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temple of Chou-kung in the kingdom of Lu {Li ki, Ming fang wet, 10), 

 but also by the Emperor in the temple of Heaven {kiao miao). It is 



Fig. 3. 

 Jade Dance-Axes (from Ku yii t'u P'u) 



to this passage that the Ku yii Vu p'u (Ch. 27, p. 10) refers in describing 

 a ceremonial jade axe on which the head of a phenix is engraved. "It 

 is an implement of the early Ts'in period and cannot come down from 

 the Han or Wei dynasties," is added in the descriptive text. 



