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(3 These nine cups are //the nine great Bases." (*) 



r~) Take the middle-niost cup and, before drinking it, say these words: The 



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O O O These nine cups are the representation of the character :jr ? Lord, without 



*X t^e dot uj on top. The guest places the middle cup of the upper row one place 

 *--' ^ ^ higher, so that the figure stands thus: 



^ >-v forming the character r|r . ZorJ. 



O O O Ha ving done this, he may drink this cup. 



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OOO The host places ten cups in this way. The guest, before drinking, places the 

 (3 O O undermost cup above the middle cup of the upper row, in order to form the cha- 

 O O O i'acter ^ , Lord. 



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The host places three cups in a row: one f uil, the second half- f uil, the third empty. 

 The guest, having said the following distich, drinks the half-full cup. 



enemies. A Genius then approached Yang and said to him: Seven sons sliall help the Emperor , and 

 the sixth shall succeed I -H "?* s$fc ^f§ ~s^\ ""?* jjfe )♦ ^ üe k'ther, however, understood : Seven 

 sons shall help the Emperor , and six shall succeed. So he did not hesitate to give his six sons to the 

 Emperor. Pive of them, however, perished in the wars against the Khitan, and onlythe sixth son gained 

 victory and honour. Therefore the sixth son was called -^ w? , /, the sixth envoy." The fifth son 

 turned monk. 



O % ^C Jg See Sect. X. 



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