MEMOIRS CARNEGIE Museum, VOL. IV. 
Meaning 
and 
Sound, 
: * Prime 
7" 989 Mins 
t 239 Minister, 
ch‘en. 
Lord, 
chu. 
240 
_ 94, Father, 
i Ju. 
Retainer, 
249, to con- 
trol, 
si. 
: Ruler, 
f 243 queen, 
hou. 
244 Master, 
fu. 
245 To rule, 
yin, 
Scribe, 
history, 
shih. 
246, 
ee nist, 
record, 
chiei. 
t Law, 
cata- 
logue, 
tien. 
248 
City (as 
249 2 official 
seat), 
a 
, 
chéng. 
Capital 
City, 
king. 
251 
4 Court 
inside 
city gate, 
kuo. 
252 
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Form. 
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Probable 
Original. 
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* The Chinese notion that this depicts a corpulent man is unsatisfactory. : 
t Bamboo slips tied with a thong. Shuo Wén says that the slips were of unequal length. Royal degrees were thus Hed 
tShuo Wen: “The records of Wu Ti (The Five Rulers B. C. 2597-2255] were given an honored place upon a stand. 
| @ This is now appJied to a temple over an arch just inside a city gate. 
PLATE XVIII. 
Remarks. 
Resembles No. 31 and No. 
238. Possibly depicts some 
insignia of office. 
Supposed to be a burning 
lamp, hence ‘“‘lord’’ by me- 
tonomy. Suggests No. 234. 
“Wand” holding ‘‘rod’’ or 
‘‘scepter.’? Master of family 
or class. 
Seems to be from ‘‘bind”’ 
and “summon” J. 
Reverse of No. 242. Per- 
haps ‘‘summon.’” 
“Great’? and’ ‘‘man,’’ or 
“oreat’? doubled, i.e, ‘very 
great.’? 
“Wand” holding ‘scep- 
ter.”’? Like No. 241. 
“Wand”? holding a ‘‘sty- 
lus.”? See Fig. 1. (Ancient 
stylus had ring at end. ) 
3amboo ‘ records’’ 
table.” 
upon a 
7 ea 
“Enclosure”? and ‘seal 
suggesting official residence. 
Cf. No. 142 and No. 209. 
Composed of Nos. 252, 212, 
214. No. 252 has been con- 
tracted to ‘‘earth,’? «% «@, 
earth-filled wall. 
City gate with tower (as 
now in China). 
Gate-court with towers over 
gates at either sides. 
