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Is the verse on the rise in the province of Fuh-kien. 



THE 2x9 BASE. (1) 



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The Hung-water flowing athwart inundates the universe. ( 2 ) 

 The Hung-water flows athwart: peaches, plums and vinegar. ( 3 ) 



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THE 4X7 BASES ( 4 ) 



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Quatrain on the upper 4x7 Base. 



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United bones and sworn hearts are the brethern. 



All the people come together and unite in one family. 



Having assisted the lord of Ming to mount the imperial throne ; 



Thrice is called: //Long live the king" — and they'll get imperial fiefs. 



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Is the verse on the rise in the provinces of Yun-nan and Sze-chuen. 



( ! ) Two lines consisting each of nine characters. 



( 2 ) Taken from Mencius, Book III {Tkang-wen-Kung) Part. I, Chapt. IV, 7, where it is said: „In the time 

 of Yaou, when the world had not yet been perfectly reduced to order, the vast waters, flowing out 

 of their channels, made a universal inundation." (J. Legge, Chinese classics, Vol. II, 12fi). 



[') Zit: Hung obeys Heaven. (See p. 232.) 



( 4 j Four lines each consisting of seven characters. 





