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 ESOP'S FABLES 
 
 WRITTEN IN CHINESE BY THE LEARNED 
 
 MUN MOOY SEEN-SHANG, 
 
 AND COMPILED IN THEIR PRESENT FORM 
 
 ( With a free and a literal translation ) 
 
 BY HIS PUPIL 
 
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 It is difficult for a tingle palm of the hand to emit a sound. 
 
 CHINESE CLASSIC SAYING. 
 
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 a & a « * e * 
 
 Those of the Five Lakes and those of the Four Seas (Chinese and Foreigners) are all brethren » 
 Where may not members of the family of man meet by accident together? 
 
 CHINESE PROVERB. 
 Alas! poor Caledonia's mountaineer! 
 That want's stern edict e'er, and feudal grief, 
 Had forced him from a home he loved so dear ! 
 
 CAMPBELL. 
 
 * * * * 
 
 * • * * 
 Land of my Sires ! what mortal band ! 
 Can e'er untie the filial band, 
 
 That knits me to thy rugged strand ? 
 
 SCOTT. 
 
 
 FRINTED AT THE CANTON PRESS OFFICE. 
 
 1840. 
 

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 TO THOSE GENEROUS PATRONS 
 BY WHOSE BOUNTY THE ENTIRE EXPENSE OF HIS CHINESE EDUCATION WAS DEFRAYED, 
 
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 OF CANTON, 
 
 THE FOLLOWING LITTLE WORK 
 
 BEING THE FIRST-FRUITS OF A LONG COURSE OF STUDY 
 
 IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED 
 
 THEIR VERY HUMBLE 
 
 AND OFTEN-OBLIGED SERVANT, 
 The COMPILER. 
 
 
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Errata! 
 
 Page 9— Chinese line No. 6. 
 
 The character jB| is mistaken for the character J|| ; read therefore yfng, ytng; for, hw«, v>6k* 
 Page 18— Chinese line No. VS. 
 
 The character flf joo, y&, is erroneously translated in italics me .• should be you. 
 Page 26 — Chinese lines 5 and 6. 
 
 The expression ~tj pT 9|! 'n5 translated in italics "then may snow i. e. bleach-while haired." This ia erroneous. It ought 
 
 to be " then may thaw or dissolve hatred" — the quality of thawing or dissolving being here represented by teat, snow,— and not 
 
 it's white colour. 
 Page 39— Chinese line 15. 
 
 The character j^ is omitted to be translated in italics. Supply therefore the word— laughing. 
 Page 39— Chinese line 17. 
 
 The character ^ is translated in italics to beg. This is a mistake. It ia here used in the sense— to" distribute 
 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 " It will seem strange, that, though the British connec- smart Valet-de chambre ! ! Still as we observed above it is 
 
 '• tirns had then existed near a century, (1793) no Englishman something. 
 
 "oculd be found, conversant with the Chinese language; B 7 the foregoing extract from the Chinese Repository for 
 
 " and that Paris, Rome, and Naples, must be ransacked to find '837-we find-that when our Government wished to send an 
 
 "a man, able to act in the capacity of interpreter. This man. Embassador to this distant land in 1793 -no Englishman 
 
 " known by the name of " Mr. IMum, " was a native of Chi- could be found, capable of conveying the compliments and kind 
 
 "na, who had learned Latin and Italian at the " Chinese wishes of George of England, to Keenlung of China! One 
 
 " college " at Naples. Forty-five years after sir George might imagine, that, having felt this inconvenience once, the 
 
 " Staunton's voyage of discovery to find him, to the shame of British Government would surely have taken steps to prevent 
 
 " England be it spoken, there is still no public endowment, the recurrence of such a very '• untoward event " ? or, if Go- 
 
 " or professorship; no inducement held out to the study of vernment deemed such an object beneath it's attention— that 
 
 '• the Chinese language-a language which it is more our ^ely some of our rich and bountiful patrons of Learning— 
 
 " interest, than that of all other nations besides, to acquire would— even if they had no liking for the pursuit themselves 
 
 '■ and keep up a correct knowledge of. Fiance has long had —yet contribute liberally to encourage the study of this lan- 
 
 •• professorships— what is her interest in Chinese matters ? g" a ge— » language already cultivated in most other countries 
 
 " Germany can also boast of her scholars. Uow is it that of Europe, and whose possession by others while we had it not, 
 
 " Britain is, of all the last, though so deeply interested? seemed to imply, that a Frenchman, would for the love of 
 
 " How is it, that, of the few of her citizens who have acquired letters alone . undertake a task which even the furtherance of 
 
 •'this language, there should not be one on whom the sun his commercial projects could not induce an Englishman to 
 
 "of public patronage has yet shone? Not one who has engage in? or, it implied still more— that a language in which 
 
 " met with an honorable award, such as his labors entitled °' lle r countries were making daily progress, we English alone 
 
 " him to, at the hands of his country ? While Remusat shed llatl » ot the ability to acquire? Alas no ! our wealthy, literary, 
 
 " honor on the literature of France from his professor's chair, am ' scientific men— altho' liberal almost to profusion in other 
 
 •' now filled and worthily by Stanislas Julien, why should the respects, have yet done very little towards cultivating the Li- 
 
 " distinction have been withheld from our Morrison? terature of this .Mighty Empire ! But why should ice in this 
 
 '• Strange, that his name should be better known, and ms distant nook of earth complain ? our relations with Turkey 
 
 "works more appreciated, in foreign countries, than in his have existed for upwards of two bunded years— thai country is 
 
 "own! Strange, that, in our universities, some moderate now the focus of political events which threaten ere long, not 
 
 ?; sum could not be spared to endow a professorial chair, even 0,,1 y t0 '''sturb the peace of Europe, but even to involve our 
 
 " though it had to be taken from some of those more labori- native land in a struggle for political existence itself, not less 
 
 " ous than useful persons, who yearly enlighten the public important perhaps than was our gigantic one with Napoleon. 
 
 •• with dissertations on the particles of a dead, and all but aru ' yet, what encouragement has been held out to the study of 
 
 •• in books— forgotten language ! " Turkish in England ? how many British subjects,havemaster- 
 
 The above remarks were written in the year 1837 — and ed the difficulties of that language ? — to our disgrace as a Na- 
 
 tbe hand that traced them is now cold in the grave ! Since tion be it recorded, that — while t'le Russian, Austrian, and 
 
 the year 1837 circumstances have slightly altered— a Chinese French Ambassadors, can each and every wait on the Turkish 
 
 Professorship has actually been established in London '. But minister, and with their own lips speak the wishes of their re- 
 while this fact is mentioned with some small degree of pleasure sj» ctive Sovereigns — our public business is carried on thro" a 
 —there is yet another fact connected with the establishing of Dragoman, the brother of a Russian employe— and he inter- 
 the said Chinese Professorship which merits to be engraven prets to our functionary, in the linma-franca or broken I- 
 oii our literary annals— as proof of the estimation in which talian of the Levant * ! Yes ! if such be the case in a country 
 Chinese literature was held in the British Islands— even where such mighty interests are at stake, can ire feel surprized 
 towards the middle of the nineteenth century. We find on if no ray of encouragement has yet shone upon this distant, 
 reference to the Public Papers of the day— that— upon the am i t0 Englishmen, almost unknown Country ? 
 discussion which ensued when this topic was being canvassed Towards the year 1 80S, a poor despised Missionary, an- 
 
 — while some objected to the establishing of a Chinese Chair xious to communicate the Doctrines of Christianity to the 
 altogether— others (and they were the majority) agreed to set Chinese, applied to the Honorable East India Company for a 
 aside for the re-imbursement of a learned gentleman— who had passage in one of their ships to China. This paltry boon was 
 
 spent many years of his life in the acquiring of this most dif- 
 
 ficult of all languages-a su,n— about equal to half of that- * We state this on the authority of a gentleman who re- 
 
 which an English gentleman awards to a good Cook, or a sided for some time at Constantinople. 
 
refused him. The American Flag afforded that accomoda- 
 tion which his own denied him, and after having landed on 
 these shores, he passed some years unnoticed and unknown. 
 But the literary acorn which he had planted in secret, was now 
 thro' thi strength of his native talent and unwearied industry, 
 fast shooting into a lofty oak ; the East India Company who 
 had formerly spurned him, now condescended to consider him 
 as worthy of their notice, and under their patronage he equal- 
 ted the Herculean labours of a Johnson, and left behind him 
 a work — of which England or any country may indeed feel 
 proud! that man was MonmsoN ; — the Father of Anglo- 
 Cbinese Literature ; — a name to be held in reverence by all 
 
 and other mistakes— into which even our best Sinologues 
 sometimes fall. The disadvantage is — that it encourages 
 slothful habits on the part of the student, and by accustoming 
 him to rely upon his Teacher for assistance — renders him 
 almost impotent when cast on his own resource?. 
 
 When first published in Canton 1837-38 their reception 
 by the Chinese was extremely flattering. They had their run 
 of the Public Courts and Offices— until the Mandarins— tak- 
 ing offence at seeing some of their evil customs so freely 
 canvassed — ordered the work to be suppressed. It is not the 
 first time that we have elucidated a disputed point — by refer- 
 ring to one of these Fables having analogy to the question in 
 
 those who wish to approach the threshold of this interdicted hand— nay, we remember once stopping the mouths of a party 
 
 Language ! Such is the history of the first Englishman 
 who devoted his unwearied care and attention to the study of 
 Chinese! Since his day — by the labours of his highly-gifted 
 son — of Gutzlaff— of Medhurst— of Milne — of Marshman — 
 of Staunton — ofc Davis — of Bridgman, — the path leading to 
 
 of Mandarins — who insisted that England desired to quarrel 
 with China, by reciting the s»ory of the Goose that laid the 
 Golden Eggs. The application was at once perceived — and 
 the justice of the remark admitted immediately. No man 
 can help feeling an interest in the progeny of his brain as well 
 
 the secrets of this language has been cleared of a good many. ag in (1)e posterity f his body-and we plead guilty to a cer- 
 
 of the obstacles that formerly beset it, but tho' much we ta i n f ee ]j n g of pride and satisfaction in relating this anecdote 
 
 admit has been done— a great deal still remains to be done, ere f our Chinese offspring ; — for tho' certainly not the principal 
 
 we posssess the same facilities for acquiring Chinese— that party to whom it owes it's being — we may nevertheless justly 
 
 we possess for acquiring most of the languages of Europe. l a y claim to a share in the ushering of this Grffico-Sinico 
 
 Revolving within an infinitely more circumscribed orbit* compound into the world. The good natured Reader may 
 
 and at an immeasurable distance from the galaxy of bright thus even feel disposed to admit — that, it is quite possible for 
 
 names inscribed above — the Compiler has yet dared to borrow- ^ p a ]try a publication to be useful in it's way. 
 from their lustrea feeble ray, which he now emits in the shape Q ur re ] a tj ons w jtb this Vast Empire have been hitherto 
 
 of the present little work, — a work, whose sole merit consists purelv commercial. The scene however is about to change — 
 
 in — that it has been compiled with some little care and atten-. an j we are now on lr ,e eve of a crisis, of which the wisest a- 
 
 tion; and whose sole claim to Public notice rests upon the fact 
 — that, like the Widow's mite — it is all he bath to contribute :■ 
 — thus, tho' humble the offering — yet being given freely, it 
 
 mong men cannot foresee the results. The din of war is 
 already heard in the distance— and perhaps ere this little work 
 shall have seen the light— the powers of the East and the 
 
 may possibly become useful to an extent— far far beyond it's. ^ ( may havg oome int0 collision _ aml a shoek may nave 
 
 lowly pretensions! 
 
 The following Fables were selected indiscriminately from 
 Esop — Phedrus — Ananius — Barlandus &c. &c. &c, but all' 
 
 been given causing all Asia to vibrate to it's centre !' Here- 
 tofore we have known the Chinese merely as a semi-civilized' 
 nation — to whom we sell broadcloth— and from whom we buy 
 
 published under the general name (used for the sake of ^ Hcreafter we sha „ know them a8 a great and mighty 
 
 briefness), of Esop's Fables. These were delivered orally at 
 different times, in Mandarin Chinese, by the Compiler to his 
 native Teacher ; who being a good penman, found little diffi- 
 culty in writing tbem off, in the simple easy style in which 
 
 people— forming a third part of the family of man ;— a nation, 
 whose territory occupies nearly a half of the immense con- 
 tinent of Asia;— whose influence prevails with— and whose 
 written character in understood by— many of the surrounding 
 / «hey are composed. TlnsJ3tyle^comesunder the class of ^.^ rf the ftf Bast ._ a peor ,, e) whose Country opens up 
 
 %\\ $$ M -' ah < Mo * ,1,e ^ -Jf- Z. ^ "*"-'***•«*•••"». an unbounJe d field to Commercial enterprize-and Missionary 
 or lowest and easiest style of Chinese composition. (By zea ,_ whose ancient i aw3 and maxims may form a subject of 
 making himself master of this style, the Student will find little .^'^ for ^ s »g e _and whose lighter literature may de- 
 light and instruct the general reader ; — and a people — who 
 altho' perhaps inferior in that daring energy of character — the 
 peculiar attribute of the Caucasian race alone— are yet in. 
 mildness of demeanor — submissiveness to the Laws — industry 
 in their vocations— honor to their parents — and respect for 
 the aged,— capable of setting a bright example to the most 
 polislieil countries of Europe! Yet a gulf exists between 
 them and us— a gulf to cross which long time and unwearied 
 application are requisite,— and that gulf is their impracticable 
 Language ! 
 
 It would be amusing to sum up all the opinion* which 
 
 difficulty in understanding the various A-* ^j£ senou-shug 
 or popular novels of the day. and it may serve as a stepping- 
 stone to much higher literary attainments.) This method' 
 of dictation employed towards our Teacher, may remind the 
 reader of what was the custom in our own country some 
 centuries back, where the person so dictating would (peak 
 in the native English of the period, and the transcriber (com- 
 monly a prieat) would write the substance of the same in 
 Latin. Composing in Chinese after this manner, has both it's 
 advantages and it's drawbacks. The advantage consists in — 
 that, tbe document thus produced will be purely idiomnlic 
 Chinese— free from those blemishw of ityle, redunduuciei, 
 
have been given from time to time— on the nature of this 
 laborious study. While some have glibly asserted that there 
 is no great difficulty in the matter— others have represented 
 the difficulties as almost altogether unsurmountable. Dr. 
 Morrison has recorded his opinion — that, tho' a smattering 
 of Chinese may be easily acquired— yet he considers it very 
 difficult to attain to a perfect knowledge of the language ! and 
 adds — that, " such a perfect knowledge of the language, is 
 " what he views as an object yet afar off!'' If this be the 
 language of a Morrison— who is he that shall presume to 
 call it an easy study? Judging from the length of time that 
 natives themselves require to give it their attention, and that 
 few among the many rise to any celebrity at all — we cannot 
 but come to the conclusion — that, for tint/ foreigner to read, 
 
 write, and speak the Chinese language, like an educated native 
 
 ?'« indeed the business of a long life ! 
 
 But tho' we admit the perfect acquirement of the Chinese 
 language to be a matter of extreme difficulty— and further — 
 that no efforts of our's or of any man's can ever render it easy, 
 — yet much may be done to clear away those superfluous 
 difficulties which continually beset our path— and to make 
 the outset of his career, less discouraging to the young student 
 than it has hitherto been. 
 
 It rs partly to fulfil this object — and partly from having ob- 
 served during our residence in this country— that a knowledge 
 of their language is a ready introduction to the confidence of the 
 natives— that we have resolved to publish a series of elemen- 
 tary works (of which this is the first), comprising the various 
 styles in which the Chinese language is written. Looking 
 upon it as a work that may perhaps be of service to our 
 country— we shall not stop to consider the relative chances of 
 gain and loss — but shall willingly submit to give up a very 
 considerable portion of our time and slender fortune, towards 
 the accomplishment of so desirable an object. When it is 
 considered that scarce a dozen Englishmen in the world care 
 a straw about the Chinese, their History, or their Language— 
 we shall readily be exempted from the charge of having 
 undertaken such works with any motive towards pecuniary 
 emolument. Is it then the desire of Fame that prompts us? 
 Alas no ! a man is hardly likely to earn for himself a niche in 
 the temple of Fame by attending to such labours as these. 
 To us who have proposed to ourselves this ungrateful task— the 
 words of Johnson may with a slight difference too truly apply. 
 
 c ' It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments 
 " of life, to be rather criven by the fear of evil, than attracted 
 " by the piospect of good ; to be exposed to censure, without 
 "• hope of praise ; to be disgraced by miscarriage, or punished 
 "for neglect, where success would have been without ap- 
 " plansa anddiligenc* without rewsrdl 
 
 "•.Vmong. these unhnppy mortals is the writer of Dictiona-- 
 "lies; (and may we not add the Compiler of Elementary 
 " Works ?),whom mankind have considered, not as the pupil 
 "but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature, doomed 
 " only, to remove rubbish and clerr obstructions from the 
 " path through which Learning ar.d Genius press forward . 
 
 "to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the 
 " humble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every other 
 " author may aspire to praise ; the lexicographer can only 
 " hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompence 
 " has been yet granted to very few." 
 
 We repeat — it is only from a conviction of the 
 importance of the matter, and a strong desire to serve our 
 fellow-countrymen — that we are now induced to stop short 
 in our own studies, and go back again on our journey, to help 
 our brother-pilgrims thro' this Slough of Despond. 
 
 When making these offers of assistance to our country- 
 men, we have no wish to persuade them of the superiority of 
 our attainments, or induce them to believe, that, the difficulties 
 we propose helping them over, we have entirely mastered our- 
 selves. Such we feel sorry to confess, is very far from being 
 the case ! Beyond a little of the simplest and most easy styles, 
 all is to ourselves a region of doubt and darkness. If at any 
 time we get glimpses of the Promised Land, it is yet afar 
 off ! " When we cannot get the sun to shine, " say the Chi- 
 nese, "we do'nt despise the light of a rush-candle; " and 
 enlre lea aveugles tin liargne est roi re-echo our neighbours 
 from the other side of the Channel. Thus, to those of our 
 countrymen who are yet in utter darkness upon the subject — 
 perhaps our offers of assistance, though unpretending in the 
 extreme — may be found not altogether to be despised. 
 
 The Chinese language is not only difficult of acquirement, 
 but it's study is likewise expensive. Besides the time that 
 must be devoted to it — a considerable sum is necessary for 
 the purchasing of books, salaries of native Teachers &c. &c. 
 These are great drawbacks to the poor Student, and foras- 
 much, the study of this Language stands more in need of pa- 
 tronage than that of any other. Poverty is no crime ; — and 
 we feel not the slightest shame in acknowledging — that, but 
 for the well-timed kindness and liberality of those gentlemen 
 whose names adorn our Dedicat'on-Page — from want of the 
 necessary means to continue them — our own Chinese studies 
 had been nipped in the very bud ! 
 
 The time that these sheets were being put thro' the press 
 was a period of great alarm and uncertainty, — which is the 
 reason that we have not been ab!e(altho' most kindly seconded 
 by our Publisher) to give that degree of attention to the sight- 
 liness of the work which we could have wished. This is the 
 first time, we believe, that any work has been printed on Chi- 
 nese wooden blocks, and European metal types — placed side 
 by side. The experiment having succeeded — numerous works 
 will now most probably be printed in the same way. We 
 
 regret that so many of the Chinese blocks are badly cut ; but 
 
 at a season when every man and every thing bearing the name 
 of English was proscribed— we did not think it worth while 
 being toe particular in this respect,— more especially as the 
 work itself /was under the ban of the Government. It there, 
 fore goes before the public with many imperfections— which, 
 in happier times— might have been easily avoided. 
 Macao, 
 
 1 5 th May 
 
 10, 
 
 , 1840. /, 
 
ijrTnon uctiojv. 
 
 Having a great deal of difficulty in introducing the subject of the Chinese language ourselves— a subject on which so 
 much has already been written and so learnedly— do we not hesitate to avail ourselves of the lights of others who have gone 
 before us;— and forasmuch— we now usher in our theme by borrowing an extract or two from M. de Guignes— a learned 
 gentleman who accompanied the Putch embassy to Peking in quality of Interpreter, 1794—95. Under the shadow of his 
 great name— we hope perhaps to shoot off a few remarks of our own unperceived, 
 
 The work alluded to is in 3 vols,— written in a most captivating easy style,— so much so,— that the translating of it— far 
 from being a toil— was to us a source of great pleasure. But on showing our extracts to a highly intelligent and respected 
 friend— he did not award them that meed of praise which we thought was their due ;— and he further added— that he thought 
 M. de Guignes was mistaken in more than one particular. With all their imperfections on their head— they are however after 
 some little hesitation— now submitted to the Pibiic. 
 
