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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 hei1hsüan2 feng1, the black whirlwind. 着牙 tzŭ1 cho1 ya2， showing the teeth.
TRANSLATION
The tree-leaves are dark ― yaya yüetzu 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.
LVII
荆條棍兒
用處兒多
編了柳斗兒
編笸籮
笸籮倒比柳斗兒大
管着柳斗兒呌哥哥
NOTES
荆 ching1 is instead of 荆蒿花 ching1 hao1 hua1， the Vitex incisa with stems of which baskets are
