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a. 285. 



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Q. 266- 



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Did you drink of the water from these wells? 

 I drank of the water from the middle well. 

 How can you prove that? 

 I ean prove it by a verse. 

 How does this verse run? 



Eastwards Kiah-yih, (element) wood, is the first; 

 Southwards Ping-ting , (element) fire, are connected together 

 Westwards King-sin, (element) metal, fovms a lnmp; 

 Northwards Yin-Jmi, (element) water, reaches heaven; 

 In the Middle is Wu-Jci, the first cause; (*) 

 The earth produces millions and thousands of brethern. 



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267. 



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268. 



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269. 



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270. 



How many Pagodas are there? 



Three Pagodas. 



Which one is the highest? 



The middlemost Pagoda with nine stories is the highest. ( 2 ) 



How can you prove that? 



I can prove it by a verse. 



How does this verse run? 



sterns ( ~4~* ""F* )» Kiah-yih are the signs for the element wood ; Ping-ting those for fire; King-sin those 



for metal; Yin-kui those for water ; Wu-ki those for earth, 



A Chinese does not build a house, make a grave or a well etc. , without having first called a geomancer 



(Hl >(fC ~fft* ^k) *° determine the lucky spot for the object he is going to build. 



( 3 ) The primum mobile, the first cause of all things, the ultimate immaterial principle of Chinese pbilosophers 



is called Tai-kih, „the greatest extreme." 

 ( g ) See the engraving on Tab IX, fig. 3. 