 UPON THE WRITTEN CHARACTER OF THE CHINESE. 
 In its origin, Writing among the Chinese was nothing more than the representation— or rather the mere rough sketch- 
 ing of things which people had before their eye?, — thus, the figure of a bird, meant simply to express a bird. But this plan 
 altho' good enough for giving expression to visible objects — was not sufficient to invent new signs — or so to combine those 
 already agreed upon — as to be able to paint (if we may so express ourselves) thoughts and ideas, and to represent these either by 
 the images' of sensible objects — or by the symbols of invisible beings. The Written Character, thus, little by little became 
 composed of a quantity of figures, part the result of hazard, and part the invention of Art. In the beginning, their number 
 was no doubt exceedingly limited— but as time rolled on, these written figures increased according as the wants of the people — 
 their new notions, and the developement of their vices and virtues required them, — which are all so many necessary consequen- 
 ces of an increased population. 
 
 It is then this assemblage of written characters that the Ancient Chinese distributed into six classes, called the -?? i|£ 
 
 ' 1=3 
 
 luh shoo* or six writings, vizt. 
 
 1st. jSj fl& seang king image and symbol,— or those which bear a resemblance to the object. Under this head are 
 comprised two kinds of characters;— the first— those which form an image — that is to say, which design objects tangible to the 
 senses ; — thus the figure of a vase, signifies a vase &c. &c. the second are those which represent perhaps metaphorically, perhaps 
 allegorically — the ideas brought to mind by certain images— or the qualities belonging to certain images, — thus — a heart for 
 example may express love or affection. This class includes hardly more than 200 characters which have however served as a 
 basis for composing all the rest. 
 
 Examples pbom the Chinese Repository. 
 
 Anciently written. 
 
 
 
 J 
 
 /A\ <§> 
 
 $ 
 
 tm 
 
 Sun 
 
 Moon 
 
 Hills Eye 
 
 Now written. 
 
 Child 
 
 Horse 
 
 9 M J, 9 * - $ 
 
 JTh Yug Shan Mfih Tsze Ma. 
 
 2ndly. JVi S. cht tie those which indicate or point to their own meaning. This class is much more numerous than 
 the first, and comprises characters which have a very extended meaning — that is — which not only signify what they represent, 
 but which admit of all those meanings which the imagination can connect with their forms: — thus, herbs and water placed 
 upon a field, denote a marshy piece of land; three men placed one after the other, express the action of following ; while* 
 simple straight line, betokens unity or perfection. 
 
 • Note. Some Missionaries have employed instead of tlie term h'tk shoo as above— the term /^ f||t '"* ' (or lah It), but it il 
 a mistake; for the Chinese understand by these expressions, the six ptimitive arts; which are according to some, — agriculture, surveying, 
 calculating the Calendar, architecture, manufactures, anil navigation ; or according to others, — music, the ceremonies, arithmetic, 
 writing, the art of tvnr, and navigation. 
 
 Dr. Morrisoa in bis Syllabic Dictionary under the word f* e culls them,— Mc mere polite arfj—viit,— the rules of decorum 
 muiic, archery, the artol driving a carriage, writing, and arithmetic. 
 

It. 
 
 Examples Fitotf tae CMsese RjpositorV* 
 Anciently Written. 
 
 © £ ^_ T A ¥ 
 
 Morning Evening Above fielow Union Centre. 
 
 Now Written. 
 
 # ? jt t j* y 
 
 Tan Sdfh Shang Hea Tseth Chung. 
 
 Srdly. "4lt ^ * U "W *< J unction of ^ eis > or the sense fl risin g from tne component parts of the Characters. This class 
 comprises those which indicate a connexion of ideas, with the words of which they are composedt— that is to say— .which 
 express What one figure alone is unable to do,— thus— mouth and dog signify to bark,— mouth in a door is interrogation,— it 
 
 heart and la die make forgetfulness &c. &c. 
 
 Examples Prom tHe CntNESfc Repository. 
 Anciently Written. 
 
 # M m z :: ; t : : rf ,:. ■; : I 
 
 Bright Obstructed forest To see To sit Emperor. 
 
 Now Written. 
 
 « I t I $ i 
 
 Ming Han Lin Keen Tso Huang 
 
 ithly. !|! Mi heat thing otherwise called f& ^ kede yih i, e. explanation by means of the sound-*or figures 
 Combined to give the sound. This class had its origin in the great difficulty that existed in representing exactly the different 
 kinds of animals &c. &c» To avoid this difficulty, it occured to them to place beside the figure of the animal &c, a certain 
 Character, the sound of which should determine its peculiar species. Thus the figure of ft bird |=j neaou with the character 
 HJ kei armour before it— gives ?|L yfi a duck ;— that of l!§ yft a fish With JH_ le a mile placed after it, gives jffl le the 
 Carp fish:— that of fc m&h wood placed beside £j pih white— gives ^ pih the cypress &c. &c. 
 
 Examples prom the Chinese Repository. 
 Anciently written. 
 
 i or M p 
 
 ngd goose ho river 
 
 Now written. 
 
 U % ^ 
 
 ithty. AS /S kea Ittay metaphor or borrowed idea. This class, which has transferred simple to figurative Words or 
 Characters, has thrown a great deal of obscurity Over the Chinese language;— inasmuch as the figurative sense of a word has not 
 •lways analogy— at least a perceptible analogy to it's primitive meaning. Thus jX| shan is at the same time a mountain, and 
 immoveable >•— h? tang is a hall, and at the same time mother;— 3T shth is a house, and also one's trifle &c. &C. 
 
 Examples prom the Chinese Repository. 
 Anciently written. 
 
 Take a written character or symbol. Sin the heart, the mind, 
 
 Now written. 
 
 The first of these characters represents a child under a eoteringf— characters perhaps being Considered the Well -nurtured 
 •ftspring of heiroglyphics j— the other character originally meaning the material heart—also denotes the mind or •ffettioni »« 
 With ourselves. 
 
 * 
 
III. 
 
 6thly. ^ J£ chuen choo, extension, developement, or according to others, inverted symbols. This class comprises 
 those characters— the significations of which change according to the position of the key or radical,— and those whose significa- 
 tion extends to all the meanings which such or such a character may represent. Thus, a heart placed below a stave ( ^Bt noo ) 
 expresses anger &c. &c. This class comprises all those characters which relate to moral history, manners and customs, ancient 
 traditions, and moral prejudices. 
 
 Regarding morals : the ear at the side of a heart ( fljj che ) denotes shame or modest}/ ,- a tiger upon a heart covelousncss; a 
 man who is going away and words — are vain promises; girl and thought irresolution. 
 
 Regarding history : bow and the chase represent the people of the north . man and flock ( ^fe keang ) the people of the 
 west : the Emperor 3=| Yaou and word, religious discourse; Yaou with the sun ( jjis heaou ) eminent knowledge; Yaou wit! 
 provisions ( |S£ jaou ) to feed the people i a man under the sky the first origin of all things. 
 
 Regarding manners and customs : the words old man, help one's self, and wine, signify, being forbidden to drink ; ctie> 
 and corpse to bury ; wine and seal marriage ( the custom being to present wine to the bride ) ; clothes and halbert — short gar- 
 ments, the soldiers being commonly dressed in short-clothes ; fire and tiger — tiger-hunting, this sport being commonly carried 
 on at night, and by torch-light. 
 
 Regarding their ancient traditions and prejudices :— thus the characters for ten and mouth signify the ancients ( "jfc" koo); 
 old and words, an instructive discourse ; old and limit, certainly. 
 
 Example* from the Chinese Repository. 
 Anciently written. 
 
 F \ 
 
 HJ 
 Right hand. Left hand. Sundered. Continuous. Body. Turned body. 
 
 Now written. 
 
 £ £ §r m % & 
 
 Yew. Tso. Twan. Ke. Shin. Yin. 
 
 Note. We are !>ound to acknowledge, that, there are sev eral of M. de Guignes" examples here given, which we do not clearl? 
 understand. Most probably he refers to some ancient form or other in which the characters he adduces are written ; — but from his des- 
 criptions we are unable to recognize many — indeed by far the greater part of them. We have added examples taken from an article 
 which appeared upon the Chinese written language in the Repository for 1834, furnished it is said, by one of our hest Sinologues- In 
 adding these examples however we cannot help remarking, that, the two learned men seem to differ very materially, not only in the 
 arrangement of then "^ j& , but in their classification of the very words which they adduce as examples '. Thus, Mr. De Guignei. 
 considers the character RH ming, to be one of the tea tteay or 5th class,— while we find it put down in the Repository as a specimen of 
 the hwvy e or 3rd class &c. 4c. &c. The following is the arrangement in the Repository, with the numbers of the characters classtj 
 
 under each head — viat. 
 
 1 seang-hing or imitative symbols 608 
 
 2 che «ze or indicative symbols 107 
 
 3 hwuy e or symbols combining ideas 740 
 
 4 chuen choo or inverted symbols 378 
 
 5 keae shing or syllabic symbols 81,810 
 
 6 kea tseay or metaphoric symbols 598 
 
 , The following is the classification in Dr. Morrison's Dictionary, part 3— English and Chinese (tee the word cha*a«t««) 
 
 I J-SS |if che ni arbitrary characters. 
 
 3 Sf jis seang hing those that bear a resemblance to the object. 
 
 J &$ rfrj \}, ibit 'l\- peen urh wei chuen choo inverted and explained 
 
 * ^ ^ *""* ' sens * *" 8in 8 from lu « component parts. 
 
 » 7J ft'l' hrae shing joined to another part to acquire sound 
 
 * Wi Hi k " '"""* borrowed metaphorically. 
 
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IV. 
 
 Such are the six classes, under which the Ancient Chinese arranged their Characters,— a very ingenious idea truly, and 
 which serves to give not only the explanation of these characters, but to show also how men at first gradually arrived at the 
 art of giving expression to their thoughts. We may suppose, that, it was easy enough to paint any natural object, such as 
 a tree— a bird— or a mountain; but the difficulty must have been very great when they wished to convey anything purely 
 ideal! Several different figures were taken in that case; these were combined the one with the other, and thus a series of 
 characters became formed, which if they did not exactly represent the object contemplated — were nevertheless adopted and 
 confirmed by use and habit. But this style of hieroglyphic writing — or rather this mode of painting figures — was exposed to 
 a good deal of difficulty and inconvenience. They were not long in seeing this to be the case, and strove as much as possible 
 to avoid it. From this moment, their system of writing, or rather their characters underwent great changes ;— they passed a 
 long time in endeavoring to correct them, and it was not without a good deal of labour that they were brought to that state 
 of perfection in which they now are. 
 
 The Chinese are by no means agreed as to the real origin of their peculiar system of writing ; * some think that 
 $V ^84 W»-h5, who reigned 2953 years before Christ, was the inventor ; while others support that it was the Empero r 
 Gjjj I|l Sze-hwang who lived before this prince; but the greater number are agreed in regarding ^^ £|| Tsang-hee", 
 a Civil Mandarin who flourished in the reign of ||f Of Hwang. Te 9698 years before Christ, as the real author of the 
 Chinese system of writing. 
 
 ( The learned Author here digresses upon the first use and in vention of the various styles or patterns of writing current 
 among the Chinese. We are not inclined to follow him in his digression, and may merely inform the Reader — that, a very 
 able Sinologue has divided the different forms of Chinese writing into six |H& te or patterns — viz. 
 1st. The Chuen-te, which is a very ancient style of writing; and is subdivided into the 4r 5j& ta-chuen-te, and the 
 
 /J\ 9jy* seaouchuen-te— which may bear somewhat the same analogy to the ordinary Chinese writing, that German 
 
 Text and Old Saxon do to our own. 
 2ndly. The t|j£ le-te. This is also an antique style of writing, and we can compare it to nothing more fitly than to ou r 
 
 ancient Greek Capitals. 
 Srdly. The jHj keae-te. This description is like our round hand or Italic letters. 
 4thly. The 4~f hing-te, or Chinese running hand. 
 5thly. The 111 lsaou-le, or Chinese short hand. 
 Sthly. The ^ sungte, in which Books are commonly printed— and therefore may be looked upon as the equivalent of our 
 
 Roman letters. 
 
 For a more minute explanation of these different styles of writing, we beg to refer our readers to the Canton Chres- 
 tomathy page 11 ; and also to the accompanying engraving in illustration of the same— furnished us by the learned Compiler 
 of that valuable work— to whom we take this opportunity of expressing our heartiest thanks, for the kind assistance lent us on 
 several occasions.) 
 
 * Before the invention of writing, it is said tliat they made use of knotted cords like the Ancient natires of Peru, 
 
V. 
 
 ON THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE. 
 
 The Chinese have several modes of composing, or different styles in Which their Language is written; viet. 1st The 
 "£ tj£ Koo^win } Sndly The "j£ e£ Win-chang; jrdly The *|f |g Kwan-hwa j 4thly The Ml §# Beang.tan, 
 
 I. The Koo-tcin is the style of the j2£ iSTm^ of Ancient Classics. It is snb-divided into three kinds— viat 
 
 1st The _|^ ti ~yi. Shang koo-wan, a remarkably Concise style and full of imagery, and it is in this style that the 
 
 King or Ancient Classics are composed — 
 Sndly The TO "j£j *£ Chung koo-tvin. which is the style of works composed from the Ancient Classics, till the 
 
 burning of the Books by |§| jfe || «;& !TW« C/ie Hwang-tS 213 years B. C. and 
 Srdly The T» "i a!'* /7ea koo-wttn, or style of the Books Written from the time of the $& Han Dynasty ( 3rd. 
 
 Century ) till the end of the £1^ Sung Dynasty ( 13th Century ). These two last only approach the Style of the 
 
 Ancient Classics; — there is a difference, and it may be compared to that between the original painting of a great 
 
 master, and the copy taken by a skilful hand. 
 
 The Chinese reckon five King or Classics— vi2t— 
 1st The JJj |W5 nh king Which treats of the j||, fetoa or diagrams of ^ ^ Fah-he — 
 Sndly The |j|: jjgg Shoo king being sundry fragments of Ancient History collected by Confuciusi 
 3rdly The |i jj3?5 She king, or book of Ancient Hymns- Sacred Odes &C. &c; 
 4thly The jjjfi =|* te kl, being a Compilation of Ancient Laws ceremonies and usages, ahd of the Maxims of Confucius 
 
 by his Disciples— and— 
 ftthly The ^ j^ Chun Tsew or annals of the Kingdom of ||", £ 6a composed by Confucius. 
 
 Many Chinese admit only the three first of these five to the title of King or Ancient Classics. There are 
 
 besides other King of the set >nd order — these are — 
 1st The jJUJ ^ StiShoo, of Four^Books ; Vi*t, the -^ Ift Va-heS of GreaUSfiienCe by ffi Zt. T>&ng-tnr ■. 
 
 the tp Wjft Chung-t/ung or Golden-Medium by ^- PR Tszi-szt ; the -fin =j§ Lun-yu or discourses by 
 
 ?L 7C ~?" Kvg-foo-toe ( Confucius) ; and the _j^ 7j£ Shang-AIing, and ~K 5[ flea Ming by t£ Jp 
 
 Ming-lsze ( i. e. Mencius,) 
 Sndly The Two Books on the Eites of the H Chow Dynasty. 
 3rdly The ^ jjg Heoou-king or Book of Filial-Piety J the poems called ^ |j| fWfcie ; and the |lj j£| jjg? 
 
 Shan-hae-king or Book of poetical fictions* 
 
 4thly The Three Ancient Commentaries Upon the ^ 3$* Cfcu«-7>«io. 
 
 fethly The works of p] |j{| g* 5z< Ma-lseen and some other celebrated Authors; 
 
 IL The Win bhang or style of fine Writing is not so laconic as the Koo tr«n — but it is much more adorned ahd recherche. 
 In order to Write well in the style of Win chang — a person must have a perfect knowledge of the formation of the 
 
 characters— and must be able to distinguish to a nicety between those which the Chinese call W sie dead, and 
 J£ AirS living ; or [if* hcu empty, and x? Mh solid. In writing a Win chang the composer ought to gi»e a 
 preference to those terms which strike most on the imagination and embellish most his thesis or essay. Thus, for 
 instance, if he wishes to say that the Emperor is dead he does not make Use of the vulgar word ^J> rtt to die, but 
 gives a preference to the character fa'rj ping which signifies a mountain falling — as this idea conveys most ener* 
 getically all the consequences attending the death of an Emperor. A writer in speaking of such an event, may also 
 use the term Jftf? ^"r pin Urn literally signifying that " a guest has entered Heaven"— but this last expression does 
 not move the reader so powerfully as the first. Much talent is necessary for the correct employing of such ex- 
 pressions— and the selecting of them is difficult in a Language like the Chinese — whose extreme richness and 
 abundance often interferes with the intelligibility of the subject-matter. Nor is the arrangement of the tones • 
 tnatter of lest difficulty;— be Who Would not have his theme thrown back at him must take due heed that the 
 M'i« sound does not in succession strike too often on the ear .'—in one word a Win chang well composed is ■ 
 I t>f fine writing which requires much knowledge and a great deal of care. 
 
VI. 
 
 But the Wan-chang must be written — this style is not used for conversation ; and tho' it be much less concise than 
 the Koo-wiin, and employs sometimes certain particles which denote the time, the number &c. &c. — yet the scope 
 of the phrase alone determining whether such particular word shall be a Verb or an Adjective, we inav suppose that 
 if spoken the sense would be often obscure — more especially, as the works written in this style are themselves some- 
 times explained differently. 
 
 III. The Kwan-hwa or Mandarin Language is a much more diffuse style than the Wiin-chang, and acquires force and 
 clearness according to the character of tl^e person who speaks it. It admits of synonymes — prepositions — adverbs — 
 particles, — in a word — all that serves to connect the discourse — to render it clear, expressive, and intelligible to every 
 body. The arrangement of the words is simple and natural — the tenses are varied and the sense perspicuous, — but 
 at the same time the Kwan hwa loses much when written, and is adapted merely for conversation. 
 
 |V. The Heang-tun or Language of the Common People is merely a corruption of the Kwan-hwa •, a patois in fact which 
 varies according to the several provinces and their districts. Educated Chinese know how to speak the patois of 
 their native place, but they do not dare to make use of it when conversing with Mandarins, or persons of literary 
 eminence. 
 There are therefore only two ways of speaking in Chinese — it must either he in the Kwan-hwa or in the Hcang-tan :— 
 and as it is admitted that the public employes can alone make use of the first, it is evident that such employes 
 express themselves equally well at Peking, Canton, or any other of the Cities of China ; the sole difference being that 
 of local accent, or pronunciation. There are certain provinces where the people speak better than in others, espe- 
 cially in the province of VX |S3 Keang-nan ; but whether spoken harshly or delicately, this has reference to pro- 
 nunciation alone, and makes no alteration of the Kwan.hwa as a spoken language. 
 
 Thus far have we followed M. de Guignes in his division of the Chinese Language. But a learned friend — to whom 
 we have submitted it — rejects it as exceedingly incomplete, and gives a decided preference to the following more minute 
 division of our Teacher, M&n Mooy Seen-shang, vizt. 
 FIRST. Thep£ ^p "'"» '*** or Written Language. This is otherwise expressed by tij ^ seay-fa or =£■ M 
 
 show-seay — terms denoting that it is exclusively intended to be written, and not spoken. The wan tszi- subdivides 
 
 itself into two great branches — which are — 
 
 I. The Ti|" sJ koo-wan or ancient literature. This subdivision is again branched oft' into two minor sub-divisions, 
 which are. 
 
 I st The £«5 3S Icing-shoo or classics ; of which full particulars will be found in a preceding page — and — 
 'indly The "JJEJ =j5 koo-she or Poetry either actually ancient, or composed in the ancient style, in contradistinc- 
 tion to the Poetry of the present day. 
 
