MEMOIRS CARNEGIE MusruM, VOL. IV. PLATE XXI. 
4 el Seal 
| Meaning Modern 8 Form, Gideon Bree Remarks: 
and Form. ‘3 A. Dz Original. 
Sound. foal 100. 
1, 
281 diy id ey 4 we 
( y} \ Mi From ‘“‘knife”? (No. 164) 
ivi and ‘cut’? (No. 280). 
Jen. hl My ) I | 
Like. Two men of equal height. 
Bee S Lines were added to strengthen 
282 ag ase BAe (tf ‘ ( At Aa sf k tt KA the idea. 
Level, Two shields on a level. . Cf. 
283 even, t No. 284. 
kien. 
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Codrdi- Cee nn nas nn Two ‘‘men’’? on ‘‘level’’ | 
284 nate, seal + +t T T + + ++ (No. 283). On even footing. 
ping. 
ogx Sme Stick cut (No. 280) in two, 
a ore 7] » aby M( it | \ an )§ ( 2 | 4 hence ‘‘short’’ ‘‘small.’’ : 
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res Probably ‘‘man’’ on 
286 mee x AN yH “ man’s’? shoulders, or man 
en : la /) taller than the average. 
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287 ey ce ¢ | ‘a! e e e Object above a line. 
shang. —_—an”vvXxX"=" eres 
Down Rrra if \ ie eae 
288 below, foe h se e e . Object below a line. 
hsia. XN Ee 
3 : e ; 
929 * Middle, Object or point midway be- ql 
2) chung. : vp J p i w os tween ‘‘up’’ and ‘* down.” 
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t Perpen- Shuo Wén: ‘Up and down | 
290 dicular, equal,’ as if the halves di- | 
kun. yerged from a central point. 
Possibly ‘a single bamboo 
291 bes IN leaf”’ (ef. No. 117) now ex- | 
jen ¢ ) panded to ‘a and {[gJ with 
phonetic. 14 
Twist, Hither ‘ hands’’ twisting a 
292 twine, 4 | = ie y x2 Y ‘rope,”’ jor twining vine with 
kin. | Y Y y y ta one es.” 
Form, AN CMa stand ent) aN 
T\ Me and ‘cut’? (No. 
293 sees OS Ls 32 IX 280). Suggesting distinctive 
kiat. ) : t )( n ) JN ) \ ) ( personality. 
294. Ca +4 ON ae yy $f NG pe Four bands united. 
Bis RAK EA 
JHINESE IpEOGRAPHS. 
*The usual explanation of this symbol is an object cut in the middle. 
This fails to account for the more complex old forms. The most an- | 
cient coins have these complex forms, which is str: ange, in view of the habit of contracting symbols on coins, unless the extra strokes were deemed 
Such I believe was the case, and the idea of a point between ‘up’? and “down” 
t The original was likely a solid line representing a staff or other vertical object. 
accords with the basic idea of No. 289, suggested above. 
essential to the meaning. will explain all the extant forms, | 
Shuo Wén’s definition is inappropriate, but incidentally 
