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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1921 
  

  

  are 
  numerous. 
  With 
  this 
  boolc 
  it 
  is 
  just 
  the 
  reverse. 
  One 
  distin- 
  

   guishing 
  mark 
  of 
  this 
  book 
  is 
  that 
  illustrations 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  bells 
  

   and 
  tripods 
  are 
  reproduced. 
  

  

  Wang 
  Hsiang-Chih 
  is 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  a 
  work 
  called 
  " 
  Yu 
  Ti 
  Chi 
  

   Sheng." 
  This 
  book 
  on 
  geography 
  contains 
  lists 
  of 
  tablets 
  in 
  each 
  

   locality 
  and 
  describes 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  detailed 
  way 
  those 
  places 
  where 
  stone 
  

   inscriptions 
  are 
  found. 
  This 
  book 
  therefore 
  served 
  as 
  a 
  Baedeker 
  

   for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  antiquities 
  in 
  different 
  localities. 
  

  

  Nieli 
  Tsung 
  I 
  wrote 
  a 
  book 
  called 
  " 
  San 
  Li 
  Tu," 
  This 
  book 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  pictures 
  of 
  ancient 
  objects, 
  ranging 
  from 
  vessels 
  used 
  in 
  wor- 
  

   ship 
  and 
  household 
  utensils 
  and 
  furniture 
  to 
  clothes 
  and 
  buildings. 
  

   Although 
  it 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  pictures 
  are 
  faithful 
  repro- 
  

   ductions 
  of 
  original 
  objects, 
  yet 
  every 
  pictiu-e 
  is 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  careful 
  

   study 
  and 
  investigation. 
  

  

  Li 
  Chieh's 
  book 
  on 
  architecture 
  not 
  only 
  treats 
  of 
  the 
  architecture 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sung 
  dynasty, 
  but 
  also 
  contains 
  a 
  thorough 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  build- 
  

   ings 
  of 
  ancient 
  times. 
  For 
  this 
  reason 
  it 
  has 
  great 
  value 
  in 
  arch- 
  

   eology. 
  This 
  book 
  was 
  formerly 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  obtain, 
  but 
  ha? 
  

   recently 
  been 
  reprinted. 
  I 
  v/ish 
  to 
  present 
  His 
  Highness 
  with 
  a 
  copy 
  

   of 
  this 
  work. 
  

  

  Lu 
  Ta-lin 
  vv^rote 
  a 
  book 
  called 
  " 
  Kao 
  Ku 
  T'u." 
  The 
  book 
  contains 
  

   illustrations 
  of 
  bells, 
  tripods, 
  and 
  sacrificial 
  cups 
  which 
  were 
  done 
  

   by 
  skillful 
  draughtsmen, 
  reproducing 
  the 
  originals 
  meticulously. 
  In 
  

   the 
  case 
  of 
  objects 
  where 
  the 
  inscriptions 
  have 
  disappeared 
  through 
  

   the 
  wear 
  and 
  tear 
  of 
  time 
  the 
  shape 
  is 
  still 
  reproduced. 
  The 
  names 
  

   of 
  the 
  collectors 
  are 
  placed 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  explanatory 
  notes 
  

   accompanying 
  the 
  pictures 
  or 
  below 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  picture. 
  

   Archaic 
  characters 
  are 
  explained 
  and 
  commented 
  upon. 
  Those 
  words 
  

   which 
  are 
  not 
  decipherable 
  are 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  appendix. 
  

  

  Wang 
  Fu's 
  book, 
  " 
  Hsuan 
  Ho 
  Po 
  Ku 
  T'u," 
  is 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  pictures 
  

   representing 
  527 
  bells, 
  tripods, 
  and 
  sacrificial 
  cups, 
  grouped 
  under 
  

   59 
  heads, 
  and 
  45 
  seals 
  grouped 
  under 
  17 
  heads. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  illus- 
  

   trations 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  objects 
  which 
  the 
  author 
  has 
  actually 
  seen, 
  

   others 
  on 
  objects 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  heard 
  from 
  other 
  people. 
  Notwith- 
  

   standing 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  investigation, 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  all 
  these 
  objects 
  seems 
  

   to 
  be 
  correct. 
  Although 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  mistakes 
  in 
  the 
  phonetic 
  values 
  

   given 
  to 
  the 
  characters, 
  yet 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  characters 
  is 
  preserved 
  

   intact. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  this 
  collection 
  later 
  generations 
  can 
  determine 
  the 
  

   types 
  of 
  sacrificial 
  vessels 
  used 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  language 
  of 
  that 
  time. 
  

  

  Judging 
  from 
  the 
  eight 
  boolvs 
  just 
  mentioned, 
  we 
  realize 
  that 
  

   archeology 
  was 
  greatly 
  developed 
  in 
  the 
  Sung 
  dynasty. 
  If 
  the 
  work 
  

   had 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  without 
  interruption 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  what 
  

   wonderful 
  progress 
  we 
  might 
  have 
  made 
  ! 
  Unfortunately, 
  ever 
  since 
  

  

  