 II. Th e [j^* yQ or |pj yf she-wan (it is written both ways) or modern literature. Our Teacher has branched 
 
 off the she-w&n into the six following sub-divisions, vizt — 
 1st The ^ Ja wan-chang or tine writing ; in which style are written themes — founded upon texts from the 
 
 Classics, and drawn up according to very strict rules of composition. The best wiin-chang are said ;o have 
 
 been written in the time of the Wi Han dynasty, about the advent of J. C. The wan-chang is called 
 
 T)T y^ ^2, Ta She-wiin-cheshow, or the very he.ad of modern Literature. 
 2ndly The g* |p| she-foo ; under which head are included all Poetry, Songs, Ballads &c. &c. not ancient. 
 
 The best Poetry is said to have been composed in the time of the j& Tang dynasty, from the 7th till the 
 
 10th century, 
 .trdly The =& iW yiike ; orEdicts from the Emperors or the Mandarins to the People, &c. &c. 
 4thly The IB 11 shoo-ch& ; embracing all the different styles of correspondence ; between equals, — between 
 
 superiors and inferiors — whether plain or figurative. 
 5thly The 1M ~k chuen-che ; which includes all History, Biography, and Historical Novels of the first order ; 
 
 such as the —- l||] Jg? San-kwd-ehe, the 5)J ^ 'fjH LeihkwS.chuen, and other works of that class-and- 
 
VII. 
 
 6thly The &&i ^t tsS-IUh; which in opposition to the wiln-chang (called as slated above the very head of 
 Modern Literature) is styled [R! ^C. ^. Jfi, ^-irun-fAc-wo or the dregs — being the easiest and 
 humblest style of composition. Under this head are included all silly novels and trash of stories, — ain! 
 we must add, that, the humble work now laid before the public — claims no higher classification than as 
 belonging to the dregs of Chinese Literature ! 
 SECONDLY. The "=j* ^E yen yu, or Spoken Language. This is otherwise expressed by ||£ ffi skwd-fi, or p =J£ 
 
 koic-shuii — terms used (in contradistinction to those employed above when speaking of the iran-rsze) to denote, that It 
 
 is intended exclusively to be spoken, and not written. The yen-yu sub-divides itself into two great branches— which 
 
 are— vizt. 
 
 I. The *fi g£ Kwnn-hwa, or Mandarin Language. This is again sub-divided into — 
 
 1st. The Jf' ^j? =£ p'ih Kwtnhwa, otherwise called the *3 j3j" King-hwa, or the J3 f}^>- King-Ueang .- 
 being in short the language of Peking City. This idiom abounds with low slang, — and when the court wta 
 formerly held at Nanking — was considered as much a vulgar patois, as the Language of Canton City is at 
 this present dav. But the Emperors of the present Dynasty having always resided at Peking, and they 
 all speaking with the northern accent — the young men who wish to get themselves forward — now-a-days 
 endeavour to speak as much a la Peking as possible ; — for say they — " it is thus that the Imperial mouth 
 " itself speaks; and is it possible that the Holy Emperor can be wrong? " ( this is an argument that ro 
 Chinese will be found hardy enough to controvert). Moreover, as the Peking people seldom engage in 
 Trade — but chiefly follow the Mandarins over the whole Empire, they are to be found every-where:— fo 
 also in all the Public Offices nothing but their language is spoken,— and when the common people hear the 
 sound of it — they immediately make way, — jud ging that the speaker must be some government employe n 
 other, — person* of whom they 3tand in great awe. The best specimens of the Peking idiom are to! e 
 found in the jjjll ^Sg! ^ Bung low mang-— 24 vols., the ^ jfe tfe Kin, Ping. Mei— 80 vol*., tlf 
 jE El Wl ^* ( - h ' n S-y in lsi > you—i vols., and the paraphrase of the Ip! ^jg Shing yu— 2 vols. 
 
 Sndlv. The fla *EJ =3j JVan Kwan-hwa, otherwise called the TP -§* ching yin "true pronunciation," and 
 the ^m jfr fK! =~h lung-hing-leVi-hwa, or language of universal circulation. This is properly speaking 
 the Mandarin Language or that of Nanking City. We are aware that the Peking people apply now-a-days 
 the term ching-yin to their idiom exclusively, but there must be some mistakehere ; — for, as they want the 
 
 A fgk jHh shing or short abrupt tone — they cannot of course pronounce correctly. The claims of the 
 
 Northerns and Southerns of this country to pre-eminence for good speaking— may remind the reader of tli 
 
 Italian saying— " Lingua Tote una in boccn Itnmana." The Nanking language is spoken on the stage— 
 
 and abounds less or more in all their /]> =XT seaou »//«•« or Novels. 
 
 Such are the two divisions, of the Mandarin tongue — a language of universal circulation throughout this vast Empire. 
 
 It serves as a medium of communication to all educated people here — as French does to the different nations of 
 
 Europe : any young man who might wish to travel— whether for purposes of business or of pleasure,— or who would 
 
 enter a Public Office, — or who would even set up a shop in a large City must learn to speak the Mandarin fluentU . 
 
 From a slender knowledge of this tongue — the writer during a residence of five years at Canton City— has held 
 
 intercourse with people from every Province of China — excepting only that of ~W" §H A'an-siih on the borders of 
 
 Thibet, natives of which he has never yet met with. The merchants from l_lj jJEj Shanse speak with a strong 
 
 nasal sound,— their accent is vulgar in the extreme— and if they have only lately left their Province— they are almost 
 
 unintelligible to a foreigner. The Silk men from the district of ■itfj lU\ Hoo-chow in wft JXL Chih-I.eang clip 
 
 their words ;— the Green Tea-men from ifc fflr Can hwuy (Canton Oanfei) speak very badly ;— the Blar:, 
 
 men from the jfcH Al Ml Woo-e hills speak better. The person who according to our idea spoke the best of any 
 
 iniu we ever met with — was a bare-footed begging priest from the Province of l/lj III Sze-ihuen,— and the next 
 
 best, a young man in the Fooyuen's office from the Province of -]JJl KiV Hoo Lwnng. 
 
VIII. 
 
 11 The $TC §& Tleang-lan or local dialects. These are so very numerous, that it is quite impossible to mention them all. 
 With reference to this subject, we have found the two following lines in the Emperor Kang-he's Dictionary.— 
 
 # ft ffi R « * E 
 
 " Regarding local idioms — how can we alone distinguish them by the general terms of northern and southern ? 
 " For in every district, and even in every neighborhood — their language is dissimilar !" 
 
 But in a Edict from Kang-he, now before u.«,— the Imperial indignation is principally directed against the people of 
 the Provinces i|s. Yul (otherwise called IS IB Kwang-lung i. e. Canton), and raS Min (otherwise called Hjg Wt 
 I'iihhecn or Fokien), as may be seen from the following extract. 
 " I (the Emperor) have constantly observed, that, when the mandarins, whether holding important or trifling employ- 
 " ments, come before me to report their several steps thro' office — there are only the natives of the Provinces of 
 '• Canton and Fokien, who obstinately adhere to their local pronunciation— which I cannot understand. Behold 
 " then ! if such people — who are even now inscribed on my list of employes — after having been before the Tribunals 
 " and having practised the ceremonies — they, in submitting their reports to me or saluting we with the customary 
 * compliments, make use of expressions to me quite unintelligible — when they go to fill stations in other provinces, 
 " how still less can they be capable of extensively promulgating my Edicts (or Instructions)? or, when deciding 
 •' cases of Law or Equity, how can they make every shade and circumstance, perfectly clear and perspicuous to the 
 " minds of the common people! If the Rulers of the people, and those whom they govern, be not intelligible the 
 " one to the other — then the Mandarins must depend upon their menials and bailifs as a medium of communication ! 
 " and thus, what between adding, and with-holding. glossing-over, and false interpretations, a thousand abuses 
 " must arise. — and this method of carrying on Public Business cannot but lead to innumerable mistakes! Further 
 "as regards the people of these two Provinces,— not only are they when in office in other parts of the country 
 "unable to enter into the feelings of the people — but they in their own districts where they form the mass, are 
 " unable to comprehend the instructions of the Mandarins; — thus between those above and those below, is set up an 
 " impassable barrier — which is productive of the greatest inconvenience ! But if men from their early youth have 
 " been accustomed to a certain idiom, and a certain pronunciation — it is indeed difficult to change this in one 
 •' moment ! we have therefore no resource but to multiply and diffuse the means of instruction, and thus peradven- 
 " ture they may in time improve ! 
 'Forasmuch therefore, we now issue our Imperial Commands to the Governors and Lieutenant Governors of the said 
 " Provinces of Canton and Fokien — that they in their turn impress these Commands on the several Foo, Chow, and 
 " Hcen magistrates (i. e. governors of districts of the 1st 2nd and 3rd magnitude) and all employes and government 
 '* teachers — that they issue clear and distinct proclamations everywhere, and adopt numerous expedients for teaching 
 '• the people! they must insist upon having the language of these— clear, and intelligible ; they may not as hereto- 
 ■• fore addict themselves to their provincial idioms ;— so that in time to come when led to the palace steps (i. e. be- 
 '■fore me the Emperor) to hand in their reports, or answer my questions— they may be able to do so distinctly ; 
 " and that further, when they enter upon Office in other Provinces, they may take cognizance of the circumstances, 
 " and enter into the feelings of — tho Common People ! " 
 1 1 p wards of a century has rolled on since Kanghc issued the above Edict, but we are not aware that any considerable 
 change has taken place since his day. True, there are schools set up in Canton City for teaching the Youth the 
 Mandarin tongue— just as schools exist with us for teaching our Youth French,— and in both cases, people who can 
 afford it, commonly rend their sons to learn. But the Canton and Fokien people of the highest classes, when among 
 themselves, universally use the native idiom ;— and the labouring classes and the country people, cannot speak a 
 word of anything else. The Canton dialect differ from the Mandarin, about as much as Portuguese does from 
 Spanish :— the difference between Fokien and Mandarin is very much greater. We do not understand the Fokien 
 idiom ourselves, but may state on very good authority, that, it bears no more resemblance to the dialects of Peking 
 and Nanking, than the Gaelic and Welch spoken on our own mountains, do to the English of London, or Edinburgh. 
 Altho' the Emperor KanghG in the preceding Edict, alludes only to the people of Canton and Fokien, yet these 
 provincial idioms abound over the whole Country ; truly does the quotation above say—" in every district, and even 
 "in every neighborhood, their language is dissimilar!" A foreigner who might speak the language of Canton 
 City with considerable fluency, would, if thrown into the society of the country people twenty or thirty miles off, 
 
IX. 
 
 find it very difficult to understand them, and still more difficult to get them to understand him ! If this be the 
 case with peoplo of the same Province, how much more so must it be the case with those of different Provinces ! We 
 have frequently stood bye, and listened to the Green Teamen conversing among themselves, without being able t 
 catch a particle of what they were saying ; but we may add in self-defence, that they have been at the same time 
 surrounded by native Chinese, who were not a whit more enlightened on the subject than ourselves ! What we say 
 here of the Green Tea-men, applies less or more to almost every part of Chins ! We have been assured by European 
 missionaries who have been in the interior, that, if a man can but speak two dialects fluently, and if he have not red 
 hair, blue eyes, a long hooked-nose, or anything out of common that draws attention (and provided always he can 
 escape the lynx eyes of the Mandarins), such a person may travel from one end of China to the other ! It is in fact 
 this great difference of local idioms, that is the safety of those dauntless Roman Catholic Missionaries, at this mo- 
 ment living in the different provinces of this forbidden Empire ! 
 A great deal of doubt and obscurity exists as to the Chinese Language— used as a medium of communication throughout 
 this vast country, and it's still more vast territories. Some people say, that " if two Chinese who have met together cannot 
 " understand each other— they immediately write down what they have got lo say in the mandarin language— awA as this it 
 "known everywhere — there is no longer any difficulty about the matter &c. &c." 'J" here is a small mistake here, and »e 
 shall endeavor to enlighten the Reader, by first pointing his attention to things at home. / 
 
 Let it be granted, that, throughout the whole of Europe every person in every country of any education at all — can read 
 and virile Latin — less or more, — tho' being a dead language, no one speaks it. Latin will in this case be the classic language 
 of Europe— understood by all when presented to the eye,— and in this point of view it will answer to the ~yf ?5f. H'au-t>v.r. 
 
 or written language of China. 
 
 Let it be granted, that, throughout the whole of Europe, any one who wishes to travel— who wishes to see courts and 
 palaces — princes and wise men, — who desires to pass himself off as a man of fashion and accomplishments — or who is even 
 anxious to extend his mercantile relations — that such one must learn to speal; French — tho' very few write it— (the custom 
 being, that, tho* all converse in French— yet all correspond in Latin):— French will in this point of view be the Mandarin lan- 
 guage of Europe— intelligible to all educated and travelled men when spoken— and will hold the same place with us, that the 
 •a* ~4- Uwdn-hwa does in the Chinese Empire. 
 
 Let is be granted, that, English is not spoken beyond the limits of our own island— that it is not intended to be a written 
 language,— on the contrary, that the English in common with all others make use of the Latin as a medium of written com- 
 munication—then English will resemble one of these local idioms called by the Chinese |fjl] ||k heang tan or patois. 
 We shall give the following by way of example. 
 
 Suppose a Chinese to be travelling in a distant part of the country (the local idiom of which he did not understand.) and 
 suppose that he had lost something or other which he was anxious to get back again ;-he would most probably in the first 
 instance put the following question in Colloquial Mandarin. 
 
 m + * ffi ffi # S « Jt * € 
 
 ua - ko lung - se ko - tsae ibiu - mo te - fang hi ? 
 
 (mot a mot) cette - chose - la est - posit- (dans) quel - tndroit — he .> 
 
 Let us fuither suppose that all shook their heads— not understanding him,— and that the traveller made signs to bring him 
 writing materials ;— would he write down just what he had spoken ? oh no ! nothing of the kind ! lie would write perhaps 
 
 Ik Ik ft . < 
 
 (verbatim,) ilia (res) ubi est? 
 
 ( smile not Gentle Reader at the stiffness of our Latin — there is really no help for it ! ) and these four Chinese character- being 
 shown to any one in the neighborhood — who could read and write,— the traveller's meaning would be instantly perceived. 
 Ts'ay, let us trace the resemblance still further. The four words of Latin written above (barbarous as they are) may ha 
 prouounced by an Englishman — a Scotchman— a Frenchman — a Spaniard — a Russian — very differently indeed, — ttill they can 
 have only one and the same meaning ; — and if written down and shown to any parish-priest or school-boy, in any of the coun- 
 tries just named, could not fail to be immediately understood. Just so it is with the corresponding four Chinese character*- 
 They may be read with every manner of pronunciation, and with every kind of inflexion ami intonation,— «tU] they can only 
 have one and the same meaning ; — and will be understood not only thro' China proper, but in Cochinchina— Siam— Burmah — 
 Corea— Loochoo— and Japan, by every person conversant with the Chinese written character. 
 
With the sentence in Mandarin, it is somewhat different. This is addressed to the ear, and if not understood when 
 spoken,— to write it were wnr«e than useless. As with us. while every country in Europe is allowed to read Latin in it's own 
 
 way and no' man is judged to he the worse scholar because he pronounces uncouthly, — so with the Chinese : — those whose 
 
 provincial accent is quite unintelligible when (peeking their patois, or when reading the Classics after the fashion of their part 
 of the country — may nevertheless be perfect masters of composition ! on the other hand, as there can only be one method of pro- 
 nouncing French properly, i. e after the Parisian standard. — so there are in this country only two ways of pronouncing the 
 Mandarin properly, i e. ehher like a native of Nanking, or likea native of Peking City. True,— natives of Canton and other 
 places— when they read w.nks written in Colloquial Mandarin — often give the characters the vulgar provincial sound ;— this 
 however argues nothing hut their ignorance;— it is like an Englishman or a Spaniard, who, when reading French, will insist 
 on giving the Itoman letters in which that language is printed, precisely the same power and value that they have in his own 
 native tongue ! 
 
 Let us proceed one step further. We have supposed English to he a mere barbarous spoken language, and not current 
 beyond the limits of our own island. In like manner then, as we have just classed the Mandarin and French, and the Written 
 language and Litin together — let us now put the patois of Canton and the English, side by side. The equivalent then of the 
 two preceding examples will be — 
 
 #1 ft Si * ^ ii Pf S5 
 
 ko - keen - yay chei - hoy peen - ha ah ? 
 
 ( quite literally ) that ■ piece ~ thing has ■ been - put what - place eh f 
 
 Following up our supposition, that English is a barbarous and uncultivated tongue,— the above sentence tho' written in the 
 tame Roman or Italic letters as the preceding French and Latin ones— would yet be incomprehensible out of England,— 
 unless by mere chance we were to meet E'lsilishmen in foreign countries, or foreigners who had resided in England. 
 
 To sum up what we have said, — while the example given of the itritten language, would, when presented to the eye, not 
 only be understood over the whole of the Chinese Empire, but ataoin the various foreign countries named above, — the specimen 
 of the Mandarin when addressed to the eir— would only be intelligible to the educated people of China proper, and those 
 foreigners who hid acquired it by residing here: — if presented to the eye of a learned Japanese or Cochin Chinese, we are 
 not sure whether he would be able to make out it's meaning or not, — we rather think not i — but of the specimen given of the 
 vulgar Canton dialect, — whether presented to the eye or addressed to the ear— we are convinced that no Chinese 100 miles 
 from the smoke of Canton City — could even so much as gueis at it's meaning ! 
 
 There is just one remark more we should like to make before concluding- It has been frequently observed, that, " the 
 " Chinese write very differently from what they speak." So much is this the case, that, supposing a Peking man, a Nanking 
 man, and a Canton man to be all arguing or quarrelling in their respective dialects, and supposing a fourth party were thus 
 abruptly to address them, " Hold there my friends ! let each individual of you write down the last sentence he spoke, exactly 
 •• as he uttered it ! " the great probability is, that not one of Ihem could comply ! They would all be able enough to give the 
 substance of what they had been saying in the written language, (represented above as the equivalent of jour Latin^; but to write 
 the language exactly as it was spoken, is entirely a different thing j— it is a study in which few engage, and in which still fewer 
 excel. Of the three imaginary persons above, the Nanking man would find least difficulty— his language being much more 
 polished and cultivated than that of either of the others. Miin ilaoy the writer of these Fables— out of a very numerous 
 ranee of acquaintances— is the only native we have met, who can write fluently in the vulgar Canton idiom ; and yet when 
 we first became acquainted (some 4 years ago), he was as backward as his neighbours at this sort of exercise, — and it was only 
 thro' repeated urging on our part, that we could induce him to go on with it. But altho' more proficient in writing Canton 
 than most others, he yet finds it easier to write in the Nanking dialect, than in his own. The reason is given above,— it is 
 a mnch more polished idiom, and M&n Mooy has perhaps read a hundred books in Nanking, for one that he has read in 
 Canton. Our fellow-countrymen from the Lowlands of Scotland will easily enough understand us, when a case nearly parallel 
 is brought home to themselves. We find no difficulty in understanding Lowland Scotch when spoken to us,— yet when a 
 volume of Scotch Poems is put into our hands, we find them infinitely more difficult to read than English ones; — and on the 
 other hand, while it costs us no effort whatever to write an English letter, — were we told to compose a letter in broad Scotch, 
 (unless we had been for some time before giving our attention to the subject), we should find the task quite insuperable. 
 
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 XI. 
 
 OF THE -^ HF.U-TSZR. OR EUPHONIC PARTICLES 
 
 USED IN CHINESE COMPOSITION. 
 
 t 
 These— in one point of view— »re the equivalent of our comma, colon : semi- colon ; stroke— parenthesis ( ) note of 
 
 admiration ! mark of interrogation ? as the Chinese use no points, * and as the eye depends completely upon these particles— 
 
 to see whether an assertion is made. 01 a question asked ; whether the reading he continuous, or disjoined ;— and— taken along 
 
 with the general scope of the passage— to determine when the sentence, stanza, or paragraph, is concluded. As some of them 
 
 are used at the beginning — as well as at the end of sentences. — in order to make the parallel more complete — we must add to out 
 
 own marks used in reading ami writing— the inverted notes of admiration and interrogation of the Spaniards j — thus j and ^ 
 
 In another point of view — they answer to our interjections, lo ! behold ! alas ! oh ! at the beginning — and, indeed ! really ! 
 
 truly! strange! ah? eh? pray? &c. &c. at the end of sentences. Or they may be said to resemble still more closely, those 
 
 expletive particles which the Italians call ri/iieni, — such as pure, mai. poi, giU, roxi, mica, nan, via, ci, ri, si, and others . 
 
 sometimes forming perfect part3 of speech, and at other times merely thrown in to fill up a sentence — or to round a period 
 
 But with the Chinese, the using of these euphonic particles is a matter of immense importance. Their finer writings 
 
 swarm with them ad nauseam — at least so it would seem to a foreigner : — the Chinese on the other hand seem to think, the 
 
 more of these that can be introduced— the higher is the style of writing, — provided ulvayt that they offend neither the tye nor 
 
 the ear. This is a great secret in the art of Chinese composition. They have a proverb to the following effect. — 
 
 2.?-,#,fli.&,E,«.-k ? ft ft % fit tk + 
 
 " He who can properly distinguish and apply the seven particles che, hoo, chat/, gay, i, yen, and tine— is truly a Uachelor 
 
 " of Arts!" 
 
