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256.

are all embraced in the above.
Ch'üan2 tsai4 tzŭ1

All are here

Ch'üan is composed of 入 ju to enter as radical, and 玉 jade, minus the dot, and means complete, perfect.

Tsai is composed of 土 t'u earth as radical, and 才 (lines 49, 254D) as phonetic, and means to be, to exist, to remain.

Tzŭ is composed of 艸 ts'ao vegetation as radical, with 幺 yao1 tender, duplicated. It means this, here, now, etc. [Eitel erroneously supplies "events" as a subject for tsai.]

257.

They contain examples of good and bad government,
Tsai4 chih4 luan4

Contain government confusion

Tsai see line 193.

Chih see line 130. It especially means to govern a country according to eternal principles, and also to cure a disease. Eitel has "good (sic) government" as if good was not part of the actual word, which of course it is.

Luan is composed of 乙 i a cyclical character, as radical, with 𤔔 luan to govern as phonetic, and originally meant to govern well, but is now used in the senses of rebellion, anarchy, confusion, etc.

258.

whence may be learnt the principles of prosperity and decay.
Chih1

hsing1

shuai1

Know rise decay

Chih see line 28. [和 ho harmony, here = with, is found as a variant.]

Hsing see line 215.

Shuai is composed of 衣 i clothes as radical, with a corruption

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