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171.

The five chief philosophers
Wu3 tzŭ3 chê3

Five philosopher one

Wu see line 15. Chief is implied.

Tzŭ see line 11.

Chê see line 49.

172.

are Hsün, Yang,
Yu3 hsün2 yang2

Have hsün yang

Yu see line 14.

Hsün is composed of 艸 ts'ao vegetation as radical, with 旬 hsün a period of ten days, a decade, as phonetic. It is the name of a plant, not identified, and here the surname of 荀況 Hsün K'uang (line 4).

Yang see line 16. It is here the surname of 楊雄 Yang Hsiung (line 4).

173.

Wên Chung Tzŭ,
Wên2 chung4 tzŭ3

Wên chung tzŭ

Wên see line 44.

Chung see line 64. Sometimes wrongly written 仲.

Tzŭ see line 11. These three characters form the posthumous title conferred upon 王通 Wang T'ung, a philosopher who flourished A.D. 583—616.

174.

Lao Tzŭ, and Chuang Tzŭ
Chi2 lao3 chuang1

Reach lao chuang

Chi is composed, under its old form, of 又 yu hand (line 18) as

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