 As these particles sometimes represent verbs, adverbs, pronouns, and conjunction!. — and sometimes have no meaning 
 •t all ;— as they sometimes begin a sentence, sometimes end a sentence, aid sometimes occur in the middle of a sentence— the> 
 are indeed most perplexing to a beginner ! 
 
 The following little work being written in an humble style— the euphonic particles therein introduced are but few,— 
 so we shall confine our present observations to two or three of the principal ones. 
 
 • This is the case, or rather ought to be the rase, in fine writing ;-hut in Novel* Md some other kin,!, of composite 
 
 thev use the ^ Ek hat-teem or comma, thus / to mark each sentence; and the tf\ ||j ming kune or O "»«k, to de«*t* 
 
 ' tin. ¥V»t 
 
 that the r»rasrraph or siihject treated of, is finished. 
 
 t We find in a little ballad called " The Country-clown goes up to Town" (written in the vulgar Canton dialect), the following 
 amusing meaning given to these particles— 
 
 ., Un ti6, kougtik chiy-yi-cbe oo ! " 
 
 " » n d fae (the Country clown) aitting down at his ease, began to discourse about cAajr, yay, ca«, A» ; *•— i» Other words 
 he began to talk as if be Lad been a learned nan, 
 
 
 _ &C^1 >iSTt-iT 
 

 f^jC ■'■ - ' ' '-eU^lt^t - 
 
fttl. 
 
 Examples intended to iUuttrate acme of the Chinese partiolb* occurring most frequently in the following work. 
 
 (abridged chiefly from the Latin of pkemahc.) 
 
 Of the PinriCLB ^£ che. 
 
 lit. It is used to denote the personal pronoun (without reference to gender or number) in the accusative case — thus - 
 
 i& ~£f ~if suy p&ng che, and so devoured him: Hi] fjTJ / '■*'»'* *e«eii che, then admonished »hem. 
 Sadly. It is used in the written language to denote the genitive or possessive case, as £JQ teVt is in the spoken language- 
 
 thus— -4-* ML ~j}f it? ta-heS-che.taou, the principles of the Great Science: & Ahfj J? i wan-w&h-che- 
 
 choo, Lord of the Universe. 
 3rdly. It is often understood without being expressed— thus — ^\ pn Tten-ming for Teeit-chc.ming, the will of Heaven : 
 
 fH Mi kwS-fS for ktLi-che.fi, the Laws of the Land. 
 4thly. It is often added to substantives merely for the sake of euphony — and has no meaning at all— thus— /V ~^_3>n the, 
 
 man or mankind: ^ ^/ min-che, the people: -J^ "mf ~%? Teen-ming-che commanded by Heaven 
 
 i^ n /\ {i Hw'.v-che wei jin yay, Hwuy (the disciple of Confucius) was a man who &c. &c. &c. 
 5thly. It is often added to adjectives, when it has the same meaning as the particle /& ehay— thus— "i ~jt koo-cht or 
 
 "£" pfer koo-chay, the Ancients: ffl; ~y? hcd cheer W* 3fj- hcS-chay, students. 
 6thly. It sometimes elegantly follows the relative particle ^ ehay— thus— [};£ ^ j^j jEfc ^ ^1 t^ "tit ,,z * then 
 
 wei ching-chay-che sh&h yay ! and behold ! this is all the art or secret of those who govein wisely ! 
 7thly. It is sometimes introduced before the particle "7j" chay — thus— 3/L -j^ ~? R» JC" mow-ni-cke iteen-chay 
 
 1, the vilest of all who bear the name of scholar ! 
 8thly. It is often joined to the word |^ wei— thus— jj£ ""V |j| ^j| ||f tsze-che wei /jze-*e>n this is what is called, 
 
 being humble and modest. (Note. The character ~f che is met both before and after the =ja wei — a coriect 
 
 ear and long practice can alone determine when it should be ante-poned and when post-poned.) 
 9th. It is often met in examples like the following— vizt.— *- "7* tfe X r f wechen&nghing! this may not yet bedone! 
 
 'IT ffii ~fc dS /& 'ff /^. k '" s ' urh pfift cle.chay, yew-chc ! there are those who act— yet without obtaining 
 
 their object; ^ ^X jfj] fj^ ^. ^" 7^ ^ ^J & P nh *'"&> urh nSn S che-ch y—we-che yew yay ! but 
 
 there are none who ever obtained their object without employing the means. 
 
 This character is used in a great many other ways— but not in the work before us. 
 
 Of the particle ^S* chay. 
 
 1st. When joined to verba it forma participles and nouns— thus— jj: ting to live ; At ;& ibng-chty the living :— 
 
 ^ tzi to die ; ^U ^" nt-ehay the dead, fi mac to buy ; fa 4jr mae.chay the buyer :— j|J8 lei to hunt i 
 
 AJJ3i /£ lei-chay the hunters. 
 Sndly. It is often preceded by ^/ in which case the quality becomes more relative— thus — ~3& 44* ching-chay and 
 
 3* J2 /a ching-che-chay both express sincere persons — but the former is abtlract, and the latter concrete. 
 3rdly. It often governs the particle ^ in explaining or amplifying— thus— ^ 7g- "jji", fy HA cAay, pdn yay I virtue 
 
 is the root (of all good &c. &c.) |lj & jj£ ^ lj§ «JJJ, shan-thay, tteuen-che yuen yay ! hills a» the origin of 
 
 streams or fountains. 
 
XIII. 
 
 4tbly. It is used as an euphonic particle joined to adverbs— thus— 5JL ^ tsae-ehay again ; ^ ^ hwS chay perhaps ; 
 ~lfe ~pr hzi-c':ay this is to say ; Jgii* ffi ke-chay this is to commence &c. &c. 
 Tho' this particle 4k chay is used in many other forms— yet these come under a higher department of 
 
 Literature. 
 
 Of the particie ^ yay. 
 
 1st. It is an adverb the equivalent of /jl» yih, and may be translated also.— thus — lly JpL JjJ /£? ■]§} /^C "tH 'fj 
 
 XA. At &K /fe hwatsaou yay yew, shoo-muh yay yew ; keen keen too yew ! there are also flowers, and there 
 
 are also trees; and ( in short ) there is everything ! 
 
 It is used conjunctively as in the following example. <f^p jH "B" -{jl, ^\ "£j nS ta0 "> koo < *"* P ali ko ° ? s "> 
 
 uow whether this be misery, or not ? 
 :»rdlv. It is used as the equivalent of our adverbs still, or indeed, or really, in the following — c^ 5g" jyjt /fj£ ?R ^| 'Jg] 
 
 *g* (iV jft t|^ "pi" 4j) bubchoy ne how-lae yew ko Kadn tsS, yay we ko che ! Perhaps you may afterward. 
 
 obtain government employ ! still this is what we can yet know nothing about ! 
 4tbly. Preceding ~X\ pith and repeated — it has the meaning of our conjunctions neither, nor, &c. — thus — g|| in ~%\ *& 
 
 Wf JfJ /fc 'IJT l° w > y&y P &n s00 — l ^ cn < y^H P it,t **» t> e i'her did he comb his head — nor did he wash his face. 
 Sthly. It sometimes begins a sentence— thus — \q ^g X\ & yay, cha-puhlo! why, you are not much out ! (said 
 
 either seriously or ironically ). 
 Gtbly. And it often ends a sentence in the Vulgar, as well as in the Classic Style— thus— 
 ( Vulgar ) "frE 4r: ~g- -vj haou she koo yay ! this is misery indeed ! 
 ( Classic ) 4r -7,1/ = 4W Id Isae yin yny .' how superlatively grand these woids ! 
 7thly It often occurs in the middle of sentences;— if vulvar — this particle begins the second part of the sentence, and is 
 pronounced long; ( see ex : 1. 2. 3. 4.) but if Classic— it ends the first part of the sentence, and is pronounced 
 short ,— thus— j|| ~%_ ^ ff {j/ -^j- ^[1 ^ -^ taou-che p&h hing yay— woo chBeke B ! I know alas ! the 
 reason why the Truth does not spread ! ( or act. ) 
 tr.hly. At the end of sentences it is often the equivalent of the auxiliary verb is, — or the sentence — this is quite Ihe same as, 
 —thus—A^ ^k" K \\i jinchay, jin yay ! Benevolence is Man himself! or were we thus to paraphrase it in En- 
 
 „lj s |, " Mankind is Benevolent — Benevolence is Human nature — the two terms are convertible, — therefore, to speak 
 
 " of Benevolence, 1* quite the same as to speak of Man himself! '" ( The Chinese Commissioner Lin in his letter to 
 the Queen of England— when speaking of the Chinese Emperor— says 3| ^X ^ \fc ~£_ fa ^ fa ^ 
 kae B Teen TB che sin— wet sin yny ! literally,— for behold! of Heaven and Earth's heart, makes heart really— 
 a phrase which cannot be rendered in English without a good deal of circumlocution, — as it means to say — that the 
 Emperor's heart possesses those same lofty and beneficent principles, by which Heaven and Earth ( or the Great 
 Male and Female principles ) govern all nature ). 
 r );lilv. It is almost always ( in the Classic Style ) added to proper names ; — thus Confucius speaking of, or to his disciples 
 
 Yew, Kew, Hwuy, speaks of, or to them— thus— p[j -(J[ Yew yay ! jj£ ^ Kew yay ! [pj -^ Hwuy yay ! 
 liittily. It is also used in Classic style in giving answer?,— thus— It is asked ^fe Jp- shin hoo > is this wise ? It is answered 
 
 H? ~*f~ ifli ~)$\ "!i£ "tit ***" ' '' " rlt ai ttin *"* ' '' ' 9 eertain, y v "' e — but not entirely so ! 
 Ililily. It is very often repeated to give effect to the passage,— thus— ^ fjfr fjjj ^Jj ^ jjff |§| ^ >'"£ »» '""? 
 yay, ming so tuh yuy—hia family name is common to others— but his own name is singular or peculiar 
 ^np S Jj| — 1 [h woo B yay, yih yay ! there is no difference— it is quite the same-thing ! 
 

XIV. 
 
 I2thly. When preceded by the character — yVt one, it has the following significations,— thus— Jf^ $£ ^/ JJJg fit j=£ 
 Hrfe ljj F 00 Moo che sing, woo kwei tseen,—yth yay ! in mourning for parents there should be no distinc- 
 tion W-tweeu the noble and the vile,— one rule should apply to all. But when — fy ylh yay is followed afterwardi 
 by H. -\U urh y*' JEH {]£ "•" yy> &c - &c - &c - '* has ratlier a different meaning,— thus— jjj^ [fct ]8| 3^ 
 ;& — » {{1 uze l;e ying na chay—y'ih yoy,— this is the first reason why we ought to seize him,— and the sams 
 words followed by J^ ^ urh yay, 3 fy > an y*9> &c &e - im P'y this is the,«cc»nrf reason, third reason &c. Ac. 
 for so doing. 
 
 Of the particle 5* e: 
 
 This is a mere final particle— used for the sake of euphony in two or three different ways, vizt— 3E ^ ^Jj ^ ^ 
 »ao puh che che e ! I knew it not ! 32 rjjj At] IHl ^ ;f} jKjp ^ «"">, «rfc che ke-mei-chat/,— teen e ! 
 of those who hate a man, and yet can perceive his good qualities,— there are few indeed ! "HT S 35 ^ it! 
 »Mn «.' ir<»» »Awae .V'*-' h°w dreadfully am I fallen off! 2|- ^ 2& ^_ troo e e /oo .' alas ! I perish ! 
 fTOi ^jt -yf "feA. ^ ^. jfe ^ #uen t&h-che yu jin—shin e taae I the hatred and harm thus spread among 
 men — ia terrible indeed ! But such examples as the three last occur only in fine writing. 
 
 Of the particle ■i— yen ! 
 
 lit. It beautifully winds up a period— as— /|*\ ^ /£g ^| «'» P«* '•«« *«»» •' m y •"»«■' w * s not tn e re * ( >• e. I wa» 
 not giving such or such a subject my attention. ^ /^ ^f *$L> /fj ^ fjjp "^ ""• J in Mng—veih yew wi 
 tze yen ! when three of us walk together, there is surely something in which ( my two comrades ) may instruct me ! 
 ( The words of Confucius. ) 
 
 %idly, It is sometimes elegantly repeated in a sentence, — thus — M {JS / fT jfjp a£ Qwj Qc. ~^k sze-the hing yen! 
 wdn-w&h sang yen ! the seasons revolve — and all nature blooms ( lit. produces ) afresh ! 
 
 Srdly. It often comes between the particle 5gj- c ha S and it's subject, for the sake of mere euphony, — thus— \*, ^ /&\ 
 ~K -jE| 4£- shang-yen-chay,—hca-yen-chay those above, and those below. i®f A3 Ejc ^| JGT yew yew 
 
 hwu-yen-chay, still further there were those who doubted. 
 4ihly. It is used at the beginning of sentences as an interrogative,— thus— T^a ^{] yen che ? who knows ? or, how do I 
 
 know ? 4& ^(| "fe^ R4 it 71 shii Ice— yen yimg new laou ? in killing a Fowl— why use an Ox-knife ? 
 
 ( Vulgar saying. ) ^ f|& J|i /f} j|§ M& ^J T~* yia n& "£ wei yew ? &*" """& wei ^"S ? is il some- 
 thing ? or is it nothing? or, has he? has he not? or, is he yet alive ? is he indeed dead ?— ( according to the 
 subject being spoken about. ) 
 5thly. It responds well to the adverbial particle |jp joo going before,— as— j$l JQ^ ^g" ^ joo Kew-ehay yen! as I 
 Confucius ! (this Kcw was Confucius' name.and is looked upon by the Chinese as a Sacred word:— in reading the 
 Four Books they pronounce it Mow.) ^"^^tH^H ^ "Z. 'ft H Keun - tszi - che k*b,—joo Jih 
 Yui-che chlh yen ! the faults of the good.man are merely like eclipses of the sun and moon, (i. e. they oply obscurs 
 
XT. 
 
 his lustre for a moment.) j|| ^ jfc ff ^ ]fe fflj jfc J^ || Vrh che ching-hing yu le, joo y,\ Tien 
 
 yen! Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven ! (Lord's Prayer— Roman Catholic version.) 
 6th!y. It marks adverbs,— as— 4*7 2g| hwtth-yen! Suddenly! jj^ jj^ ^g Ai n Aj n yen .' most happily. Here how- 
 ever it has the same meaning as Tri jen. 
 
 Of the particle J&- hoo. 
 
 1st. It commonly denotes interrogation,— thus— "flT 3P- a-5 Aoo ? may it be done or not ? ^ ^" 1& ^ f '""''/" " 
 Aoo? is this proper? or not? -p: TC. 4^- ,/'</» e hoo ? is this true benevolence? ■& ~pT ** ^p ki l:o l'ih hoo > 
 how may this be obtained ? •JH ^ J f* pJ£ j'", yuen hoo Isae ? how far will not true benevolence go? 
 yfc jfc pT 232 J»uA 3/?fc /.u Aoo ? may not tins be done ? ^ ^ <|| j3& p«A #JA /o Ae« f is there not 
 pleasure in this? ^ fg ^ £ f j£ ft jg ^- Jp £t ^ j£ -f >"'" *» "*"*« **«**,- 
 Ac keS-chay hoo? he rnung-chay hoof 1 know not whether the person now speaking, be aware ( of what he is 
 saying ? ) or if he be dreaming ? 
 
 2ndlv. It is sometimes used as a mere auxiliary particle, and does not then interrogate, — thus— iW? ■& seih hoo .' alas how 
 much to be pitied ! w3S <3i y?jp ^p- shin hoo ! shin hoo ! what an immense depth (of wisdom !) *gp 52- 7n" Am 
 e hoo yew hwuy ! proper it is that he should repent ! 
 
 3rdly. Joined to the following, it has the sense of very nearly,— as— 3g 2E. # ^£ he-hot yen-sxi he was very nearly 
 drowned! Blj J&j ^- ^2 "pT -^ Isih shoo-hoo Ice led e! then surely it may be done! V] 75 3E. ill 
 B|l F™*" l" 3^ "9^ * keVuhoo chung, — /sJft shoo-hoo che e ! having got to the middle — then surely he must be 
 near to arriving (at the goal) ! 
 
 4thly. Joined to the following it marks the superlative,— thus— J^L £fj 232. -^ mo kaou-hoo Teen! there is nothing 
 higher than Heaven ! J§L yf 202 sfe 3Ss mo la-hoo Yaou, Shun! there are none greater than the Emperors 
 Yaou and Shun ! 
 
 5thly. Joined to jjk 4& yii-she it makes an adverb of time or consequence, — thus— WQ 4& fj^ 4j£ Jp. Jgl te.,yo, — 
 yu-she-hoo hing! politeness and concord then ( or upon this ) began to rise, ( i. e. began to be held in estimation ;) 
 Jjfc ^ jfS 4fr 232 jj^ i, thih,— yu-she-hoo ts&h ! and clothing and food then ( or thus ) became abundant. 
 
 Of the particle ob tsae. 
 
 1st. It is an interrogative particle, and seems to imply a certain degree of surprise — as if the subject enquired about were 
 notself-evident.-thus— $[ fn[ jgjt ^J™ 1 ho e '»"•' •' wh « (mthet doubt is there?! ^ ^ ffi p]* i|$ ^£ 
 Ae pfiA «Ain ko selh Isae? ! is it not most deeply to be lamented? ! 'jpT j£ WJ "^ rS -^ Au Ae shoo-rht 
 yd tsae f ! what monstrous folly was not this on the part of the Tree ? ! 
 
 Sndly. It merely expresses admiration without interrogation, — thus— ^ jajj [pj {J? heen lue Hwuy yay ! how ex- 
 cellent Hwuy was! |j|' j$ fjj ^ .W '«"« ^ew yay! what a clown was Yew! ^" ^ p" ^ foo Isae 
 ytn hoo I literally, what rich words ! i. e. what a beautiful speech ! ^ ^ jo] 'a tsae uHn! how vastly important 
 
 is that question ! -4c ^7 ^ A y^ j[& fa f«ac Shing-jin-chc laou ! oh ! how great is the Doctrine of our 
 Holy Sages ! 
 
XVI. 
 
 Of the PARTICLE WL jin. 
 nil 
 
 1st. It marks the adverb and is the equivalent of our— ly in English,— thus — Ppj «wj £"J ivei-jen, yuv, suspiring-/? 
 said; — 4f£ /fffi' ^* seun seun-jin, leisure-/?, or, with order and method. 
 
 ?ndly. It affirms in reply to a question— and is in this point of view the equivalent of our— yes,-— thus — •}){ *f- ■& ^f 
 jin hoolfow two? ves? or no? is it so? or not? F] ^ ^a?, j'^n, it is answered, — yes! — or, it is even so ! or 
 3C- "/* "^f jffc Tszc-che yen^ j6n ! it is indeed as you say ! ^fc a[$ 4fc we pcthj£n< not necessarily so, — 
 anglice— that does not necessarily follow: — interrogatively ~]T > it jstfj '*¥■ piih. he jin hoo > and is it not so then? 
 fSj *j£> %k M peih jin ? why must it necessarily be so? ^jjj* ^ ?jfc ^ i ae pUh jin e ! truly this is by no 
 means right or proper! J|? jfjff ^ ffi le so tang jin ! this is perfectly conformable with reason! Th fijr 
 )/) %)i nae so e jin ! this is the cause by — or thro' — or on account of which &c. &c. 
 
