San Tzu Ching/Appendix 1

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San Tzu Ching

San Tzu Ching
by Wang Yinglin, translated by Herbert Allen Giles

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APPENDIX I.

[The following eight lines are inserted in some editions.]

80A.	惟	牛	羊	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Especially of the ox and dog
	Wei²	niu²	yang²
	Think	ox	sheep

Wei see line 264.

Niu see line 77.

Yang see line 77.

80B.	功	最	著	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	is the merit most conspicuous;
	Kung¹	tsui⁴	chu⁴
	Merit	very	manifest

Kung see line 353.

Tsui see line 202.

Chu see line 149.

80C.	能	耕	田	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	one can plough the fields,
	Nêng²	kêng¹	t'ien²
	Can	plough	field

Nêng see line 34.

Kêng is composed of 耒 lei a plough-handle (itself composed of 木 mu wood and 丰 chieh rank weeds) as radical, with 井 ching a well as phonetic. It has been alleged that the latter is really a corruption of 田, in which case the whole character would be an ideogram.

T'ien is an obvious picture of fields laid out.

80D.	能	守	戶	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	the other can guard the house
	Nêng²	shou³	hu⁴
	Can	guard	door

Nêng see line 34.

Shou see line 333.

Hu is a picture of a leaf of the 門 mên double door in use all over China. See line 22.

80E.	昧	天	良	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	It is to obscure your natural goodness of disposition,
	Mei⁴	t'ien¹	liang²
	Dark	heaven	good

Mei is composed of 日 jih sun as radical, with 未 wei negation as phonetic. Or the character may be regarded as an ideogram,—the negation of light.

T'ien see line 50. Here natural, as opposed to 人 jen artificial.

Liang is composed of a corruption of an obsolete word 畗 fu full, its old radical, with 亡 wang (line 159) as phonetic. It is now classed under radical 艮 kên a limit.

80F.	屠	市	肆	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	To kill them and expose them for sale.
	T'u²	shih⁴	ssŭ⁴
	Kill	market	shop

T'u is composed of 尸 shih corpse as radical, with 者 chê (or chu) as phonetic.

Shih is composed, under its old form, of 冂 chiung boundary, enclosure, as radical, with 及 chi to arrive (q.d. goods arriving at an enclosed space), with 之 chih (line 1) abbreviated as phonetic. It is now classed under radical 巾 chin a towel.

Ssŭ see line 254q.

80G.	戒	勿	食	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Beware of eating them,
	Chieh⁴	wu⁴	shih²
	Beware	not	eat

Chieh see line 355.

Wu is a picture of a signal staff with three streamers; hence the idea of a warning not to do something.

Shih is composed of two obsolete characters meaning to bring together the fragrance of grain.

80H.	免	罪	處	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	and so avoid being punished.
	Mien³	tsui⁴	ch'u³
	Avoid	guilt	punishment

Mien is not given in the Shuo Wên, and is supposed to be a contraction of an obsolete word with the same meaning.

Tsui was originally composed of 辛 hsin acrid and 自 tzŭ self. It has been suggested that the change was brought about by taboo, as in many other characters.

Ch'u see line 10.