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CHINESE POETRY AND ITS CONNOTATIONS 



Literal. 

 Pictograms from Shuo Wen. 



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Dawn, Morning, 

 Sun shines out. 



Ch'en. 



Early in the 

 Morning. 



Tsao. 



Daylight, 

 Daytime. 



Chou. 



Dawn, the rising 

 Sun. 



Hsii. 



Dawn, Daylight, 

 Brightness. 



Ming. 



Sun, Day. 

 Jih. 



Mid-day, Period 

 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 



Wu. 



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" The first dim light of morn- 

 ing," Analysis : The Sun and 

 raised mounds of Earth. 



" The light before Sunrise," 

 Analysis : The Sunrise light 

 seen from a boat, though a 

 mist. 



The actual moment Sunrise. 

 Analysis : The Sun on the 

 horizon. 



The early morning after the 

 Sun has risen. Analysis : A 

 period of time, and the figure 

 of a mortar, the idea being 

 " in the early morning the 

 labourers work." 



Period till about ten in the 

 morning. Analysis : The Sun 

 at the height of a helmeted 

 man. 



Daylight. Analysis : The 

 period of time between two 

 nights when it is light enough 

 to hold a writing brush. 



The Shuo Wen gives no 

 explanation nor does Kang 

 Hsi, except that the character 

 means ' ' light. ' ' Williams says 

 that it was originally written 

 "Sun"and ''to excite, "because 

 "at dawn all nature is excited" 



Daylight — brightness. Analy- 

 sis : The Sun and the Moon, 

 the "two great lights." 



Daylight — simply a pictogram. 



A primitive. 



