Pauthier translates the verses somewhat differently; preserving the onomatopœia in three of the lines. Hoûng-hoûng are the sounds heard in the timber-yards where the wood is being measured; from the workshops of the builders respond the sounds of tông-tông; and the solid walls, when fully finished off, give out the sound of pîng-pîng.
Yao. — "Porcelain." The reader who desires detailed information respecting the technology, history, or legends of Chinese porcelain-manufacture should consult Stanislas Julien's admirable "Histoire de la Porcelaine Chinoise" (Paris, 1856). With some trifling exceptions, the names of the various porcelains cited in my "Tale of the Porcelain-God" were selected from Julien's work. Though oddly musical and otherwise attractive in Chinese, these names lose interest by translation. The majority of them merely refer to centres of manufacture or famous potteries: Chou-yao, "porcelains of Chou;" Hong-tcheou-yao, "porcelains of Hong-tcheou;" Jou-yao, "porcelains of Jou-tcheou;" Ting-yao, "porcelains of Ting-tcheou;" Ko-yao," porcelains of the Elder Brother [Thsang];" Khang-hi-nien-t'sang-yao, "porcelains of Thsang made in the reign of Khang-hi." Some porcelains were distinguished by the names of dynasties, or the titles of civic
