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 occurs twice; in paragraghsparagraphs [sic] 21 and 50 of Section i. In the former instance, each part of the name has its significance. denotes the animal soul or nature, and, the intellectual soul, the union of which constitutes the living rational man. I have translated them, it will be seen, by 'the  and the  .' Canon McClatchie gives for them 'demons and gods;' and Dr. Medhurst said on the passage, 'The   are evidently the expanding and contracting principles of human life. …The  are brought about by the dissolution of the human frame, and consist of the expanding and ascending , which rambles about in space, and of the contracted and shrivelled  , which reverts to earth and nonentity .'

This is pretty much the same view as my own, though I would not here use the phraseology of 'expanding and contracting.' Canon McClatchie is consistent with himself, and renders the characters by 'demons and gods.'

In the latter passage it is more difficult to determine the exact meaning. The writer says, that 'by the odd numbers assigned to heaven and the even numbers assigned to earth, the changes and transformations are effected, and the spirit-like agencies kept in movement;' meaning that by means of the numbers the spirit-like lines might be formed on a scale sufficient to give a picture of all the changing phenomena, taking place, as if by a spiritual agency, in nature. Medhurst contents himself on it with giving the explanation of Kû Hsî, that 'the  refer to the contractions and expandings, the recedings and approachings of the productive and completing powers of the even and odd numbers .' Canon McClatchie does not follow his translation of the former passage and give here 'demons and gods,' but we have 'the Demon-god (i.e. Shang Tî) .' I shall refer to this version when considering the fifth Appendix.