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heading

meaning

TD

KY 138-40

Z^Z

1

ben-san

hastening to obsequies

2174

2

fu

calling back the soul

2249

138:3a

23a

3

mu-yu

washing

2267-8

3b-4a

24a

4

han

placing in the mouth

2270

5

24a-b

5

min-jin

inscribed banner

2275

6b

24b

6

c^on

spirit-home

2276-7

6b

25a

7

xiao lian

lesser dressing

2284-5

7a-b

25b-26a

8

dian

offering, at l. d.

2298

8a

26b

9

da lian

greater dressing

2301

8b-9a

27a

10

dian

offering, at g. d.

2305-6

9b

27b

11

bin

encoffining

2307

9b

27b

12

bu

divining the abode

2309-10

14a-17a

13

qi-bin

revealing the coffin

2311-3

17a-18a

37a

14

c^e

carriage

326-8

139:2a-3b

37b

15

zu-dian

departure-offering

2330-2

4a

38a

16

qian-dian

despatch-offering

2336-7

4b

38a-b

17

wan-ge

drawing-song

2340

5a

38b

18

mu

tomb

2346-9

7b-10a

39a-40b

19

yu-ji

repose-sacrifice

2368-70

10b-12a

41a-b

20

fu

tablet

2375-81

42b-43b

21

xiao-xian

lesser auspicious

2382

140:2b-3b

44a

22

da-xian

greater auspicious

2383-4

4a-b

44b-45a

23

tan

mourning

2385-6

5a-6a

46a

season

to God of __

location

praesiding official

spring

Doorway

left of palace-gate

Transit Bureau

summer

Stove

imperial kitchen

Imperial Entertainments

later summer

Impluvium

'vermilion courtyard' of palace

palace-official

autumn

Gates

main palace-gate

Transit Bureau

winter

Well

in front of the well

Imperial Entertainments

rank

rank-button

civil mandarin square

military mandarin square

clasp

1^st

ruby

white crane

unicorn

jade set with rubies

2^nd

red coral

golden pheasant

Indian lion

gold set with rubies

3^rd

sapphire

peafowl

north China panther

wrought gold

4^th

lapis lazuli

wild goose

Manchurian tiger

wrought gold with silver button

5^th

quartz

silver pheasant

black bear

plain gold with silver button

6^th

adularia

Eastern egret

mottled bear

mother-of-pearl

7^th

plain gold

Mandarin duck

tiger-cat

silver

8^th

wrought gold

quail

seal

clear horn

9^th

silver

long-tailed jay

rhinocros

buffalo-horn

rank

ridges of coronet

girdle-plaque

ribbon

1^st

7

jade

clouds & phoinix

2^nd

6

rhinoceros-horn

"

3^rd

5

gold

clouds & crane

4^th

4

gold

"

5^th

3

silver

eagle

6^th & 7^th

2

silver

magpie

8^th & 9^th

1

black horn

mandarin-ducks

rank

civil (Chr.E. 1527-1644)

military (Chr.E. 1391-1644)

1^st

crane

lion

2^nd

golden pheasant

"

3^rd

peafowl

tigre

4^th

wild goose

leopard

5^th

silver pheasant

bear

6^th

egret

panther

7^th

mandarin duck

"

8^th

oriole

rhinoceros

9^th

quail

seahorse

rank: w[ife] o[f](__-rank official)

pattern

empress

dragons

princess; w.o. prince

phoinikes

w.o. duke, marquise, earl, & 1^st & 2^nd

tatar pheasants

w.o. 3^rd & 4^th

peafowls

w.o. 5^th

mandarin ducks

w.o. 6^th & 7^th

paradise-flycatchers

w.o. 8^th & 9^th

flowers

rank

color

# of dragons -- l[on] or m[an]

# of slits in skirt

emperor

yellow

9 l.

4

heir apparent

apricot-yellow

"

"

emperor's sons

golden-yellow

9 m.

"

dukes

brown

"

"

1^st - 3^rd

blue

"

2

4^th - 6^th

"

8 m.

"

7^th - 9^th

"

5 m.