 Jrdly. Itiscompounded with the following conjunctions and adverbs,— vizf,— jjj|| jjjjj sny jin, although; E^f ^J[fe kl jtn, 
 since; J=| Ilk t'sze jim, assuredly, or it is so indeed! g ^v [f|J ffi iai jin, urh jtn! quite naturally; 
 without effort ! /£ ^fe pith jin, otherwise; ^ $£ kwi jin, indeed, really &c. &c. 
 
 ithly. It has the power of a disjunctive conjunction in the following— vizt.— jjp<C jjyj yfc /f^ /<■ " rn »•< jin I (it may 
 be something) but still it is not Benevolence ! £}k ~jjC> A3 ~^ jin yih yew-che ! (there may not be many) yet 
 still there are (a few .') j$i |3lj M- ^ joj" jin-lsih Iseang nae )w ? then (or in that case) whither shall I turn 
 myself! or what shall I do ? ! 
 
XVII. 
 
 SUMMARY. 
 
 Besides the preceding particles, there are many others which our limits will not now permit us to dwell upon. We must 
 therefore for the present content ourselves with referring the reader to Premare's Notitia Lisgvm Sihicji, a most 
 valuable work, which we propose at some time or other ( God willing) to put into an English dress, for the benefit 
 of our younger Students. The following however are some of those interjectional, interrogative, negative, and con- 
 junctive particles, which may most engage the Learner's attention, — vizt — 
 
 1 it. Those used at tlwbeginning of a paragraph, — or which serve to usher in a new subject — as— ^fe foo ! ilfc hung ! 
 ^ kung ! ^ tsang. jf£ wei. JN yii. 3g che. M jrti. 
 
 2ndly. Those met with in the middle of the paragraph ; connecting — yet giving a new view of— or meaning, to the subject ; 
 as— Jtj nae ! j|| kae ! I|J| Jpp. woo hoo ! M. §p woo joo ! 7$^ shoo ! Jjjjjl leaou ! j>^ yew, %fc yew, ^Q yew, 
 J[ tseay, g|J tsih, |rj tseTh, TJfi yili, J!J c, j^ wei, $% jen, |j- tsae, j^j urh, ]£ fan, ^ ffl piih leaou! 
 $L yu. ^ Jii, ^ hwang, ^\ ke5.] 
 
 3rdiy. Those finals, which merely serve to round a period,— as— rfe foo, JT urh, ||| urh, P e, (jjl P urh-?, 
 
 jH - v6n ' S& 5 > iiL y* y ' ^ hf - 
 
 4thly. Those placed at the beginning of an interrogative sentence,— as— 'fijT he, •»=£ ke, |jjj[ ho, J|* ho, ^ he, 
 H oo, ^ hoo, || shuh, ^ gan, ^J yih. 
 
 ithly. Those placed at the end of interrogations,— as— |[R yay, j6K yay, jS| yii, Jj& yii, •jiiT ho, 5& choo, -^ heo, 
 
 p| tsae. 
 6thly. Particles denoting negation,— as— 4jBE woo, -^r woo, ^> piih, "j^ yew, =)^ fc, ^ me, 3|j fuh, ^ tniih, 
 
 jfl wiih, ^ we, 3§ fow, )|§ fei, |jj| nj£, |g] wang, £ WM S' % wo °- 
 
XVIII. 
 
 REMARKS 
 
 On (he mode of Spelling adopted in the following work. 
 
 It has often been regretted by Students of Chinese— that there is no uniform mode of Spelling this language,— that 
 every Country has got a different Orthography — which is a sad annoyance, — above all to the beginner. The complaint 
 is, we confess, perfectly just; — but we must add— that, it appears to us to be without remedy. When Europeans first 
 commenced the study of this difficult language — had a Congress of letlres from all the different countries of Europe, 
 determined upon a certain System of Orthography that was to be uniform and permanent, — then, the violator of these 
 rules ought to be punished as if he tried to introduce a new way of spelling Greek. Latin, or any other tongue whose 
 Orthography is irrevocably fixed during the lapse of ages. But here the case was different. Every Foreign Missionary 
 as he arrived in this Country, and applied himself to the study of Chinese, — on hearing certain sounds, immediately wrote 
 these down in Roman letters,— giving very naturally the same power to such Roman letters while transcribing Chinese, that 
 they had in his own native idiom. Thus, in respect to the character jrjr, the Portuguese wrote it xi and xe; the Italians, sci 
 and see ; the Germans, schi and sche ,— the French, ehi and che ; while we English write it she and shee .-—the character ^ 
 is in like manner, a la Portugaise, xim ,• a 1' Italienne sc/gn' ,• a 1' Allemande, setting; a la Franchise, ching ; a 1' Anglaise, 
 thing ;— and so on with many others ; — indeed their systems of spelling are so exceedingly dissimilar, that they appear so 
 many different languages ! Such being the case — only one of two things remains to be done.— 
 
 1st. That a System of spelling Chinese with Roman letters, ( which shall be permanent and uniform ) be established 
 
 by a deputation of learned men, from all the different Countries of Europe:— or 
 2ndly. That the Chinese scholars of each particular Country, continue to spell for the Students of each particular Country, 
 according to the power given to the Roman letters ( or as nearly as possible ) in each particular Country. 
 
 We see numerous objections to the first plan. Had it been done (as we remarked above ) about 300 years ago there 
 
 would have been no great difficulty about the matter ; — but now, which Country is to lead the others in it's train ? which 
 countries shall be willing to give up their already received systems of Orthography to adopt that of the favored nation ? or shall 
 a system be established partaking of all, even at the risk of being intelligible to nonet Viewing it in every way this plan ap. 
 pears to us to be surrounded with difficulties, — 
 
 There only remains then the second mode, which is, — that every man give to the Chinese characters, sounds represented 
 by the Roman letters, as analogous a3 possible to the power that these have in his particular country. This is also quite reason- 
 able ; — for, if a foreigner make use of an English book whereby to study Chinese, it is to be presumed that he already under- 
 stands English ; — and understanding English, he must surely know the power that the English give to the Roman letters ? or 
 granting that he does not, the task would not be a difficult one,~a single lesson or two would make him quite nu full. In 
 another point of view we cannot but come to a similar conclusion,— vizt,— we frankly confess, that in drawing up this or any 
 other work, — while we hope that it's use may be as general as possible, — yet our primary object is to assist or instruct our own 
 Countrymen ;— and we humbly conceive, that if a foreigner can condescend to study by means of an English book,— he may 
 also condescend to learn the power that the English give to the Roman letters ? This subject however has been much more 
 learnedly discussed by Dr. Morrison in his Preface to the Sjllabic Dictionary than we can pretend to do, — and if the 
 Reader is still unsatisfied with the arguments we have produced, we beg to refer him to the dicta of our great master. 
 
\IX. 
 
 We cannot let this opportunity escape, without adverting to the new system of Orthography, introduced in the Cres- 
 roaurav of the Canton dialect. While we deeply respect the acquirements of those learned gentlemen who gave it bein" 
 and confess that the system itself is wonderfully ingenious, — circumstances entirely put it out of our power to adopt it. 
 Wishing to make this little work us useful to the beginner as possible, we first adopted Dr. Morrison's system of spelling the 
 Mandarin, as fixed in his excellent Syllabic Dictionary— in order that the Student might have an immediate reference, should 
 the meaning put down against each character in italics, seem obscure or incorrect. Having thus first adopted an English 
 system for the Mandarin, it would have been doubly perplexing to the Student had we adopted an entirety different system for 
 the Canton .' there was therefore no help for it, — with a bold hand we ventured to make some innovations in our Master's 
 method of spelling the Canton,— in order that it might resemble his Mandarin system as much as possible. We dare not how- 
 ever to assert that our alteration is an improvement. While engaged in this task, we were not above receiving many excellent 
 hints from the Caston Crestomathy. 
 
 We venture to differ (tho* with much humility) from the learned Editor of the Crestomathy,— as to the stress he lays 
 upon the Four Tones at the outset. We humbly think, that the marking of the sound of each character 1.2.3.4 to denote 
 
 whether it be Ping, or Shang, or Keu, or ,/uA, is just so much time and labour thrown away ; — nay more, it fatigues the eye 
 
 and serves only to perplex the Student, We would no iriore think of requiring the beginner in Chinese to master the Four 
 Tones. — than we would take a boy who had just commenced his Latin Rudiments, and smother him with the Gradus ad 
 Parnassum ! There is, by the way, this resemblance between the Chinese Tones and the work- just mentioned,— vizt— «r* 
 employ the Gradus to compose verses, — and no Chinese youth can write Poetry — who is not well acquainted with the Four 
 Tones. But we conceive these to be an affair for a Student somewhat more advanced than a mere beginner. In our own 
 language we have certain difficulties,— which are quite as much a stumbling-block to the stranger, as the Chinese Tones are 
 to us. Thus, we bother a Frenchman with our th in thick, thin, and our th in than, thee ; we perplex a Spaniard in drawing a 
 marked difference between the b and the v ; the German is brought up by/, v, and id ; while all foreigners whatsoever exclaim 
 against us for our four a 's, and as many e 's ! Mounseer in his turn, laughs at poor John Bull trying in vain to pronounce 
 feu, pen. I'un, lune. oeuf. baeuf, &c. &c. or sets him by way of exercise to distinguish between the sounds de, det, dis, du, deux, 
 d'cu.r, and enjoys himself at poor Bull's bewilderment ! But we do not extinguish a beginner's hopes with exercises such as 
 these ; — we are aware that by frequently mixing in native society, and by constant practice, we shall be able to distinguish those 
 differences in good time. In proof of the uselesshess of directing the beginner's attention to the Four Tones, we may state a 
 fact which any one who has resided long in China cannot but be aware of,— and that is, that the Lascars who sail the passage 
 boats, and the Parsee Cooks and Servants, speak Chinese very much better than we European Students do. We have been 
 assured by intelligent natives, that, when some of these Lascars and Parsees speak, they cannot distinguish them from their 
 own people! ! With as Europeans on the other hand, it is very different indeed ! our foreign accent, and out-of-the-way ex- 
 pressions are detected at once! yet why should it be so ? among us there are some who can read and write Chinese pretty well, — 
 while the Lascars and Parsees do not know a single character ! our vocabulary is perhaps ten times more extensive than their'* ! 
 some of us can discourse learnedly enough upon the Four Tones. — while they never heard of such a thing in their lives! yet 
 here is the stubborn fact, — account for it as you may, — that while they find no difficulty whatever in understanding and making 
 themselves understood to the Chinese, — we, in most cases, neither can apprehend what they are saying, nor succeed in making 
 ourselves intelligible! We presume the solution of the mystery is simply this, that, while iff are poring over our books and 
 discussing the Tones theoretically, — they are learning the language practically from the mouths of the natives ? 
 
 In another point of view, the Four Tones may be compared to the Notes of the Gamut ; — we thus resemble persons 
 who try to sing by notes— while the Parsees and Lascars are like those who learn by ear. Let us suppose the following case 
 by way of illustration. Suppose that a foreigner were to sing " Auld Langsyne," and that he sang out of tune;— suppose 
 that a Scotch boy were standing bye— Ac would find no hesitation in telling the foreigner that he was wrong. Upon this, the 
 foreigner might ask the hoy what note it was that he had sung out of tunc ? whether it was B flat, F sharp, C natural, or 
 indeed any other. If the boy had never seen a page of written music in his life— it is probable that he would gape and stare 
 with astonishment at the question ! in short, it would be quite incomprehensible to him ;— nevertheless the testimony of his ear 
 that the foreigner had sung out of lune would not be a whit less true. On the other hand, if he knew music scientifically, 
 he would not find it difficult to run over his gamut and tell the foreigner upon what particular note he had erred. This case 
 ii very nearly parallel to the subject in hand. If a European is speaking Chinese, and pronounces erroneously,— any native, 
 no matter whether he be a Coolly a Tankaman or what, can tell him that he is wrong, — hut it is only an educated Chinese, 
 who by running over his Tones, can tell him where he has erred, and which is the correct sound of the word. 
 
XX. 
 
 We are aware, that from the exclusive nature of the Chinese Government, few opportunities are afforded Europeans 
 of mixing in native society: — still we must endeavor to make the most of our position, and turn all circumstances to account 
 as we best may. We read in the " Old Books, " that the Romans built their first fleet after the model of a foreign bark that 
 fortune or misfortune had stranded on their coast. We read further, that, having no other means of training and drilling 
 their sailors, they trained them and drilled them on dry land;— and yet when we read on, we find to our utter astonishment — 
 that these long-shore men of the Romans — beat the Carthaginians on their own element — tho' then reckoned the best stamen 
 in the World ! In like manner should we recommend the Student, if he cannot at all times mix with the natives, to get a 
 Teacher with a good pronunciation as his model ; —to make him talk and read Colloquial Chinese for some hours a-day, and 
 talk or read after him as the Parish-Clerk does after the priest;— and not content with this, to read In himself, and talk with 
 himself (when there is no other person to talk to), even at the risk of being deemed a little so so nun compos. It is only 
 following the Old Roman system as quoted above— and 
 
 Nil desperandum Teucro duce, et auspice Teucro ! 
 
 in this case however, the Chinese Student must be principally his own Teucer. 
 
 We repeat, that all the diacratic marks in this world will never teach a man to pronounce Chinese correctly^—- there is 
 only one way of learning this, and that is stated above; — vizi constant practice with natives. Well doth the Chinese saying 
 express the same idea — 
 
 # * » ^.m * # n 
 
 Let not the fist leave the hand ( i. e. desist not a moment from playing ), nor let the song leave the mouth for 
 
 a moment ! 
 If in three days you do not play ( on the stringed instrument, ) your fingers will produce thorns and briars- 
 And if in three days you do not converse, your mouth ( or tongue ) will no less produce thorns and briars ! 
 
\ ■ 
 
 NOTE. 
 
 While we repeat, that the Roman letters with the most ingenious diacratic marks can never correctly represent the 
 Chinese sounds— yet some methods may be nearer the real native way of speaking and reading,— and others may be more 
 distant. Upon this footing have we drawn up the following Table, which we submit to the Header as an approximation, and 
 f).' more. But just before concluding we would remark- 
 et. That in the Mandarin and Canton dialects we do not find the letters /<, d, r, v, and j. Our g is represented by 
 kw, and s is only met as the auxiliary of s. 
 
 Sndly. That it must be borne in mind the spelling of the Mandarin used here — being that of Nanking Ciiy— should the 
 Student employ a native of any other part of the Empire to assist him, he must make considerable allowances for dif- 
 ference of pronunciation. Thus, if his teacher be a Peking man, he must bear in mind that the Peking people have not 
 got the A gj? jiih shing or short abrupt tone in their dialect, and that they commonly use the Jq TS. shang pins: . 
 or high level tone in it's stead. Thus, the character Q pth, they pronounce pai, and pei, and pi; 3§» mlb, 
 they pronounce mai ; -|K mlh— ma ; Bit tsih — tsei ; ^f= tslh — chai ; W\ keO—keaou; Mj pelh — pee; 
 chih— tsze ; and they substitute in many instances other sounds for those put down here, — thus — with them 
 ^jE" luy — becomes lei; H ke— becomes chee ; g?* keen — becomes c heen ; @ pin — becomes ping; |R sze — 
 becomes shay; «& tseen— becomes keen; 3ffi tsew— kew ; ^t tsin— kin ; fflji he— thee s : Jt?r he<5— seo ; 
 nTT hing— sing ; jjfe keae— kee ; |B 'g&ng— j/ing ; Wt sben— shdn &c. &c. &c. 
 
 3rdly. That in studying the Canton dialect— if his teacher be a native of '%*■ ill W& heang shan hien ( the district 
 in which Macao is situated) he will pronounce Ml shan — san ; ?K shuy —suy ; =3fe shik— si/.- .■ %& kum — kame; 
 '"**, ee — 'gee ; yuet— 'guet ; 52 tsze — chee ; g ioo—hoo ; Jjjj^ fung — hung ; fill ooy—ivei ; &fr tsou — 
 chou; rag ying— ing! and a great marjy others. Constant practice will alone enable the reader to distinguish. 
 
Tabt.i showing the power givn to the ftow^v letteiis in the following work. 
 
 VOWELS AND D I PHT HONGS. 
 
 a as in •fw (Mandarin) la; far, father fee. 
 
 i as in -irf (Mandarin) Id ; smart, s1iari>, (accented sound ) 
 
 & as in t/fR (Mandarin) him psftim, (prolonged sound: not the German 1 in will.) 
 
 a as in *g" (Mandarin and Canton) cha.v ; hake, fate &c. 
 
 i as in ^ ( Mandarin) fX ; fat, pat, 'ahrnpt found.) 
 
 i as in £$• an ,i ^ (Mandarin) »anr and tea*,- like n*ng and wen. 
 
 «i as in |q (Canton) mn» ; tie, lie. (smartly pronounced) 
 
 te as in «jsy (Mandarin) m/ir? ; si?h, (lengthened sound.) 
 
 ■u as in ffi (Canton) b'au ; plouah. (open sound with emphasis) 
 
 con as in T*J (Mandarin and Canton) pinn : more open, lengthened, and emphatic than the preceding. 
 
 € as in V* (Mandarin and Canton) the; like the e in the definite article the &c. 
 
 « final is mute as in 'W? (Canton^ tsune S'C. &e. 
 
 5 »» 'n JJj? (Mandarin) /e : we, ye. thee eve. 
 
 e" as in ^-fl (Mandarin) cAe ; pronounced with the teeth strongly compressed— almost like ehay. 
 
 i as in "==" (Mandarin) yen ; men, pen Sic 
 
 6 as in ilf; (Mandarin) jit ; almost like jd'i (<ee ahove example psalm.) 
 I aa in JJB (Cantonl Uk ; peck, heck Ac. rVe. 
 
 *e as in 0f\] (Canton) chre ; indeed (prolonged sound ) 
 
 «<i as in ^ (Mandarin) /t-r/» ; as kia (one sound.) 
 
 e> as in npT (Mandarin) »»g/-n .• like a dissyllah'e quickly uttered Itt-tn. 
 
 etc as in Ifif (Mandarin) rt-enff ; like ke-ui run toaether. 
 
 c4 as in $fc (Mandarin) /it? ; — like le-nt/ run toaether smartly. 
 
 eaou as in J (Mandarin) lea an ; almost like a dissyllable le-aou. 
 
 ei as in rP, (Canton) lei ; life, wife, (more open and approaching to ai.) 
 
 ei as in ifV ■ (Mandarin) /e?/» i p'e uttered abruptly. 
 
 eo as in JjtR (Canton) freo/r ; like a dissyllable rapidly uttered ki-6k. 
 
 €H as in ^P- (v'andarin) Ar<?« ; as /?«*/ in French. 
 
 e«ie as in -& (Mandarin) keuen ,• like k'-nw-an run rapidly together. 
 
 ei as in [ffj (Mandarin) (ret* •• ken uttered abruptly. 
 
 eu£ as in /J^ (Mandarin) heul ; like keu-ai) run together smartly. 
 
 <w as in ^ (Mandarin) .?<■»• ; as pew, few, &C. 
 
 «» as in ^ (Mandarin) new : more open, prolonged, and emphatic than the above. 
 
 c as in r*\- (Mandarin) p'n ; sin. pin. tin. ivc. 
 
 i as in ^ (Mandarin and Canton) .yi*?: sing, ihinsr. (ocent-d strongly.) 
 
 i as in j]£ (Canton) rlUs ; broad emphatic sound— aim at like ch&ng (see abore.) 
 
 J as in (Mandarin) gthi sounds like .»'« uttered abruptly. 
 
 < aB in -^ (\1anilarin) WiJ* ; sounds like i in tick. 
 
 * as in 6|r (Mandarin) so ; no, so &c. 
 
 aB in 'jjjS (Mandarin; ho ; oh ! lo ! (lengthened sound.) 
 
 o as in fijl (Canton) kwok ; lock, stock. &c. (abruptly uttered) 
 
 as in iV^2 (Cantonl mdng ; long, strong (lengthened emphatic hollow sound.) 
 
 oo as in ^- (Mandain and Canton) foo, like poor (lengthened open sound.) 
 
 en as in iff- (Canton) hou; like the Scotch way of pronouncing the English words how, now. &c. hoa. nou, Li. 
 
 cw as in 9§ (Mandarin low ,• like cow, sow, &c. pronounced smartly. 
 
 «> as in Jjfr (Canton) isny ; boy, joy, alloy &c. &c. 
 
 * 
 
 i 
 
tie 
 
 ti as in IJji (Canton) sum i sun, sum, some, Ac. 
 
 * as in J\^ (Canton) yiin ; more sharp at:<l abrupt than the above. 
 
