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braad. It is named the ;/ Ten-millennial stone." ( l ) — • On the front-side are written sixteen 

 characters, to each of which three drops of water ( 3 ) have been added — together 48 drops of 

 water, and before the grave stands a pagoda with nine stories. (See Tab. IX, fig. 3). 



The confederates now dispersed themselves over all the provinces of China, in order to gather 

 troops and money. 



The live monks of the Shao-lin-convent were made heads of the five principal lodges, and 

 the five horsedealers , of the 5 minor lodges. Thsai-teh-chung went to the province of Fuh-kien 

 where he erected the first lodge, ( 3 ) which he named: „The blue-loüis Hall." ( 4 ) 



The horsedealer Lin-yung-ehao went to the province of Kan-su and grounded the lodge „P/ioe- 

 nix- ■district." ( 5 ) 



Fang-ta-hung went to the province of Canton where he erected the second lodge, ( 6 ) which 

 he named the „Hall of obedience to Hung." ( 7 ) The horsedealer Li-sih-chi went to the province 

 of Kwang-si, and grounded the lodge // Golden-orchid-disfrict." ( 8 ) 



Ma-chao*hing went to the province of Yun-nan where he erected the third lodge, ( 9 ) which 

 the named // The Hall of oiir queen." ( l0 ) The horsedealer Wu-thian-ching went to the province 

 of Sze-chuen where he grounded the lodge „ Established-law-district." ( n ) 



Hu-teh-ti went to the province of Hu-nan where he erected the fourth lodge, ( 12 ) which he 

 named the „ Blended-xvith-Heaven Hall. ( 13 ) The horse dealer Yao-pieh-tah went to the province 



t 1 ) m SI W See Tab - L 



The expressiori: „ A myriad of years" means : w May your Majesty live for ever!" and is therefore syno- 

 nymous with our expression : „ Long live the King !" In a tropical sense it is also used for the Emperor, 

 and the meaning of the words Wan-sui-pi is therefore: the imperial or Emperor's gravestone." 

 ( 2 ) y If we take away the ,/ three drops of water" on the left, the sixteen characters are : 



ê • & # # 1 uj ^ (,) * & a 



Eeceived an office Shao- lin- convent buried the first is Tah- 



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tsung- kung Priest's place 



Place where Tah-tsung-kung, the first priest of the Shao-lin-convent who had got a title, is buried. 

 The form of the obelisk is that of the imperial gravestones , representing the gnomon I j^r ) encircled 



by the imperial dragon, (§Ë) or the union of the Yin and Tang, the male and female dualism in 



nature. In the triangle at the top is the pearl ( Jsj I which the dragon holds in its mouth : the 

 other ornaments are without any meaning, and only added for embellishment. 



( 3 ) ë w ( 4 ) n ai m 



( s ) a * u o * 5 o * hb * 



( 8 ) & n n ( 9 ) & m e°) * )ê s: 



i 11 ) M M M ^ & M e 3 ) # % S 



Q) In another copy we find the ordinal 



