MEMOIRS CARNEGIE MUSEUM, VOL. IV. PLATE XIX. 
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Mea eI & >robable 
i Modern :§ Form, Older Forms. SS Remarks. 
Sound Form. rg. A.D. riginal. 
: papell 
0 — Oldest forms are: ‘ Popu- 
ro Nati ey lace,”? or, ‘populace’? and 
253 nee oy ie ak (*) (&) Z £ u rf o AE ah feted Later, “ populace,” 
€ £ ‘“enclosed,’”’ cf. No. 254. 
‘ ) ) "3 & 
54 Populace, a . 9 
ae huo, vg 12) Q) (o uy 
=~ Populac x : 
svat pe | BR) Ae JR AR BR i 
shu. z 148 pel 
Ht Re TR SB IK aL 
HHO 
“VWalberd”? and ‘enclos- 
ure.”” Symbolic of protec- 
tion over the people. 
(Ey) 
th 
) 
‘Together’? and ‘fire’? 
under a ‘“shed.’? Symbolic 
of domestic life. 
SN 
xy 
=/3 
Political 
ere’ sat Ln AA] YAY )9C SBE SHE Gh BU] IL | trees 
Audience 
257 hall, 4 
ting. as 
Judge 
25e of a = 
ue Appeal, 1) 
ts “ao, | 
‘Officer’? (No. 237) on a 
“seat.” Some forms have 
“seal”’ added. 
tains 
Ete ye 
é So 8 
Y¥SeysZoOu 
vig 
¢ RR Nl 
‘Fast’ and ‘speak,’ 4. e., 
Decree from East Palace, the 
seat of judgment. 
Oe 
3OE 
“Above”? and ‘speak.’? 
Divine or imperial decree. 
chih, (Not related to its radical. ) 
259 Decree, a g 
To inform 
260 % Supe- ie) \erd 
rior, 
ch‘éng. 
“Mouth”? and “ officer,’’ 
i. ¢., speech before a superior. 
HYG | Cet QoQ | _ firs 
ots 
261 *Beepter, = + 
cued, 
A> 
=, 
HH |W |GA ig 
Just, — Symbol of al division. 
262 ji, 4 ONe Ne as Uy )0( a Nf ub (zy Jol Behe ae ie 
> & « Perhaps ‘‘man’”’ rescuing 
Bie tect 4 I A h lg “child” from attack of beast 
he AR nt \ AT z u (claw). Of. No. 834. 
le |) eG Ss (i one Oe ee 
pur | IR T HT ( CR ‘A [\ | vided.” 
Perpet- 4 ) 
265 NG ) 7 5 Water flowing from a pool 
9) ual Z \( au . or spring, hence “‘constant,’’ 
> 7] 7 \ « SB 
yung. <. aK 1 A ifs Dr J € os, perpetual. 
amily a a ae 
“Hee ALA AR A A || om 
Crinesr Iproarapus. 
e the carved lines upon a jade scepter. Such an ancient scepter was seen by the author. It was a foot long and two inches 
e pictured above, and engr: 
if This may come from different root: 
Farlie 
as the 
This may h 
wi " F : 
de of the shap ed all over with conventional lines. 
Since the Han Dynasty (cirea B. C. 100) it has taken the sole form of “ pig’? under ‘roof.’ 
r forms show various objects under roof. The most reasonable is “three persons under roof’? — a very early form — which I have taken 
probable original. 
