonetic. Or the character may be regarded as an ideogram,—the negation of light.

T'ien see line 50. Here natural, as opposed to 人 jen artificial.

Liang is composed of a corruption of an obsolete word 畗 fu full, its old radical, with 亡 wang (line 159) as phonetic. It is now classed under radical 艮 kên a limit.


80F. To kill them and expose them for sale.
T'u2 shih4 ssŭ4
Kill market shop


T'u is composed of 尸 shih corpse as radical, with 者 chê (or chu) as phonetic.

Shih is composed, under its old form, of 冂 chiung boundary, enclosure, as radical, with 及 chi to arrive (q.d. goods arriving at an enclosed space), with 之 chih (line 1) abbreviated as phonetic. It is now classed under radical 巾 chin a towel.

Ssŭ see line 254q.


80G. Beware of eating them,
Chieh4 wu4 shih2
Beware not eat


Chieh see line 355.