 * as in ^ an ,i J7^ (Canton) put and kUp : English hut am! cup abruptly pronounced. 
 S as in J^ (Mandarin) hUh ; an abrupt sound which we have not in English. 
 
 <t as m I [-1 (Canton) chut : like pi*/ in English accented. 
 
 ,n -£*■ ( r anton) ihiim ; drum! ileep hollow emphatic sound. 
 
 . sir i n ■* 1 1 
 
 Ml (Canton! ^" ,• like the German « or u in the French word tone. 
 
 88 '" 70§" (Mandarin) chuen ; like ch'nw-an run together. 
 
 as in ^| (Canton) yuel ; pronounced like pule (final e silent.) 
 
 uH as in gj (Mandarin) .yi/e 1 ; like a dissyllable rapidly pronounced ya-t. 
 
 *H as in rjn (Mandarin and ( anton'* nuy ; as if spelt nonie or nooy. 
 
 •'jf as in ^c» (Canton) hvy ; like teu in Atr'// - ending liqnidly. 
 
 w liquid as in |^ (Mandarin) swan ; not like the English word swan but more like so-an run together. 
 
 «e do as in £J2 (Mandarin) pwan ; pronounced as if p'dn. 
 y final as in boy, joy, alloy Ac. Ac. 
 
 CONSONANTS. 
 
 c always hard as in can. count, carry *e. 
 
 c* (often confouuiled with is by the Canton people and with k by the Peking people) as in change, charge Ac. 
 ehw as in M£ (Mandarin) chwang ; as if tcha-an* run together. 
 /. is pronounced as in the English words fat, far &c. 
 
 g initial is always hard and aspirated as gods! (with emphasis.) [ends abruptly. 
 
 h initial as in the English words hard, hang, &c. when final it has no sound being merely to show that the word 
 *" as in jO (Mandarin) htcang ; as if written whang, 
 J as in Q (Mandarin) jih something like /at in French but uttered with the teeth more compressed, 
 
 * initial as in ^pl (Mandarin) Lows like the English cow. 
 It final as in |{ifl (Canton) knSk ; like ck in knock. 
 
 kw as in P|^ (Mandaiin) kwang ; as if spelt quang. 
 
 i as in the English lion, leopard &c. &c. 
 
 to as in jfil (Mandarin) /nan ; as if lo-an run together. 
 
 m initial and final as in English [thro" the note. 
 
 m as in P** (Canton) '• ; this is not a complete sound, it is formed by shutting the mouth and uttering im 
 
 mw as in -jib (Mandarin) mwan ; as if m'&n. 
 
 » initial and final as in English. 
 
 'ng aa. in -i*- (Canton) '"S •' ' 3 a,s0 an incomplete nasal sound pronounced much as 'm above. 
 
 »i. (f'anton) 'ng'au; the 'n here is intended to represent an incipient nasal sound, i. e dwelling 
 n as in Z-j- ^j^iy „,, lne > n ot .f ore uttering the hard sound g'au. 
 
 »» as in 0W (Mandarin) nwan ; no-an run together. 
 
 p. initial and final as in English. 
 
 i aa in English :— *A as In English — shoe, shine, Sic. 
 
 . . ^/v (Mandaiiu) shtcti i much like the above but dwelling a little more on the consonants thus M'-» 
 
 jyt mil together. 
 
 .« .. u rni (Mandarin and Canton) «ze; a hissing sound, as if dwelling a long time on the I of see and 
 m ** ln ' I'll ..,.v in EM.jliKh. 
 
 i. iri.ial and Anal aa in English. 
 
 '» as iq fl? (/f'aiitnn) hen i like the final It of wits, bits, Ac. 
 
 in aa in. £f (Mandarin mid Canton) t*t& i like the two ci of the Italian words potto, noue, Ice. 
 
 w initial is.priiiiiuinri<d as the English— word, will, Ac 
 
 9 Initial i« |iiiini>uiiiKd m the English.— young, your. Ac. 
 jl n yj {\\* .ilailn), urh i this ia a aiHincI which we have not got in English :— it it pronounced by 
 R'j IMfMl u i' il'« longue-aud putting it against the roof of the mouth. 
 
TASTiC of CJ>T¥TFJ\ T TS.. 
 
 — Prffvtory Discourse, .. ..... .... ..page i 
 
 — A brif.f Introduction to Esop's Fables, .... .... h. 
 
 No 1. The Wolf and Ihe Lamb, .... .... . ... 1 
 
 2. The Cock and the Precious-stone, ... .... .... 2 
 
 3. The Lion and' (he Bear contending for the spoil, .... 3 
 
 4. The Goose that laid the Golden Eg^s, .... .... 4 
 
 5. The Do£ and the Shadow, .... .... .... 5 
 
 6. The Lion and the Ass hunting together, .... .... 6 
 
 7. The Wolf and the Stork, .... .... 7 
 
 8. The Country-mouse and the Town-mouse, .... ....... 8 
 
 9. The Countryman and the Snake, . . .... .... 9 
 
 10. The Contention- of the Ass and the Lion, .... .... 10 
 
 11. The Lion and the Gnat, .... .... .... 11 
 
 12. The Little Dog and the Wolf, ...... 12 
 
 IS, The Ass and the Lion's Skin, .... ....... ..... 14' 
 
 14. The Daw and the Borrowed Feathers, .... .... 15 
 
 15. lire Eagle and the Tortoise, .... .... ...... 16 
 
 16. The Hare and the Tortoise, .... .... .... 17 
 
 17. The Two Cocks, .... .... .... .... 19 
 
 IS. The Two Bitches ( Can is parluriens ), .... . .-. • 19 
 
 19. The Fox and the Grapes, ..... .... 21 
 
 20. The Boys and the Frogs ...... ........ .... 21 
 
 21. The Fro»- and the Ox, .. .... .... .... 22 
 
 22. The Eagle, Cat, and Sow, .... .... .... 23 
 
 23. The Horse, the Stag, and the Man, .... .... 25 
 
 24. The Bear and the Bees, .... ..... .... 27 
 
 23. The Gardener, the Huntsman, and Hare. .... .... 28 
 
 25. The Belly and Members, .... . .... .... 29 
 
 27. The For and Raven, .. .... .... .... 30 
 
 28. The Tailor and Mountebank, ..... .... .... 31 
 
 29. The Dyer and Fuller, .. .... .... 32: 
 
 30. The Iron Pot and the Earthen Pot, ..... ...... 33 
 
 31. The Fox and the Goat, .... ... . . ..... 34* 
 
 31. The Dog in the Manger/, .... .... ...... 36 
 
 32. The One-eyed £tag, .... ....... .... 37 
 
 33. Ihe Man and his Image, ...... ...... .... 38 
 
 34. The Old-man and Death ...... ....... .... 40 
 
 35. The Simpleton and his Two Wives, .... .... 41 
 
 36. The- Fowler, Wild Geese, and Stork, ...... 42 
 
 37. The Eagle and the Daw, .... ...... ...... 43 
 
 38. The 01d:inan, his lions and the Bundle <o£ Bods,. tJ «. 4j 
 
No. 39. The Mountain in Labour, .... .... ..page 46 
 
 40. The Huntsman and Mound, .... .... .... 47 
 
 41. The Ass and the War-Howe, .... .... .... 43 
 
 42. The Stag and his Horns,.. .... .... .... bO 
 
 43. The Hen, the Snake's eg**, and the Swa'low, . . .... 51 
 
 44. The Trumpeter (sinice Drummer) taken Prisoner, .... 52 
 
 45. The Ass and Lap-dor, .. .... .... ..., 53 
 
 46. The Lion and the Mouse, .... .... .... 55 
 
 47. The Frogs beg- Jupiter for a King, .... .... 56 
 
 48. The Viper and the File, .... .... .... 58 
 
 49. The Treaty of the Wolves and Sheep, .... .... 59 
 
 50. The Axe in want of a Handle, .... .... .... 60 
 
 51. The Slag, the Oxen and their Master, .... .... 62 
 
 52. The Lion and the St'g,.. .... .... .... 63 
 
 53. The Contention of the Sun and the Wind, .... .... 64 
 
 54. The Old man at the point of Death and his Sons, .... 65 
 
 55. The Fox and the fetoik, ,,,. .... .... 6? 
 
 56. The Waggoner and Hercules, .... .... ,,,, 68 
 
 57. The Honest Dog and the Thieves, .. .... .... 69 
 
 58. The Treaty of the Birds and Fishes, .... .... 71 
 
 59. The Horse and the Ass, ,.., .... .... 72 
 
 60. The Ass and the Image,.. .... .... .... 74 
 
 61. The House-Dog and the Wolf, .... .... .... 75 
 
 62. The Sow and the She- Wolf, .... ,,,, .... 77 
 
 63. The Wolf, the Dog, the Eagle, the Kite, and the Sheep,.... 78 
 
 64. The Foolish Swain and his Cat, .. .... .... 80 
 
 65. The Cocks and the Partridge, .... .... 81 
 
 66. The Unnatural Son, .... .... .... .... 82 
 
 67. The Fox and the Farmer, .... .... .... 84 
 
 68. The Haven and the Sheep, .... .... .... 85 
 
 69. The Avaricious Landlord disappointed, .... .... 87 
 
 70. The Oak and the Willow, .... .... 88 
 
 71. The Boasting Traveller reproved, .. .... .... 8'» 
 
 72. Esop decries the use of Torture, .... .... .... 90 
 
 1 J. The Wild-Boar and the Wolf, .... .... .... 92 
 
 74. The Beasts elect a King, .... 93 
 
 75. The Shepherd fioy and the Wolf, .. .... 95 
 
 76. The Lion and the Man, .... .... .... 96 
 
 77. The Rats wi>h to Bell the Cat, .... 97 
 
 78. The Fortune-teller duped, .... .... .... 98 
 
 79. The Thunny and Dolphin, 99 
 
 80. The Old Crab and the Young Crab, .... 101 
 
 81. Mercury and the Sculptor, .... .... '0- 
 
I. 
 
 PREFATORY DISCOURSE. ^^ 
 
 Trig. 
 
 with no 
 
 ./Syffe ig, -** ^»V >t Yii ts8 she-Bhoo, fe 
 for the ih 1 P- y^ J^ ,I£ VA y& uu , hee ., m , fee 
 
 I have composed this little work, with no 
 intention to attract mens praises for the W* • rr >^ g^ /I p rs* r& Mk , hee ., hiiy f ee ee 
 
 *auty of my composition; for alas! my _g ^^ ^ ^^ ^ wm 
 
 »i£» pPv -f^ Jg_ -*J- pfu-mak tsuy chiong t koy I 'ng 
 
 keHh choo wae-kw5, 
 k&p chu 'ngoy-kwok. 
 
 fellow-countrymen of England, as well as 
 
 those of all other Foreign countries what- JL j|£- -, _».£, ^ *gn Ta-Ying, 
 
 ever— who feel anxious to thread the mazes * 
 
 , . J2&, "a-ST>iA i^ v,. ^j. yuh selih Han-wan-chay, koo 
 
 of Chinese Literatnre.-are only beatmg fa *j> J^L ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Boan . miin . chalf> foo 
 
 about the door as it were, trying in vain to 
 
 i» ^-j », - ^ yii piib tlh ke mun, urh 
 
 find an entrance ! For instance, with re- /^ ^% /^j- ^L y ^j fffj yit ptit t&k ke moon , e 
 
 ference to the Chinese and English Die- jfih , Tse -' h . joo ^^ MA . 
 
 tionary, compiled by our late Learned > » / ■ »" — 1 *"P » * 
 
 Scholar Morrison : this is most assuredly JA& ^b y. /Af -}£. yX. im«s; so tso Hwa, Ying, 
 
 a book of the greatest importance! but . 
 
 , _ . j-» v» — » ks» »-f -rf« Tsze-teen: koo shun tsuy-yaou- 
 
 ,he„, it merely communicates to the Student ^> ^ ^ J^ |£ J& ^^ ^ ^ ^^ 
 
 the meaning of each particular character, 
 
 ■Af -&■ AX^ -*r* /■**" "^ che-shoo ! jen, ylh kin-tung 
 ami no more! thus, as regards the formation ^Z. ~^ ^J^ Vf* J§-i^, cheshit! yeen, yik kin-tung 
 
 of chapters and complete sentences, we are • ^ - ■" ' 
 
 ^3£ 4F rrl^ ft Cjj Jyl tsze-e urh-e ! che-yu 
 without any work to which we may refer as ~T* 3% *"* H -&- ^ nze-ee e-ee! chee-yu 
 
 toastandard;andforasmuch,whenanypiece ,£^1 -fc. ^ -rfr \A Jtj- Isze-chang, keu-tow, ping woo 
 
 j5>*J "B£ #/ r*^ $X. J$fe tsze cheong, kiy.t'au, ping mou 
 of fine writing is laid before us, we are ut- ' ■» 
 
 terly lost amid doubt and perplexity! how -~~r Jh. -L jg XV A ko kaou-che-shoor-koo, fin 
 
 ' u ) /Vj ~*-~- -gj X3sL)Ll ho haouche-shu:—koo, fan 
 
 then under such circumstances, can we 
 
 .^ . m- p, wan-ttze taou-show, to snub. 
 
 hope to wield the pen and compose with ^r^ tt ^1 _^. X, ^ m f m .l,zt lou.ihau, td shulc 
 
 Classic elegance? 
 
 For this reason it is, that I have spec.al- $&&&££- ~p} Jg[ JQ ee ^n .' oan ho mSng kc 
 lv drawn up the present little work, in .' ,.*' j'' ,' » vi 
 
 order that the Student may first acquire ^/^ 4g j^, ^_ -^ ^» chiipp p6t, thing mBn Uoy i Ya 
 
 before-hand, some knowledge of the general ^ ' koQ ' ^ wei tsz6 . chay , p 5 
 
 principles (of this difficult Language;) and ^W^? *& ^jfy koo t*k »* ^c^, ^ 
 
 . . - , • u j a ..- heo-chav yii-seen che ke 
 
 afterwards, by taking this in his hand, and J*J j» -,— vu -« J J 
 
 3- D tt3£>^,p jfa£$J?L houk-chay yu-seen chee ke 
 
 turning it over and selecting it's good por- ^ 
 
 ° ^ ^ tsing-tsee ; jen-how che tsze, 
 
 tions with the greatest care, he may gra- ^ ^W ffi^^tt $Ck tsing-tteet ; yeen-h'au chee tsti, 
 dually arrive at a perfect understanding of -A- >tr» >«- s£sin w a n - s8 > tseen-tsze 
 
 the subject; and still further, this mode 4?* +?** 7V> *TZ) J^^ 
 
II. 
 
 of .tudv will be preferable to the oral in- --^s^ ^ d^i /& Vft ko tung; yew sh.ng iocs*. 
 
 atructions of a teacher, whose words often * -» 
 
 falling on the ear unheeded, the memory j&iu\ *]£ Tf ^ $2$-* tang-tteen kwo-Orh-che-heB,— 
 
 cannot always retain, not yet the under- ' > 
 
 standing fully comprehend them. Of those },%^yT &£ ^ AS 3J=. chung piih nar.g sin ling, mh 
 
 Students who constantly keep this little e I 
 
 book lying ou their tables, and who incess- zd^/^vf? $$+ 3fc V^ sbin hwu y 5 ' ay ! HeB - cha ? " 
 
 antly exercise themselves with it's contents, T« , -^ ^ 8 4 /,u»^ ,. / fl^-rft«. V rr 
 
 there will not be one-who in the course *\ E ^ jg. -|j _-. ^ drf(ng c , )£ . gin . tow . puh . 
 
 of time-wo'nt completely understand, and V- jJL 7^ ^l J> ,^ (hi<l „ g chee Sa „. Cau . ,*,. 
 
 be perfectly master of the object of his re- ^ ^ 33 Jk -|- W^ she wftn-tclfa. we yew piih 
 
 marches ! in this point of view then, it may J ;, '""-» > /h* 'Tj ^ ,Wc „ on ./ s dp, »if<- *'«« P*« 
 
 truly be considered, as a ladder to climb UfcAfl -- ^ >^ 4£ ,, aou .jen, nrh U-rtb-cb«y:^ 
 
 the heights, and as a boat to cross the rivers, A* f»»\ f 77 ' &M^x£j, Aost-jeni, * M«-Mt-* fe» ■— 
 
 that lie in the path of him who wishes to j,\;jL sit- v£ j, J-.54 ching wei Hantaou che tc 
 
 tr a,e. in the highway of the Chinese Lan- 3$ ^ }£ ^^ W «**«- *"-!.«* « 
 
 „ is to be hoped then, the Gentle Reader K& ^J ^iV ^ ^ W M»« jra f •»*< « ""»' " 
 
 , ill not suffer himself to treat it with con- ~%L ik J-Q keen k£ :—wei wing ! 
 
 tempt, because that the matter may be *L fj %} ^g, A- *< ._«. .*, I 
 lit>lit. and the style vulgar ! 
 
 Tta « ,u„ , — m. — -» » ^ jg pj; JL « *•» ^ £ 
 
 unnecessary to mention it here 
 
 urh Ueen »w 
 rt ttttn >•<• 
 
 -*=- 4-/^ Jt£- — ii. -3T « so "* ch *5'' 
 
 B»or fit originally a Slave, belonging ^ ^ ^f — T jC * w*^'*'*' 
 
 to an ancient country called o««ec« ; ^A 
 
 __ ^ _52t- > _— pih nee"> tEeen - Ke-le-sar 
 
 lonUMd about two thousand five bun. "gj Jf- ^)J *£, f^ rJ? p „k nten t.ten, tce-le*™ 
 
 » ■ 
 
 4red year, ago ^ ^ jj. Kw3j ylh roo . pilh *' tJ Tt\ 
 
 Altho' humpbacked, and fa duagreeable ISM " -^ ^ » « A«t, .*«' — -P»«* J" -'^ 
 
 ^e-yet he was poa^ of almo. |g ^^|^^ JR. J f ~ £ - 5 
 divine intelligence! and hia countrymen. ? 
 
 -r'/ >^\ > rr- 1 ! 6 ^ "» te " Uto * 1 kwojin Hka N 
 compassionating deeply that so much «™>« ^ ^ Jp J A^ ^ ^U />rTI /I|(nff , ^H^fc | , 
 
 ahould be buried io ( a aertile condition, Ud uflng min, wei ebe ahul. ib.u. 
 
 
9ur% , <A- h*-© Lu/L, 
 
HI. 
 
 *W i^ 1 ^5 \X. J-)' keu wei Ta-chin : koe> she 
 
 to fill one of the Chief Offices in the State. ^ 2%) ^ d-^PJ^$3L k*y wei Tai-shun : koo iheet 
 
 Under such circumstances he drew up these 
 
 Fabies. intending to govern his People ^ "§ fl'J ' '& 7^" <*'-« /V e-yii, ee che e ke 
 
 by their application .—and his fellow-coun -j-, p~ » ^_, ,^ _£-» kwO ;— kwB jin ylh kin le- 
 
 l»Sj jgjj >S^ CJ jJT_ ~J2C~ A-»gA- -,—kwdk yiin ydt kiin lee- 
 trymen, getting thereby daily more en- » 
 
 lightened, honored and revered him mM.^> & t!2 >J& sin S- tsun - che wei Shing ! H()w ' 
 
 TX- %{-~ C -~ /fit? ^g. -f^. «'n^, /sun-cne wei Shing-' flau. 
 ... * 
 
 Sage! 
 
 ^ /> 21 A}? figl A>? fun 8 min 6 ch6 tikw °; «*■ 
 
 7ff^ Pp 3L »>— ' ^J I'CJ y a „„ m j„, rheeld-kwSk; td- 
 
 Afterwards, having received orders from 7ff^ P [J 3^- ' *"■" ' r** l"*W /ang- 
 
 the AuthoritiesofhisNative Land to proceed . , .. 
 
 PS1 -^ /^ -hf P "ST" kwOchejin, too ke tsae;— 
 on public business to another Country- <&*•<- >* X** J* ^ ZcwSk-che-ySn, tou ke Uoy ;- 
 
 the people of that Country being envious J-^ T]^, j^ > r£ -j- -rp tuy chuy wei yae, urh szc ! 
 