"

rank

civil

milirary

1^st

crane

qi-lin (after 1662)

2^nd

golden pheasant

lion

3^rd

peafowl

leopard (after 1664)

4^th

wild goose

tigre (after 1664)

5^th

silver pheasant

bear

6^th

egret

panther

7^th

mandarin duck

rhinoceros (after 1759)

8^th

quail

rhinoceros

9^th

paradise-flycatcher

seahorse

rank

jewel

smaller setting

1^st

ruby

pearl

2^nd

coral

red

3^rd

sapphire

blue

4^th

lapis-lazuli

"

5^th

quartz

"

6^th

white jade

7^th

plain gold

8^th

chased gold

9^th

chased silver

rank

insignia

1^st

opaque red glass

2^nd

opaque red glass with engraven 's^ou'-character

3^rd

clear blue glass

4^th

opaque blue glass

5^th

clear glass

6^th

opaque white glass

7^th

gilt

8^th

gilt with engraven 's^ou'-character

9^th

silver

implement

function

oil-lamp

ward off daimones of darkness

sword

repel daimones

mirror

reflect away, warding things off

ironing-device

flattening

umbrella

block path to the eye

fan

blow things away

winnowing-basket

separating grain fron chaff

scissors

cut things off

signs

5 colored-flag signals

5 ropes-of-long-cash

sharpened 2-edged sword

pair of scissors

pair of scales & a ruler

red silk threads

36 copper plaques

tao-peaches on the left

li-peaches on the right

withered wood on both sides

1 white fan

large objects

the Hon fire was the largest;

the Golden Flower was the command;

the Hao-Character was the light;

the luminous Lamp was the lord.

landscape-elements

are repraesented by __

5 wells

5 cups of liquor

3 ponds

3 bowls of tea

5 food-gardens

5 vegetables: pear, banana, sunflower-seeds, taro, tangerine

p.

encounter

location

122

lady wearing white clothes of mourning

grove of pine & cypress [coffin-wood & planted at graves]

lady with flowers, accompanied by young lad

"the Garden of Flowers where all unborn children reside."

123

"Dragon Lady who Offers a Pearl" [= drowned widow, p. 124]

"Temple of the Numinous King"

124

"escape across a bridge"

Wu-lon Gan ("Dark Dragon Hill")

where the 5 founding-fathers wait to return

Din-s^an Jiao (Nail-mountain Foot)

126

Hon-yin ferry-boat

Triad River

Z^u-hon (name of Min prince) bamboo

Tai-pin Xu ("Great Peace Market")

127

2 Triad guards on the near side;

[p. 126 crossing "a bridge over a small creek, made from a copper beam on the left, and an iron one on the right."] [p. 128 "The candidate, however, does not cross over, but under the bridge.'] [pp. 128-129 in underworld mythology, wading the What-can-we-do River under the bridge]

3 Sacred Mothers in the middle;

a man with a white beard on the far side [= pink-faced "Lord of Earth", p. 128]

129

[p. 130 "My mother's vagina has teeth" = hoops' serrations = flames]

1^st gate = Hon Gate

2^nd gate, to Hall of Loyalty and Righteousness

3^rd gate = Circle of Heaven and Earth

Triad Altar

City of Willows

131

Hon[-hai] Er ("Hon Child") as guard, sent by Heaven to devour all people who approach

Huo[-yan] S^an ("Fire Mountain"): repraesented by a pit filled with burning paper money

134

"ritual washing of the new member" [baptism]

Red Flower Pavilion

the "7 Stars" Lamp

an incense-burner

a plate of red eggs

a plate of ginger

a plate of fruit

a plate of peanuts

escape from S^ao-lin

the "Long March" (ChR)

shamanic trance of Nyiaj Yig

Hon-yin ferry-boat across the "Triad River"

ferry at C^ou P>in across the "Golden Sands River"

[cf. Palau is.: escape from world-deluge by woman on "bamboo raft" (FSW)] "the wood-pecker who pecks insects from the growing bamboo soul, and

crossing on copper-and-iron bridge

crossing by troops on the iron-chain "Bridge Fixed by Liu" over the Ta-tu river

the spider who stretches a bridge of copper and iron for the troops of the shaman to cross" (HR, p. 61) ["local spiders (each far larger than a Greek island). They'd been made to spin a web between the moon and the Morning Star, and this was the battlefield." (LP3)]

Triad Society's altar as "City of Willows"

apparent allusion (Festivals of the Jewish Year, by Theodor H. Gaster - From page 82) by Lucianus to Hierapolis (Mambij) as a city of willows. (FT)

Triad's Society idealization of eunuchry & eunuchs [cf. "eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake." (Matthew 19:12)]

mention in the Alethes Historia of "a singular species of men, called Dendrites, and which are produced in this manner. They plant the testicle of a man into the ground" (L)