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[The following eight lines are inserted in some editions.]

Wei see.

Niu see.

Yang see.

Kung see.

Tsui see.

Chu see.

Nêng see.

Kêng is composed of 耒 lei a plough-handle (itself composed of 木 mu wood and 丰 chieh rank weeds) as radical, with 井 ching a well as phonetic. It has been alleged that the latter is really a corruption of 田, in which case the whole character would be an ideogram.

T'ien is an obvious picture of fields laid out.