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possible that the one or other of these specimens has been utilized for 

 such a purpose. 



Another series of eight objects, called only ts'ung, is here added, 

 four of dark-green, two of white, and two of green and white jade. 

 As they are plain and do not exhibit any forms differing from the 

 previous yellow ts'ung, they are not reproduced in this paper. From 

 their colors we may infer that they have not been employed in the 



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Fig. 57- 

 Yellow Jade Ring, huang ts'ung. 



worship of Earth, but must have served another end ; but this question 

 is not discussed by our author. 



In the Chou li (Biot, Vol. II, p. 528), another kind of ts'ung is 

 mentioned under the name " festooned ts'ung {tuan ts'ung)," eight inches 

 long, which are offered by the feudal princes to the spouse of that 

 prince to whom they pay a visit. These apply to princes of the first 

 rank, while those of the second and third ranks offer pieces six inches, 

 and those of the fourth and fifth ranks pieces four inches in length. 

 It is very possible that types of this kind occur among the ts'ung men- 

 tioned, and this gradation according to rank finds its echo in the vary- 

 ing sizes of the actual specimens, but it would be in vain to attempt 

 here special identifications, as all detailed descriptions of the ancient 

 pieces are lacking. 



We have so far recognized various uses of the jade object called 



