MEMOIRS CaRNEGIE MUSEUM, VOL. IV. 
Meaning 
and 
Sound. 
295 * Two, 
iNet 
296 * Ounce, 
liang. 
} Thirty, 
297 genera- 
tion, 
shih. 
t Substi- 
‘ tute, 
298 genera- 
tion, 
tai. 
Peace 
299 ngan, 
“a ne 
309 Fear, 
wer, 
Purpose, 
301 determi- 
nation, 
chih. 
Now, 
302 this, so, 
shih. 
303 Noon, 
wu. 
Half, 
pan 
304 
305 High, 
kao 
Condole 
3 with 
My bereaved, 
tiao. 
307 1, me, 
wo. 
303 Bawl, 
wu. 
avoid 
and “two.” 
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plies sue ression, being originally ‘‘change of watch,’’ hence ‘‘substitute,’? < ‘‘ 
Modern 
Form. 
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Seal 
Form, 
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Older Form. 
Probable 
Original. 
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CuInEsE IDEOGRAPHS. 
differ in their original meanings. 
instead,”’ 
*When the sign “liang” (No. 295) was adopted for “ounce” (No. 296), from similarity of sound, the numeral ‘one’? 
confusion with the original sense of ‘‘liang’’ (No. 295). 
PLATE XXII. 
Remarks. 
Two rooms, or two men in 
a house. (Obscure origin. ) 
One liang, 7%. e., one ounce. 
Triple sign for ten, 7%. e., 
th 
years by Chinese reckoning. 
‘Man’? and ‘‘spear,’’ re- 
ferring to change of watch. 
(Cf. Nos. 215, 227.) 
One woman in a_ house. 
(An essential condition of 
peace in China. ) 
Man standing upon a height 
(hill), inspires fear. (So 
Shuo W én. ) 
“Tssue’? (No. 107) and 
“heart” (No. 41). Shuo Wén: 
“That which issues from the 
heart.’” 
“Sun” or ‘‘day”’ and ‘‘ex- 
act’? (No. 111), hence ‘‘now.”” 
(So also Shuo Wén.) 
Probably a vertical line 
through roof-gable toward 
zenith, hence ‘‘ noon.” 
“Cut”? (No. 280) and an 
obscure sign of varied form. 
Tower over city gate. Al- 
lied to No. 251, 252. 
“Two men’? and ‘‘bow.’’ 
Refers to ancient custom of 
guarding the dead against wild 
beasts. 
“Wand” and “halberd” 
(No. 213), vaguely suggesting 
man’s egoism. 
“Targe’? (No. 236) and 
“mouth.’? Mouth wide open 
as in shouting or bawling. 
was added to 
Later the new form supplemented the old, and now is used for both ‘ ounce” 
No. 297 emphasizes the duration of a generation,” while No. 298 
< ‘succession,’ < ‘‘ generation.” 
rty. A generation is thirty = 
