THE GAME OF CHAP-JI-KI. 65 
These six figures are called :— 
(1) Kun King, = (2). Su Chancellor. 
(3). Chhiun Elephant, (4). Ku Chariot. 
(5). Be Horse (6). Phau Bart. 
These six figures are all called ‘‘red” cards. There are 
exactly six more similar figures of the same kind called “ black” 
cards, i. e., there are six red cards and six black cards alike, 
or 12 cards in all. 
The expression Chap-ji-ki means the twelve cards, chap-ji 
being twelve and the word ki merely a Chinese numerical 
classifier for the term card. 
The playing board mentioned above is placed before the 
manager (po-koan) of the game. He is provided with twelve 
wooden chips like cards, cut out of wood, and stamped with the 
figure. of the twelve cards used in the game. These little 
wooden tallies are kept in a small red bag by the manager’s side. 
When the manager selects one of these wooden chips (or 
as we should say) a card for the public to stake on, he takes the 
selected card out of the red bag and puts it in a little wooden 
box, and places the box by his side on the table. 
. The players then sit round the table at the board and stake 
their money on one of the twelve cards cut out or stamped on 
the board, placing their stakes on the card or cards they select. 
In some cases the players are further provided with twelve cards 
corresponding to and similar to the figures of the twelve cards 
carved on the board. Players in this case put their stakes on the 
twelve cards dealt out as well as on the twelve card figures on 
the board. 
~When everything is ready, the manager of the lottery takes 
the card he has decided to open out of the little wooden box, 
and declares it to be the winning card. If a player has staked on 
this card, he gets ten times the value of his stake, the remainder 
of the money staked on cards different from that one selected and 
declared to be the winning card by the manager, all goes as 
profit to the manager of the game. Inthe long run the manager 
is sure to make a fortune out of the lottery. Such, roughly, is the 
game of Chap-ji-ki. as it is now played in China. 
