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Q 81. What is his name and surname? 



A. His name is Thao, ( l ) his surname Teh-ta. ( 2 ) 



Q,. 82. In which year, on what day, in which month and in which hour was he boni, and 



where does he live? 

 A. He was bom on the 15th day of the first month, in the hour Tsz ( 3 ), and he dwells 



in the province of Fuh-kian, in the town Amoy, in the Hall of great Fidelity. (*) 



Who stood on the behind-part of the boat? 



The skipper's wife ( 5 ) stood on the behind-part. 



What is her name and surname? 



Her name is Tsiang ( 6 ) from Lu ( 7 ), her surname Liu-thsing. ( s ) 



In which month, on Avhat day and in which hour was she bom, and where does 



she live? 



She was born on the 15th day of the eight month, in the hour JFu. ( 9 ) She dwells 



in the province of Canton, in the prefecture Hwui-cïiao ( 10 ), in the temple Eal-tliang. ( u ) 



The hours Tsz and IFu are opposite to each other; how do they come then together 



in one ship? ( 12 ) 



On board it is good if Tsz and Wu stand opposite to each other. 



Who was in the great shiphold? ( 13 ) 



The Hung-brethern were in it. 



How many compartments were there in the ship? 



Five compartments. ( 14 ) 



What was laden in these five compartments? 



In the first was laden red wood; ( 15 ) in the second red rice; ( 16 ) in the third the son 



of the lord; ( 17 ) in the fourth weapons; ( 18 ) and in the fïfth the brethern of the Hun g- 



faniily. ( 19 ) 



( 2 ) ||a -^ greatness of virtue. 

 isz-shi, from 11. P. M. till 1. A. M. 



( 5 ) 5fg ^ ( 6 ) |# 



l 8 ) # |f l 9 ) ^p B# wu-shi, 11. A. M. till 1. P. M. 



( 10 ) See p. 16, note 3. ( n ) ^ ^ the Cydonia japonica. 



( 12 ) In the cycle of the tvvelve horary characters, Tsz and Wu are just opposite to each other. Peoplc who 

 have beeu born in opposite hours, should not marry or do business together, etc., becauae they will 

 always stand hostile against each other, and will never agree or harmonize. 



( 13 ) ~fc ÊÊÏ ( 14 ) $jk vai *i : eight compartments. 



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