CHINESE POETRY AND ITS CONNOTATIONS 



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Giles. 



Dusk, Twilight. 

 Hun. 



Evening, Sunset. 

 Mu. 



Evening, Dusk. 

 Hsi. 



Literal. 

 Pictograms from Shuo W6n. 



The dim light of failing day. 

 Analysis : The Sun and 

 figure of a floating plant 

 which throws its roots to the 

 buttom of the water — hence 

 meaning of "to sink." 



Analysis : The Sun disap- 

 pearing in grass on the 

 horizon. 



Pictogram of moon crossing 

 the horizon. The bottom of 

 the planet cannot be seen. 



Late Evening. 

 Wan. 



Vwf (Not in Giles 

 or Williams in 

 this form) Dark. 



Hsiao. 



Night, Darkness. 

 Yeh. 



Evening later than " Hsi." 

 The Sun and figure for "to 

 avoid." A man struggling 

 against evil. 



Dark, night, "K'ang Hsi" 

 explains the character 

 thus : " The breath of light 

 is consumed. 



Ancient Pictogram of a man 

 lying on his right side at 

 night. Night represented 

 by the figure for the rising 

 moon. 



*% 



Dark, Obscure. 

 Ming. 



Hjbl Dark, Obscure. 

 Mei. 



The black colour of night. 

 Analysis : The six divisions 

 of time (2 hours each) when 

 the Sun is hidden. 



The colour of night — and 

 also of early dawn. Analy- 

 sis : The Sun and figure for 

 *.' not." The idea being, 

 " when there is no Sun."- 



