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 creatures are the scaly. Its musical note is Kio, and its pitch-tube is the Kiâ Kung.

3. Its number is eight; its taste is sour; its smell is rank. Its sacrifice is that at the door, and of the parts of the victim the spleen has the foremost place.

4. The rain begins to fall. The peach tree begins to blossom. The oriole sings. Hawks are transformed into doves.

5. The son of Heaven occupies the Khing Yang Grand Fane ; rides in the carriage with the phoenix bells, drawn by the azure dragon-(horses), and bearing the green flag. He is dressed in the green robes, and wears the azure gems. He eats wheat