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 given to a brown child. The word hei1 contains all the shades of colour from black to brown. 李逵 Li3 k'uei2, a celebrated brigand in the Sung dynasty, who was of a brown complexion. He is spoken of in the Novel 水滸 shuei3 hu3. His nickname was 黑旋風 hei1hs&uuml;an2 feng1, the black whirlwind. 着牙 tzŭ1 cho1 ya2， showing the teeth.

The tree-leaves are dark ― yaya y&uuml;etzu mei 一 the small brown boy is very like Li-k'uei ― showing his teeth and staring ― he grasps in his hand a black whip-stick ― he rides on a black ox ― eats a cake made of black flour ― and going up he gets as far as the mountain summit.

荆 ching1 is instead of 荆蒿花 ching1 hao1 hua1， the Vitex incisa with stems of which baskets are