 1 *^ 'j^. /!--» '■*" ' ' 7 , («# cnwy 'ngei'ngai, e izi ' 
 of his superior talents — thrust him over r 
 
 chuen yii how she ; 
 r Aiine ^u h'au-»hei. 
 
 precipice when he died I j|t J" \ ^ ^f >f ^ ^ g ^ 
 
 H.s works (or savings) having been trans- . _. ^ j 00 Ying-kelh-le, 'GS-ir.- 
 mitted to us of after-ages-as, in the case ^ ^"? PU &A& J* nng.Mi-XeerGo.lo. 
 
 of England. Russia. France, Spain, and all iy., /•{}» lafl — — C? r*""* sz, "' , F" 1 '- 1 *"- 86 ' Leu-sung, 
 
 1IVT, l^f? ^|t^) $7, y£f. fc» sz<-, Fiil-ldniei, Luy-sung, 
 tlie Nations of the Western Ocean — there ■ "" 
 
 >v/ jiv ,-3El -ti' -7-— Se-yang choo-kwO, nifi piili 
 
 is not one which has not had these Fa blks tff] >&. ;->ft )&\ 5?- /)•> Seiyaottg chiktrbk, mole *-;.< 
 
 translated into the vulgar language of the 
 
 country, and which does not use them for Pf ^ 12^] 3 ^ s FN , yil.^ee kvok-yu 
 
 the instruction of Pupils : —they being . *V> j^. vrt v-) ke mung ; yaou ke e ming 
 
 jj/- jk ^> -pf CI gP ke mu " 8; yaou ke * m,,lg 
 /pX». 5> ^^ £*- <>?7 "rj fre« roilnf ; gi'w ke ee ming. 
 •aaily understood, and still more easily re- «T^ ^^ ^ * ^ 
 
 N. B. The foregoing Prabee sad lotroductioo, were writtes by MUn-moon~itcniltHg when the Fabkis wtre ii i si piibiittetl is 
 Okiocsc, with the Writer's asms studied 
 
 yth e kwo-yii, yuug e 
 yung ae 
 
*v. 
 
 References and Explanations. 
 
 Aitho' the Chinese character is generally read 
 from the top of the page to the bottom, begin- 
 ning at the column on the extreme right — yet for 
 the convenience of Students — it is here so placed 
 as to be read from left to right like English ; 
 and as there are six Chinese characters in each 
 line, so on the right hand will be found six 
 sounds corresponding to them, and on the left 
 hand will be found in italics — six English words — 
 giving their literal signification. 
 
 The English in the Roman character, is a free 
 translation from the accompanying Chinese. 
 
 The English in Italics, is a literal and verbatim 
 translation fiom the Chinese; being one word of En- 
 glish for one Chinese character, on the Hamiltonian 
 principle. 
 
 The Chinese sounds in the Roman character, give 
 the Mandarin pronounciation of Nanking City — as fixed 
 by the late Dr. Morrison in his excellent Syllabic 
 Dictionary. 
 
 The Chinese sounds in Italics, give the Vulgar pro- 
 nounciation of Canton City; chiefly founded on the system 
 of spelling adopted liy Dr. Morrison, hut altered so as 
 In resemble as much at possible his mode of spelling the 
 Mandarin. 
 
 There are compound words in Chinese as well as in English, and these are joined by a hyphen — thus — 
 fflj B LeeMioo, Hunts-man; f=k -ft* Nong-foo, Husband-man; ffj$ V* Keu-chtih, to drive-out; &c. &c 
 
 But sometimes the word is compound in Chinese — when it is simple in English, thus— gjt ^- Koo-ghow, 
 Drummer; ffijjj 12. Sze-tsze, Lion ; %J ^ Tachang, to fight; &c. &c. 
 
 And sometimes the word is compound in English — when it is simple in Chinese, thus — yft so, that which: 
 jjj^ Tsze", this-place; YH Chiih, to go-out; Ac. &c. 
 
 And sometimes a whole Sentence is pronounced as one long word, thus — YJ=T Yjli j tf& chay-hwao-leaou-tih ! ! 
 an exclamation implying that the person using it is both surprised and offended. 
 
 Of the fi& '^f- heu-tsze — or merely euphonic particles— such as ic. e, Mf yay, ■SB Isae, &c Ac i,oir»e little 
 notice will be found in the Introduction. 
 
 CONTRACTIONS. 
 
 p. p. possessive particle, and g. c. sign of the genitive case — refer to the character ~~j? eke — more commonly represented 
 
 by an * apostrophed — thus '». 
 p. d. p. personal denoting particle— refers to the character tt chay— but would be more correctly denominated as the 
 
 relative particle. 
 i. p. interrogatory particle — such as j3L hoo, eh! 
 
 r. p. exclamatory particle— denoting admiration— as & e indeed ! &c. Ac. 
 pi. p. plural particle— as 3|- f|| woo pei, we i |j| lib" urh-tsaou, ye; ffi 5£ c-Ung, they ; Ac Ac. 
 
 N. B. The small Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3, &c. refer to Notes at the end. 
 
i fe- *■ 
 
 ESO M" 8 F.ABIsMS. 
 
 No. 1. 
 
 The Wolf and the Lamb. J»J» ~%? ^t Chae pang ' yang. 
 
 fFo'f devours sheep. ^| ,"^ X -T^> shut pang yaong. 
 
 When Pwan koo < first began, all the birds A^ 
 and beasts jS- 
 
 C? -£"■ rtfl t^-i^C-O-* Pwan koo choo, neaou show keae 
 
 ^a'fV^-^wfj Poon-two cAo, „e W «*'«» kai 
 Pwan koo beginning birds beans all ■ 
 
 could speak. One dny a wolf wilh a /jV ^ZT'^m & &\ V£jL nSri S y en - Y '" J' n cllae y" 
 
 run speak. One day wolf wilh RU» V3^ -^ 4 >*^ ndng yeen. Yil ydl that yu 
 
 sheep at thesame stream was drinkingwater, ^^ * . 
 
 the wolf ■£ ?g\ ,$9 && ■flC^ri yan? ' tung kSen y in * w *y« c,lae 
 
 fAwp, ..me ftrtan drink water, wolf -^ ^ fl^ £^'4 ^ ^.J ^^ ^ Aa?| ^ ^ ^ 
 
 wished to devour the sheep, but reflecting ^^ . ^^ 
 
 within himself /£}+ <Z -0* dP^ -fct y^*- )uh pang ke yang, tsze ne'en 
 
 wished devoir the sheep, himtelf thinking V-'V- * -*• > | % > *>£» y U / c pilng ke yaong, tsze neem 
 
 ( he found ) he hid nothing to serve as an y^ -^ , ? — ^^ _*^. . 
 
 v '■<= •" ■' »» o *» j. i LvfcVJ*--** rr*? woo e tsco tsze, nae keang 
 
 excuse, so he constrainedly -m> J^ yR"?WF-/l W 
 
 . , , , , .„ .„/■„..,;,;„ T\V> , >-<ltI M T 'Y V»H 7«ou ee tsou hze, nai kenng 
 
 not whereby take-up excuse, sojoreihly '«, > & 
 
 upbraided him saying, "you make muddy J^ ^^- ^-^ >> ^g^ *£§£ tsih che, yiie", " joo hwan-ch3 
 
 upbraided him saying, you disturb muddy St •^-^>'»-^ V'- > \ ^H^/SaJ chdk che, yuel, '■ yti, wftn-chuk 
 
 " this water, causing me the old fellow) that I » ^ ■>. ^^ -fc_ — tf"* "tsze shwuy, she laou-foo pub. 
 
 II is water, cause old fellow not !*'»-* sf^" \y^Ss^ 7S» ^ ^ "tsze shuy, shei lou-foo pilt 
 
 " can't drink, I ought to kill you." The 
 
 sheep to him J»h. KJ ^3~ ^tA z£ jfcjL " narg yin, kae ska ! " Y3ng tuy 
 
 tan drink, ought kill. Sheep opposite r«Ci>li^V ? X > ^*^*T*"^0 " ndng yam, loyshal'." Yaong tuy 
 
 said, " your majesty is at the upper part of ' 
 
 the stream, <£} J- X- -/p V ?Z* J' 115, " **-**"$ ,sae shan S !cw ' 
 
 said great king is upper stream « J\-3-~ s\£-*~-m *jJ)U y u et, " lai-wong Uoy sheong fau, 
 
 I the sheep an at the lower part of the 
 ■earn, altho" muddy 
 
 sheep am lower stream altho' muddy ~~J 'J'** P "* /J'L»^*F*~-/^ "yaong tsoy ha t'au, my chuk 
 
 no obstai ,lf again reprimanded saying T^^^ff IL")^ . " "">" '»«»* ' " Shai fook chak yuel, 
 
 stream, altho'' muddy j£ J^ ^*- ■+£. itjfc ^ "yang tsae hea lew, suy cho 
 
 " it is no obstacle !*' Thewolf again repri- .. *, »=» > » k » « t .. nv. e<u . -k \ 
 
 Banded him, saymg, -ttT* 
 
 B» obstacle: wolf aga 
 
 "you last year on such a day, uttered *J^._«fc«. Pg -tj" --• ,1> "joo keu ne'en mow jth, chdh 
 
 you gone-year such day went-out <^\ £\ *l~'~Fl\ T J^ " &" ^"V neen mow -""'■ c ' : " t 
 
2 
 
 " language that gave me offence! I also «^- S&> g& ■JfkjZ&~- -Jr* 
 
 n ords obtained-crime with me also f* > *J yp *v > **S ^"T* 
 
 "yen tih-tsuy yii wo; \Th 
 " ,yeen Wk-tsuy vil 'ngo ; g ik 
 
 « oqsht to kill vou (for this) ! "The >heep ^- -££ _>£ eT> Jr- TC " kae ah* ! " Y.ng yuC, " ta wins 
 
 said." your majesty 
 
 ought kill sheep said grenl-king 
 
 " key shal .'" Ynovgyutt "tat Hong 
 
 " is mistaken ! last year on such a-day 4-H J* _X_ /p -±± ^j •• woo e j k eu , u ; en m01v j h 
 
 error ! gone-year *uch day t'V- 37^"^V -*|"" ^/J> H^ <■ >, :ff ee ! hi y Bern wcw yr.l 
 
 " I (the sheen) hid not yet appeared in this 
 
 '• world! how could I •J-C' ~F* J, liJ- j&+ tyfa " yang we chiih-she! gpn nSns 
 
 sheep not go-out-world how could 'l "^» ►*♦ ^— ^ !3s fjw " yr.ng tnee rhul-shei! oon nang 
 
 "offend your maj -sty ?" The wolf then — v£| jrrp j» —j- -<$>L, pa I " tih-tsuy ta wanp?" Chae tsih 
 
 obtain crime great-king wolf then 1 N 7p ^ -^t"^J J» J " liii.-lsny tai wtngt" Shai l>iik 
 
 ] een sew wei noo. tsih ehe 
 peen s'au wei noo, chdk chc 
 
 his shame changing to anger— rebuked him %^4.-^& ■& J^s "=fe Ju 
 
 changed shame made anger rebuked hi.n % ^^L-S3^ ffij r*Zj? S ~^*' 
 
 saying " your faiher or mother having CT| 7 L. -^ A** _J~T? ^tSL 7 tt< J "J 00 c,,e f "° p 00 t ^' 1 " 
 
 sayingyonp. p. father mother obtained I—/ £5^ *<»-^>v.T*^ 'I V .?""• "** cl e foo moo ink- 
 
 " offended me. is also your _g Ju^^t, -A- J J^ J^ " tsuy j ii wo, yih joo che 
 
 crime Kith me also ynnr p p. ^p ^7^ ^% ^/ J * jW ""*^- " /*».y yfi '«£<•, ^2A- yfl eft* 
 
 -mrne!' so he devoured him! The pro- w ^T^ £& " ,SUy » ! " "* t** e,,c ! V< " 
 
 "crime I forthwith devoured him proverb ?F **<» *ft V~|J " "«* f/"' «»>* *' 1>« 
 
 ith. "if you wish to impute crime to a __ >,» . . -j, . vun. " vuh kca rhe tsuy, ho 
 
 man, why feel *^T^CW^Si 'fpf 
 
 s,iy* wish add him crime what * Vl*' ■• 
 
 sai 
 
 " hwan woo tsze ? "' l>ih tsze che 
 " ««n mffi/ tie?" ttU tsze ihr 
 
 wei vav ! 
 
 " anxiety about not having an excuse ? " pa jl— ^>a. a , > ^^ 
 then this (fab.e) is f&ttmW ^ *L 
 
 distress not excuse then this p. p. 
 
 just saying so. "^I? \J* 
 
 laying also. r '* •% kcx yal 
 
 No. 2. 
 
 The Cock and the Precious-stone. „■ , , . . 
 
 v<»», . ^. > i Ke-kun* clxn-choo. 
 
 Fowl mole pearls. ^jjfe>£ j|w^ ^^ f AfiR . f , 
 
 A long time ago there was a cock, who » . - Seih yew heung ke, y ii )w»n 
 
 amon 5 some ^^i%£&^tt\h Silc y.u hung hi, yu /„„< 
 
 Of- old was male foul with confused t=* i-l * , r - ^Sr;'»'» IXj«-» 
 
 rubbish was looking for something to eat, »» l ^ -^ K^ , jJ- tsaou cluing tain chin, hwiih ln\, 
 
 when unexpectedly he got Jpf ipp ^ ^& ^> ^& ««•■ «*M( '*«"• Mk.JUtt <ctk 
 
 gran midst seeking food suddenly caught " I "J "* '»<'** 4%. 
 
 a quantity of bright pearls! their radiant n r» .»_ tfe/ pjj- vfe. ^^- min 8 cll0 ° st>0 ''" , kwan B lnin B 
 
 lustre B^ $^^L^R7U-Cr m '"f ''" «**■ /". ''"'"'ff "'""T 
 
 tri'hl pearls sevcrul grains glory-lustre ^ v 
 
 dazzling his eyes, he sighed and said "alas! .tti .a vj"^ v-< J-ii- i\- tsa " niiih, tan yu^, " seih tsae ' 
 
 da lxIc eyes sighing snid alas ! Vj> ^ 3^\ '"^ 'H o '""' "iuk, tan yuet, " sik Hoy' 
 
'such precious articles as these are to be 
 
 thrown away 
 
 thus preiinus a r tide thrown nit".'/ 
 
 " anions the dirt ! if a man perhaps were 
 
 to see them — 
 
 flirt amidst mm perhaps see them 
 
 " I know not what value and importance 
 
 ( he would ) put upon them — 
 
 not know uabl* Important what like 
 
 " but now that I hold them, they are ahso- 
 
 '• iutely > 
 
 now I obtain them one nothing 
 
 " worth nothing, on the other hand not so 
 thut-nhiih IMS rimlrarywise not a* one 
 
 '• desirable as % grain ( of wheat ) " ! The 
 
 proverb 
 
 grain p. p. are be.uuliful .' vulgar 
 
 saith, " wherein does true value consist? if 
 mill what whereby make valuable fit 
 
 " useful, tlien it is valuable," it is so indeed ! 
 ire then noble is indeed 
 
 No. i. 
 
 The Lion and the Bear contending for the 
 
 spoil. 
 
 I. ion Bear contend food 
 
 ^F fa flinty 
 
 Mb 
 
 "joo-tfze paou mnh, wei yfi 
 " yu tsze pou mil, wet yu 
 
 " ne chung, jin hwo keen che, 
 " nci chung, yun u-ak keen che, 
 
 " piih che kwei chung ho sze ! 
 "jilt che lewei chung ho tsze '■ 
 
 " kin wo till che, y Th woo 
 " kfim'ngo lik che, yat mou 
 
 " so yung, fan piih joo yih 
 " sho yung, fan pitt yu yat 
 
 '« siih che wei mei yay ! " siih 
 " suk-che wei mee ya .' " Isuk 
 
 vun. " ho e wei paou ? h.8 
 nun, " ho ee wei pou? hup 
 
 " vjiig, tslh kwei, " she yay ! 
 '•yung, tsik kwei," ike ya! 
 
 Pze heung tsSng ehlh. 
 S/.e hung chung shik. 
 
 In the chronicle of the Hills and Seas it is 
 
 written, that a lion 
 
 Hills seas chronicle written lion 
 
 with a bear were once contending together 
 
 for a 
 
 with bear together contend one 
 
 lamb, and as both animals were fierce 
 small sheep two things alt ficrre 
 
 wild beasts, each asserted his martial charac- 
 ter, and stoutly 
 lieosls each nsserted his valour strongly 
 
 combated the whole day, so that in tlie end 
 the two 
 
 fought all day finally that 
 parties were both severely wounded, and to 
 such a degree more 
 this all received heavy wounds still more 
 
 that neither of them could get up !■ In the 
 
 nick of time 
 
 amounting to each n<4 could rise apropos 
 
 came bye a hungry fox, who seeing the two 
 came one hungry fox seeing two 
 
 
 Shan hae-king tsae, sze-tsze 
 Shun hoy king tsoy, »ze-/s-.f 
 
 yii jin-heung tung tsing yih 
 jrfl yin-hung tung chdng yat 
 
 seaou yang, urh wiih keae mang 
 new yaong, ee viiitt kui mang 
 
 show, k5 ching ke heung, king 
 sh'au, kok ching ke hing, king 
 
 teth chung jih ! tsiih-che pe, 
 tik chung yat .' tsul-che pee, 
 
 trze, keae show chung shang. shit; 
 ttze, kai sh'au ching shcong, shih 
 
 ehe ko puh nang ke! shTh 
 chce kok pit vang hce .' shik 
 
 lae yih go hoo, keen urh 
 toy yat 'ngo oo, keen ei 
 
4 
 
 wild beasts quite exhausted, with the ut- 
 most ease 
 be asls all exhausted follow hand and 
 
 obtained the spoil. He then said " I am 
 '• deeply indebted to the 
 
 obtained it saying loo much waste two 
 
 "exertions of both gentlemen" and with 
 an air of much consequence 
 
 gentlemen's strength strut strutting and 
 
 marched away. The two wild beasis rol- 
 led their eyes about furiously, 
 went two beasts eyes glare glaring 
 
 but the case was without remedy ! they 
 could only allow him 
 
 not whereby make remedy allow his 
 
 to take it and go away with it. Repenting 
 of their folly they said " why 
 
 take go repenting it said how 
 
 " not cut and divide it ? this would be bet- 
 " ter than 
 
 not cut and divide it rather 
 
 " to suffer the insulting and taunting bear- 
 " ing (of this 
 
 as receive this insult make fool of p. p. 
 
 " vile fellow) !" The proverb says, " when 
 " the kite and the oyster are 
 
 air vulgar say kile oyster mutually 
 
 " struggling together, the fisherman has 
 ' the fjrtune (to take them both)" ; 
 
 entwine fishing-man obtain profit is 
 
 it is indeed so ! 
 indeed! 
 
 
 show keae pae, shun show urh 
 sh'au kai pui, shin sh'au ee 
 
 till che, yue - ," to fe urh 
 lilt; che, i tut," to fei ee 
 
 " kung che leili ! " yang, yang, nth 
 "Aung che lik!" yaung, yaong, ee 
 
 keu ! Urh shSw yen tsang tsang 
 h&y ! Ee sh'au 'ngan eliang ehSng 
 
 woo e wei fa ! jin ke 
 mou ee wei fat .' yiim ke 
 
 tstu ken, hwuy che, yue,'' ho 
 tsDy hi'}, fooy tin, tjuel," ho 
 
 " puh kS urh fun che ! keang 
 " piit koal e fun che > kiong 
 
 " joo show tsze ke-woo-che 
 " j/% sh'au tsze hee-mou-che 
 
 *'ke!'' suh ynn," kefih pang seang 
 '• heir .'" tsuk nun," teutl pong seong 
 
 " chen. yii-jin tih le," she 
 " cheer, yi-iai: l&k lee,'' shee 
 
 yay! 
 ya! 
 
 No. 4. 
 
 The Goose that laid the Golden eggs. 
 Goose produce golden eggs. 
 
 
 Go sang kin tan, 
 '11G0 shang kum tan. 
 
