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Yu see.

Chou is composed of 口 k'ou mouth as radical, with 用 yung to use, and originally meant close, dense, as population, etc. It is here the name of the dynasty which was really founded by 文王 King Wên, though he never mounted the throne, the first sovereign being his son 武王 King Wu, B.C. 1122—1115. The Book of Changes now in vogue is attributed to the pen of the father, who began with the Diagram for heaven.

I see.

San see.

I see.

Hsiang see. [Eitel translates this line by "These three theories of Permutations must be studied in detail." But at the date of publication of the San Tzŭ Ching, the first two systems were no longer in existence, having disappeared many centuries before, so that it would be quite impossible to recommend them for study either in detail or otherwise. The word hsiang is often used as above, its position in the line being due to the jingle, and in any case presenting no syntactical difficulties.]

Yu see.

Tien is composed of 册 ts'ê a tablet (see ), raised as a