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NOTES OX THE SYMBOLISM OF THE 



An Abstract of the above paper was given before the 

 Society on March twenty-fourth, this was illustrated with 

 the following coloured slides ; 



North view of same showing 

 descent from great stage. 



1 Diagram from Pere Amiot's 



description of Chinese 

 Philosophy. 



2 Fourteen terms which Mea- 



dows considers as indentical. 



3 T'ang of Shang offering his 



life as sacrifice. 



4 The Dragon. 



5 Hua P'iao before T'ien An 



Men. 



6 Shun Wang and his Fei Pan 



Mu. 



7 Plan of Forbidden City. 



8 The Wu Men. 



9 Jih Kuei in front of Wu Men. 



10 Chia Liang in front of Wu 



Men. 



11 Court before T'ai Ho Men. 



12 Ceiling of T'ai Ho Men. 



13 T'ai Ho Tien. 



14 Ssu Tzu in front of same. 



15 Pei Hsi in front of same. 



16 Ying Lung in front of same. 



17 Ch'iao Shen in front of same. 



18 Central Pathway in front of 



Pao Ho Tien. 



19 Pillars of T'ai Ho Tien. 



20 Dais and throne of same. 



21 Dais side view. 



22 Officials in robes of ceremonv. 



23 Throne in Chung Ho Tien/ 



24 Ceiling of Pao Ho Tien. 



25 Throne of Pao Ho Tien. 



I desire to express my thanks to Mr. Evan Morgan for 

 the assistance which he has kindly given me in the transla- 

 tions of the precepts which surround the Imperial thrones, 

 and also to Mr. Nung Chu HI ti for his unending patience 

 in searching for the references in the Chinese books which 

 have been required in the preparation of the paper. 



The translation of the "Cloudy River" is my own, and 

 is based on the analysis of the character, from which analysis 

 I have obtained the "overtones" of the poem. 



27 Ch'ien Ch'ing Kung. 



28 do. 



nearer. 



29 do. 



side view. 



30 do. 



columns in front. 



31 do. 



Centre panel of 





stairway. 



32 do. 



Steps. 



33 do. 



incense burner. 



34 do. 



Chia Liang. 



35 do. 



Throne. 



36 do. 



Throne nearer. 



37 do. 



Mirror. 



38 do. 



Cupboard. 



39 do. 



Doorway. 



40 Ch'iao T'ai 



Tien. 



'41 do. 



Throne. 



42 do. 



Ceiling. 



43 do. 



Water clock. 



44 Chien Chin 



Ting. 



45 do. 



Buddhist vessels. 



45 Chin An ceiling. 



47 Chin An railing. 



48 Yang Hsin 



Hall. 



49 do. 



inner room. 



50 do. 



Emperor's bed- 





room. 



51 do. 



Door. 



52 I K'un Kung. 



53 Yu Hua T 



ing. 



54 Shen Wu '. 



Men. 



55 Bird's eye 



view. 



56 Confucius' 



grave. 



