28 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGJE MUSEUM 
a thousand penalties a thousand fold,” . . . Honorable Elders and Select Bannermen in turn make oath to 
(or) by Hsi Kung, Hsiang Wu Fu saying: ‘‘ We insure to the Clan of San possession of the lands irrigated (?) °4 and 
walled, else let us suffer a thousand penalties a thousand [fold].” ** Hsi Kung and Hsiang Wu-fu upon thus taking 
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53'The sign 4 (ch‘uen) ‘‘delivered” with 4, means ‘a thousand times inflicted,” 7. ¢., ‘‘a thousand fold.” Ta 
the second oath this sign has been accidentally omitted either by the original engraver or copyist. 
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54 The sign Ve is unquestionably ac and is composed of ‘‘ water’? and ‘‘connect.’’ It is not in Kanghsi, but 
might mean ‘‘ water-system ”’ or ‘‘irrigate.’’ ee is contracted form of Ud ts‘iang ‘‘ wall.’? The two expressions each 
containing \f) (t‘ien) ‘‘ field’? may be names of localities. 5 
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55 A (hsiang) “‘ elephant’? > ‘‘ivory’’ > ‘‘carve’’ > ‘‘delineate.’? Here it probably means ‘affix.’ 
36 |] (t'n) ‘‘seal,’’ “‘diagram.’’ No seal is shown in this copy of the edict. Possibly a ‘‘map”’ of the domain 
accompanied the edict. 
