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6<br />

7<br />

8<br />

9<br />

10<br />

T'u-wei<br />

Shang-cliang<br />

Chung-kwang<br />

HsiX'en-yih<br />

Cliao-yang<br />

393 —<br />

urn<br />

m n<br />

Ki<br />

Keng<br />

Sin<br />

Jen<br />

Kwei<br />

The names <strong>of</strong> these Genii are employed constantly in Chinese<br />

works, for indicating the year <strong>of</strong> the cycle ; the literati and chronic-<br />

lers employ them also, in dating<br />

¥<br />

£<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficial and other documents. The<br />

people use them generally in a superstitious manner, with reference<br />

to births, deaths, marriages (1), and various important events <strong>of</strong><br />

life. Models <strong>of</strong> letter-writing contain full indications on the use <strong>of</strong><br />

these cyclic characters.<br />

(1) No marriage is concluded in China without consulting the 8 charac-<br />

ters, Pah-tze A : f-, namely the 2 indicating the year, month, day and hour <strong>of</strong><br />

the birth <strong>of</strong> the youthful pair. Chinese Superstitions. Vol. I. p. 30-32; Vol.<br />

IV. p. 326, and 364.

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