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Appendix I
80D.

the other can guard the house
Nêng2

shou3

hu4

Can

guard

door

Nêng see line 34.

Shou see line 333.

Hu is a picture of a leaf of the 門 mên double door in use all over China. See line 22.

80E.

It is to obscure your natural goodness of disposition,
Mei4

t'ien1

liang2

Dark

heaven

good

Mei is composed of 日 jih sun as radical, with 未 wei negation as phonetic. Or the character may be regarded as an ideogram,—the negation of light.

T'ien see line 50. Here natural, as opposed to 人 jen artificial.

Liang is composed of a corruption of an obsolete word 畗 fu full, its old radical, with 亡 wang (line 159) as phonetic. It is now classed under radical 艮 kên a limit.

80F.

To kill them and expose them for sale.
T'u2

shih4

ssŭ4

Kill

market

shop

T'u is composed of 尸 shih corpse as radical, with 者 chê (or chu) as phonetic.

Shih is composed, under its old form, of 冂 chiung boundary, enclosure, as radical, with 及 chi to arrive (q.d. goods arriving at an enclosed space), with 之 chih (line 1) abbreviated as phonetic. It is now classed under radical 巾 chin a towel.

Ssŭ see line 254q.

80G.

Beware of eating them,
Chieh4

wu4

shih2

Beware

not

eat

Chieh see line 355.

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