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Han shih wai chuan

Han Ying's Illustrations of the didactic application of the Classic of songs

Han, Ying

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TABLE OF UNUSUAL ORTHOGRAPHIES

FINDING LIST

INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

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12[1]

Duke Ching of Ch`i sent an envoy to Ch`u. The King of Ch`u
climbed the Nine-storied Tower with him and turning to the envoy
said, "Has Ch`i[2] such a tower as this?"

The envoy said, "My prince has a throne room[3] with three
tiers of earthen steps. The grass thatch is untrimmed, the unpainted
rafters[4] are not finished, and still he feared those who
built it would be overworked and he who dwells in it [to much]

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exalted. How could my prince have a tower such as this?"[5]
Whereupon the King of Ch`u was ill at ease. Of the envoy it can
be said that "he did not disgrace his prince's commission,"[6] but
was able to answer on his own initiative.

[1]

This anecdote occurs in a different form in Hsin shu 7.8b-9a (Ch`ü-Chia-wên
ho-pien ed. [OMITTED]. The Ming ed. reproduced in the SPTK is here defective,
one folio having been omited. The numeration of the remaining folios is consecutive,
however, and the first two characters on 7.25a have been altered to [OMITTED] to connect
with the foregoing section).

[2]

Chih-yao 8.29a has [OMITTED] "also" before [OMITTED]. (Chao 196.)

[3]

Read [OMITTED] for [OMITTED] with Chih-yao. (Chao 197.)

[4]

[OMITTED]: Chih-yao has [OMITTED]. Chu Ch`i-fêng (TT 665) notes the variants [OMITTED],
[OMITTED], and [OMITTED], all of which he refers to an original [OMITTED]. Probably he is correct
and "rafters" is an adequate rendering of [OMITTED].

[5]

Supply [OMITTED] from Chih-yao. (Chao.)

[6]

Analects 271 (13/20.1).