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CHINESE TDEOGRAPHS. 
PLATE XXVII. 
Remarks. 
Shuo Wen calls this a ves- 
sel for ancestral worship. 
Mystic symbol composed of 
elements pertaining to heaven, 
sun, air, or fire, and meteoric 
influence. * 
‘Farth’? and “‘God”’ (No. 
351) contracted, 7. e., ‘‘earth- 
deity.’’ Opposite of No. 366. 
“Heavenly influence” 
(No. 353) over nature (trees 
and earth). Shuo Wén: 
“ Karth-lord.’’ 
Shuo Wén: ‘Mystic 
changes in nature as detected 
by the use of May-weed.”’ 
Weird sign for a ghost. 
“Hands”’ offering ‘sacri- 
cial jar’’ before a ‘‘mound”’ 
(grave). (Last has been dis- 
carded, and ‘‘hands’’ changed 
to sign for ‘‘inch.’’) 
Descriptive and pictorial 
signs relating to use of the 
libation cup ‘‘chiie.”’ 
Depicts large tripod with 
handles, used in temples. 
The two signs at sides are 
the handles, altered to ‘‘bow”? 
(No. 211). 
Sind, 2." flesh" 
“‘jar’’ in a “temple.” 
is now discarded and ‘jar 
altered. 
and 
Last 
Shuo Wén: ‘High, light. 
Superior forces of nature.’’ 
Precise significance of this 
and No. 376 is not clear. 
They refer to geomantic con- 
dition, hill, sun, cloud, ete. 
Shuo Wén: ‘To 
Title of the universal rule 
(Used of emperor and deity. ) 
judge 
” 
This complex and apparently incongruous symbol is one of the most ancient in the language. It is descriptive rather than pictorial, being 
con : 
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bseures the signs depicte: 
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acteristic of many old symbols relating to sacrifice. 
d. The form of the vessel is Gr as seen in recovered specimens. 
tT This complex sign is supposed to suggest the gestures and cries of a witch. 
nation. 
ive of sacrifice, to wit: Swine’s head (No. 18), shelled-grain (No. 124), silk (No. 134) and ‘‘hands,”’ 
Some of the forms are in ancient script which 
May-weed, in bundles of 64 stalks, is still used by Chinese in 
