520 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



pieces marked sai, " west," iu blue ; of 4 j^ieces marked, chung, " middle," 

 in blue; 1 piece marked j^afc icong, "northern ruler," in red and blue; 1 

 piece marked nam wow^, "southern ruler," iu red and blue; 1 piece 

 marked timg ii'o«^, "eastern ruler," in red and blue; 1 piece marked 

 sai icong, "western ruler," in red and blue; 1 piece marked chung icong, 

 "middle ruler," in red and blue; 1 piece marked fin wong, "heavenly 

 ruler," in red and blue; 1 piece marked ti ivong, "earthly ruler," in red 

 and blue; 1 j)iece marked ?/«» tvong, "human ruler," in red and blue; 1 

 piece marked wo icong, "harmony ruler," in red and blue ; 1 piece marked 

 cJi'nn, "spriug," in red; 1 piece marked hd, "summer," in red; 1 piece 

 marked ts^aUj "autumn," in red; 1 piece marked tnng, "winter." 



Fifth, ot' 8 blank pieces. 



A set nearly identical with this was also exhibited by Mr. Wilkinson. 

 It lacked the pieces designated as "rulers of the five directions," the 

 fin, ti, yan, and wo wong, and the 4 pieces with the names of the sea- 

 sons. It had, however, 4 pieces bearing- the character fat. This set 

 was from Ningpo, and was designated by Mr. Wilkinson as chung fa 

 {chnng fat). "The coloring," he states, "whether in red, green, or 

 blue, is purely ornamental, and has nothing to do with the play of the 

 game.* 



Another set (C), from Fuhchau, in the museum of the Long Island 

 Historical Society, is made entirely of bamboo. This set is composed 

 of 32 pieces, measuring § by 1% by --^ inch. They are inscribed on one 

 face with the usual dots and the characters that represent the names 

 of the pieces of the Chinese.game of chess, tseung ¥i. 



These marks are arranged as follows : 



6-6 6-6, A;(V, "chariot," in red. 

 1-1 1-1, tseung, " elephant," in green. 

 4-4 4-4, A"i7, "chariot," in red. 

 1-3 1-3, seuny, " elephant," iu red. 

 5-5 5-5, tsut, " soldier," iu red. 

 3-3 3-3, ping, " soldier," iu green. 

 2-2 2-2, ss\ " secretary," iu green. 

 5-6 5-6, md, " horse," in green. 

 4-6 4-6, md, "horse," in red. 

 1-6 1-6, tsut, "soldier," iu red. 

 1-5 1-5, tsut, "soldier," iu red. 

 6-3 4-5, sz', " secretary," iu red. 

 6-2 5-3, 2)'du, " cannon," in red. 

 4-3 0-2, j)'du, "cannou," in green. 

 1-4, inng, " soldier," in red. 

 2-3, tsut, "soldier," in red. 

 2-4, tseung, "general," iu green. 

 1-2, shui, " general," in red. 



Mr. Himlyt describes a set of Chinese bamboo dominoes, 32 in the 

 set. with the characters of the chessmen, which is identical with the 



* Descriptive Catalogue, p. 87. 



tZeitschrift des deutscher Morgeuliiudischer (iesellschaft, Baud 43, p. 453. 