 A stupid sort of fe',low brought up a 
 Stupid -fllow reared a 
 
 goose, tlm (hi'y 1, i.l him an ejg, looking 
 goose 1'iy proi.uce one egg examine 
 
 at which he fount' it to be of gold! He 
 could not for joy 
 
 it is golden egg indeed e lad 
 
 contain bimoelf, and reflecting said, " I 
 not himself subdue thinking said I 
 
 " hee her belly fat and plump ! in her 
 see her bellyful plump, her 
 
 
 Yfi min-kea yang tih \ih 
 } .i n,iin a-« yaong ink yat 
 
 ^>W ^tl /7-»F,> 8 °* ''''' s:; " ; y1 '' tan ' ye " 
 
 ,»% M --*-' J^^'*?#V 'ngo, ydl sU-ig yat tan, yiem 
 
 J^ -p. f^ Tp Oj rrk che, nae kin tan yay ! he 
 
 "">»/} SL. ^T^2*-|^* the, nai kun tan ya .' h,e 
 
 - i ~ Q 11/^. »V4" ~^7 ~3~ i'"' 1 tr7e s ''' n 8 ' |sun y"<^." ^o* 
 
 Sj'* H 'ffj^ I 'J ^\ y=2 tiiil tszc thing! tsun yuel,' 
 
 I'b^jltXjyll^JZ; "shcekef, ■> ke 
 
"inside what a huge quantity may there Mf -j. fc .^ J.*. «? « chung, pub chS ho heu! tsae 
 
 " not be ! If I kill her *| *^r> TCP TPI §T* "?& ... 
 
 I ^■•y>r» pr^j -F "chung, pill chee ho hvv .' tsoy 
 middle not know how much .' kill 
 
 " and take them ( the golde« eggs ) I must __• _ x n .._ _. , 
 
 " surely attain great Jfn |? *^ Vg^-Ir T^. tSSU ' ""^ ta 
 
 <7Hrf /«/,-<• Mem MftM oWtf/n £tp«« ' *■* " e '«** ***, '»"£ 'fifc <«/ 
 
 "wealth!" accordingly he killed her, and 
 
 having split open her " A±-> ,VJ £r£ j^ ^. .| .1*. « foo ! " suy sha cue ! pow ke 
 
 rii lies consequently killed h'r open her ffi ^QL-A^X, ^*— P \ jr$ "fool" suy that the ! few ke 
 
 belly, there was ( within ) nothing what- 
 ever ! This is just «!,£. 
 
 belly one nothing Ihnl-whiih have exactly 
 
 what people say, " because the covetous 
 Iran cannot obtain what he covets, 
 
 that-which say covetous heart not obtain 
 
 " he loses both capital and profit !" it is so 
 indeed! ■ 
 
 capital profit all lose is indeed. 
 
 No. 5. 
 
 fill', yih woo so yew ! ching 
 fool:, yat mou sho ydu ! ching 
 
 Wig t"AS T># 
 
 4t if.>] /O J- ^ .■% "pun, Ie, keu shih ! " she yay ! 
 "** TJ I^C ^S yj-_ ^ poo«, Zee, fcti£ s/^ .' sAe ya 
 
 so wei, " tan sin piih tlh, 
 sho wei, tarn sum put title, 
 
 The Dog and the Shadow. ^ ^ ? Keuen> yjng# 
 
 \y Hune, ying. 
 
 Do* Shadow. 
 
 *.$ 
 
 A long time ago there was a dog who was 
 
 crossing a bridge, and in his ■$£. -A- 1* -,R7 J X- -V\- SeTh yew keuen kwo keaou, ke 
 
 Formerly had dig cross bridge his FJ y^^/, / | JS^ J?~ Sik y'uu /nine kwo hew, kc 
 
 month he held firmly a piece of flesh, 
 
 when i_ >_. i , kow yaou-yew jow yih kwae ; 
 
 mouth holding-had flesh one lump * s*+- rj l^' J ^yfi h'au 'ngaou-y'au yok yulfai; 
 
 all of a sudden he observed that below the 
 bridge was another dog. 
 
 suid-nly saw bridgc-hrlow had dog 
 
 who in his mouth was also holding a piece 
 of flesh, and he knew not that he 
 
 mouth holding Jlesh not knew he 
 
 was a shadow: so he forthwith parted with 
 
 the flesh which he held t& &/ K .\t \> wei ying yay! suy shay kow 
 
 wa* shadow .' forthwith let-go mouth '^y s?>S *— -+-1$ l& r-' *° CT ° S' n S H" ' s "!/ shay h'uu 
 
 in his mouth and hurriedly snatching at 
 
 the other dog's flesh. >_^ _J— v — _2_ l/ - die jow, urh piin to che, 
 
 g. c fle>h and hastily snatched-at it "~^- K»i (TO '?$*' ~J-h ~<^ die yok, e piin lute che. 
 
 An y3 J-^C — *- -£- > > hwiih keen keaou-hea yew keuen, 
 
 '\L* ^L-< I i% J * *t •'^ /''" ,ceen kiiw-ka y'au hum 
 
 \3 p^ f^n "T {en "U" kow yaou J0W ' pi,h * s ke 
 
 >S^ (A/ -'j"* y "y^ /r«« 'ngaou yok, pill chee ke 
 
 was within an ace of being drowned! his 
 
 true j,\u ^-* ^ x- ■ %t- _/-, ke-hoo y6n sze ! ke chin 
 
 nearly drowned.dead his true ^v^ "j/^^ij - ' keeoo yeem-sze '. ke chun 
 
 flesh, already following the current, was 
 
 b° rne > ^_ jow, e suy lew-sj.wuy keu 
 
 flesh already following flowing-water went J/j/ j^ j^g- ^jj^ pV ^^ yok, ee Isuy Vau-shuy hay 
 
 away ( for ever ) ! Thus by coveting wha-t 
 
 was imaginary, lie lost ^, ,/»> yiv \> - e -' y un tan ke kea, shTh 
 
 .' desiring to- covet the false lost -^rr BA». H z-'lrv^^^C. ec "' *"''" ' flm * e ''"' **"' 
 
 what was real! among the men of this , „ , ■.*■*. « 
 
 world 0:^ ^- -A" O^. > ^ ke ° ke Chm! Shejm ,0 
 
 away the true world.', ■ men loo.many ^l* ^? Jh '& / S*f% kiok ke chun I shei-yun 10 
 
 there are too many of this description ! -_>-• gjk^ , » y ew ,u y tsze •' 
 
 ^tSjft 
 
 have species this FJ 7^\r^ y'au luy tsze! 
 
6 
 
 No. 6. 
 The Lion and the Ass hunting together. 
 Lion Ass together hunt. 
 
 In the time of the Emperor Ta Yu. a Lion 
 with a 
 
 Ta- Yifs lime a Lion with 
 
 stupid fellow of an Ass went a-hunting to- 
 gether. Having caught a 
 
 si lipid ass together hunted obtained one 
 
 sheep, according to the principles of reason 
 
 they ought to have divided 
 
 sheep according to reason then ought evenly 
 
 (the spoil) equally, but a covetous spirit in 
 
 the Lion's bosom suddenly 
 
 divide only lion covetous-heart suddenly 
 
 arose, and he thus exclaimed, " I am king 
 
 " among 
 
 rose forthwith snid I am beasts 
 
 " the beasts, and therefore I ought to have 
 amidst p. p. king reason ought more 
 
 "given roe a share extra !'' The ass did 
 
 not dare 
 
 divide one share ass not dare 
 
 offer any opposition. The Lion was still as 
 
 unsatisfied as before 
 
 dispute lion still not Jill intention 
 
 so he further said, " It was through my 
 
 " strength alone 
 
 further said thut-which caught p. p. sheep 
 
 " that the sheep was taken ! I ought for 
 
 " this reason 
 
 all my p. p. strength indeed further 
 
 "then, to have still a share more!" The 
 
 ass knew 
 
 ought more divide one share ass 
 
 well that the circumstances of the case ad- 
 mitted of no contention, so altho' 
 knew appearances not may contend also 
 
 against his will he consented, saying " please 
 then immediately to [forllncilh 
 
 constrainedly allowed him saying please 
 
 " divide the rest ! " But the Lion's heart 
 
 was unsatiated 
 
 divide it lion heart as-before not 
 
 as ever, so he angrily rose and exclaimed. 
 
 " Divide ! 
 
 enough angrily rose said divide 
 
 " I'll do nothing of the kind ! he that is 
 
 " strongest 
 
 then not divide strength great p. d. p. 
 
 " gets it ! " and thereupon he took the 
 whole ! 
 
 obtains it wilh-lhal altogether obtained 
 
 The a«<i then sore abashed, made his retreat 
 and yi' 'ded him the spoil, 
 
 An Ik' n abashed retired yielded 
 
 0% 
 
 
 Sze, Leu, tung leg. 
 Sze, Liiy, lung leep. 
 
 Ta Yii she, sze-ti-ze yii 
 Tai-Yu she, tpe-lsze yii. 
 
 piin leu tung lee. 
 pfin Ivy lung leep. 
 
 Till yih 
 Title yal 
 
 yanjr, Inn le, tsfh tang ping 
 yaong, lun lee, tsiik lung ping 
 
 fun : wei sze tan sin tun 
 ftin : wei sze lam-sum tUn 
 
 ke, suy yue", 
 hee, suy yuet, 
 
 " woo nae show- 
 " 'ng nai sh'iiu- 
 
 % fr-W 
 
 " chung-che wang, le ying to 
 " chung-che wong, lee ying to 
 
 " fun yTh koo ! " Leu piih kan 
 "fun yut koo!" Liiy put kum 
 
 pO. Sze yew piih mwan e, 
 pole. Sze y'au put moon ee, 
 
 yew yue", ,: so tTh die yang, 
 yiiu yuet, " sho ISk the yaong, 
 
 " keae wo che leTh yay, yew 
 " kai 'nco che lik ya, y'au 
 
 "ying to fun 51I1 koo!" Leu 
 " 3/' v S '" f un D a l boo ■' " Luy 
 
 che she piih ko tsang, yih 
 chee shei put ho chiing, yik 
 
 keang tsung che, yue\ " tsing tselh 
 keong tsung che, yuet, " tsing tsil. 
 
 "fun che!" sze sin jing piih 
 "fun che ! " sze sum ying piil 
 
 tsiih, fiin-jen kc, yue\ " fun, 
 tsuk, fuiii,een hee, yucl, "fun. 
 
 " tsih piih fun! leih-ta-chay 
 '• UHk j.iil fun ! lilc-tiiichay 
 
 "tTh che!" yii-she tseuen till I 
 "till: che!" yu-she Isnne tilk ! 
 
 Leu I- ih Uenn-wtu) tuv jang, 
 Luy tsitk sun-tsun tuy yaon^. 
 
7 
 
 saying in a fit of repcntance-"the strong 
 
 3nd the weak cannot carry on 
 
 repenting said strong weak not may 
 
 "the same affair together, this alas ! was 
 
 " my error. " 
 
 together affair this my p. p. mistake 
 
 The proverb says, " in the affairs of this 
 
 " world, it is better to give way 
 
 indeed Proverb suys world' s-husiness yield 
 
 •• a little with a good grace, than to bring 
 
 " another's strength and 
 
 three tenths donot say other-men strong 
 
 " your weakness to proof, ''just what we 
 
 have been relating. 
 
 / weak p. p. saying also. 
 
 No. 7. 
 
 The Wolf and the Stork. 
 Wolf begs while-Stork. 
 
 1 n the time of the Divine Husbandman (Shin- 
 nung) was there a wolf who from eating 
 Shin tiling's time have wolf ale 
 
 something or other was so unfortunate as to 
 have a bone stick in his throat, which 
 thing bone-slicking was throat not 
 
 would not come out, and he had no means 
 to deliver himself from the malady, 
 could go-out not may-by-which deliver 
 
 but he reflected within himself that he must 
 have assistance from the stork's bill, 
 himself thinking must necessarily stork-bill 
 
 and then it might do :— so he earnestly beg- 
 ged the stork 
 then may so begged the stork 
 
 saving, " my master ! your beak is exceed' 
 
 ingly 
 
 saying prior-born his bill very 
 
 " long ! I your younger brother have got the 
 " misfortune to have a bone sticking in my 
 /f>Hg young-brother received bone-slirkingp.p 
 
 " throat! I beg master that with your noble 
 
 " bill you will give just 
 
 calamity entreat prior-bom's noble bill 
 
 " one pull in the direction of my throat, 
 " when I will most certainly give you a 
 
 towards throat one pull indeed ought 
 
 " handsome reward ! " The stork then did 
 
 as he had 
 
 heavily recompense stork then as he 
 
 requested him, and having instantly plucked 
 
 it out and delivered him, 
 
 what desired forthwith plucked delivered 
 
 said, " where is the fine thing which you 
 are going to give me in 
 
 said recompence my p. p. thing where 
 
 >\hu tt £& %A >T ^H" hwuy ySe '" k6ang ' j8 ' pdh ko 
 
 l-tgc" FV J3+ J/V ^> FJ j 00y yuci-" keong, yok, put ho 
 
 " san fun, mS taou jin keang 
 
 — - j] Jpci jj=I S*^ jIhL " 8am f un < m "k tou y* ,n ^ eon s 
 
 " wo ji5 " che wei yay ! 
 svl ^^ »2* "■=§. Sh " 'ngo yok" che wei ya ! 
 
 tung sze, tsze wo che woo 
 tung sze, tsze 'ngo che 'ng 
 
 " yay ! '' siih yun, " she-sze jang 
 " ya ! " Tsui; han, " shei-sze yaong 
 
 
 Chae kew pth-ho. 
 Shai kaw pale hole. 
 
 Shin-nung keen, yew chae chih 
 ShUn-nung kan, y'au shai shik 
 
 wuh, kfih-kSng tsae how, puh 
 mult, kwul-kung tsoy hdu, pill 
 
 nang chiih, woo ko-e kew ! 
 niing chut, mou ho-ee kau '■ 
 
 tsze sze-" peth-seu h8-tsuy 
 tsze sze-'' peel-suy huk-lsuy 
 
 '• fang ko ! " nae kan ke ho, 
 "fong ko ! " nai hiin ke hok, 
 
 yue", "seen-sang! ke tsuy shin 
 yuet, " seen-shiing '■ ke Isuy shiim 
 
 "chang! te show kuh-kang-che 
 " cheong! lei sh'au kw&l-kdng-che 
 
 " hwan ! kew seen-sang kwei tsuy. 
 *' wan ! kdu seen-sliang kwei tsuy 
 
 " heang how yth pa, tsze tang 
 " heong h'au yal p&lt, tsze ting 
 
 " chung paou!" Ho tsih joo ke 
 " chung pou I " Hole Isiik y'u ke 
 
 so tsing, tseih pa kew cie, 
 sho tsing, tsik put kau che, 
 
 yuS, " seay wo che wuh, gan 
 yuet, " say 'ngo che mult, ou . 
 
•'recompense?" Tlie wolf said, "that 
 " you have made your escape at all, 
 is? fVof said you obtained escape 
 
 " is already a remarkably fortunate circum- 
 •' stance for ycu, and do you still [still 
 body already includes ten thousand happinesses 
 •• wish for recompense ? if you give me any 
 " more of your 
 n-ish recompense eh ? if again more 
 
 •' impertinence, (I'll consider it as a hint 
 •' that) you want me to make 
 
 words is desire make my throat 
 
 " a meal of you ! " The proverb saith 
 middle p. p. thing indeed proverb says 
 
 " bavin" crossed the bridge, he pulls away 
 
 " the plank, having saved his life, 
 
 passed bridge, pull am:y plank, obtained life, 
 
 " he thinks of his wealth ! " truly it is just as 
 think of wealth exactly this p. p. saying 
 
 the proverb hath it ! 
 also. 
 
 No. 8. 
 
 The Country mouse and the Town mouse. 
 Two rats. 
 
 & ft v *M 
 
 " tsae ? " chae yue\ "joo tih to 
 " tsoy ? " shai yuet, " yi tuk title 
 
 e shiih wan hing ! yew 
 ee shuk man h&ng I ydu 
 
 ■S,xL -hh\ <£• V; Tfiv^L " yiih seay hoo? jo tsae to 
 
 ^A *#T -T 7* ^Tj? J. 
 
 tf J^/fe^-Sb 1*% "gem, 
 
 ' yuk tsay oo ? yok tsoy Id 
 
 " yen, she ytih wei woo how- 
 
 
 she yuk wei 'ng hiiii- 
 
 " chung-che wfih yay !" Siih yuti. 
 " chung-che 71, tilt ya!" Tsui; 11.1111. 
 
 " kwo keaou, chow pan ; — tih ming, 
 " kwo kew, chow pan ; — liik ming. 
 
 " sze tsae ! " ching tsze che wei 
 " ne tsoy!'' ching /szt-c/.c wei 
 
 yay! 
 ya .' 
 
 Urh shoo. 
 Ee shii. 
 
 Somewhere in the country there were two 
 
 mice, ^+ ■& y+y ;£f JT. fi 
 
 f'illage-place-midst have two rals * » ***" I '</ fr >J 
 
 who, besides being related, were intimate 
 
 friends. One of them 
 
 originally belonged rclalionsfriends one 
 
 lived at the Capital, when unexpectedly she 
 
 one day 
 
 Capital-city pass life suddenly one 
 
 came to the village to visit her old friend. 
 
 The country- 
 
 day came village enquirt-old village 
 
 ,,,, &M SLfi - £• 
 
 mien ucr. l iic iuuii ui ^-% 
 
 rat detained and treated her that-whiih Tw, gi yffl iS-Y J*? PfT 
 
 viands which she set forth, were insufferably 
 
 come and stinking. . , . ^ 
 
 produced g. c. eatables coarse stinking not i3-+ ~<^. jj; A H- ^fh 'V "* 
 
 *£ % %, ® &-£ 
 
 mouse kindly pressed her to stay, and enter 
 tained her. The fooil or 
 
 The Town mouse said to her. " The house 
 you dwell in is a very 
 
 worthy Cily rat said yon dwell 
 
 " ordinary one, and the food you eat is ac- 
 " tually loathsome ! 
 
 not flowery home eat not beautiful 
 
 " why not accompany me (your friend ) to 
 •' the 
 
 taste shy not follow me to 
 
 Tsun-lo-clmng yew urh shoo, 
 Tsiinc-lok-ihung y'uu ee shu, 
 
 pun shiih tsiu-e : — yih tsae 
 poon shuk tsun-ee: — yat tsoy 
 
 King-sze kwo-hwo, hwiih yih 
 King-sze lewo-oot, fit yat 
 
 jlh lae tsim tan-kew ! Tsun 
 yat loy tai.nv tnmkiiw! Tshih 
 
 shoo lew, urh kwan-che. So 
 shu Idu, e foon the. Sho 
 
 chuh-che-shlh tsoo, chow, puh 
 chut-che-shik tsoo, ch'au, pM 
 
 kan ! King shoo yud, ,; joo ker. 
 hilm ! King shu yuet, " yu km 
 
 " woo hwa iih, chTh woo mei 
 " mini wa 8k, shil; mm mcc 
 
 " we ! ho pith suy wo taou 
 " mei ! ho pit tsuy 'ngo ton 
 

" Capital, and see a little of the world ?" 
 The Country- 
 
 Capital one mn world-exlerntil country- 
 mouse with joy anil gladness accompanied 
 her, and 
 moult glad-ly together went and 
 
 on getting to Town, truly the style of living 
 urrived-al cnpilal real-ly eatables, 
 
 was very different indeed ! One day as the 
 two mice 
 
 alt different one day two mice 
 
 were feasting together, suddenly there rush- 
 ed forth a fierce 
 together drinking suddenly came a fierce 
 
 dug, which very nearly took the country- 
 mouse and carried 
 
 dog nearly took count ry-iuause seized 
 
 her off. The country-mouse in a great 
 fright asked ( her friend ) 
 
 r.vnl country-mouse great /right asked 
 
 saying, " Have you constantly got these 
 said this p'ace always have thi< 
 
 " honors here?" she was answered "yes." 
 The country-mouse then 
 
 evil i. p. 8'iid even-so country mouse 
 
 excused herself ( or took her leave) saying, 
 " I alas, am not born to enjoy so much 
 
 excused said not my p. p. happiness 
 
 " good fortune; As for my part, I'd rather 
 
 ,: eat husks in peace 
 
 e. p. with the fear-alarm and 
 
 " and quietness, than the most delicate 
 
 '• viands amid 
 
 delicate-viands hoto as peuee-quietness 
 
 "fear and alarm!" The proverb says, 
 '• I'd rather eat 
 
 aid hwk. - hoff vulgar soy rather 
 
 " gruel that gives pleasure, than cooked 
 " victuals 
 
 eat opening-eye-brow gruel not eat 
 
 " which cause sorrow !" which is exactly 
 the p. p. 
 
 lorrowing-eye-brow cooked-victuals just this 
 
 moral of what *»e have been saying. 
 try iudeed 
 
 No. 9. 
 
 The Countryman and the Snake. 
 Country-man delivers snake 
 
 Rjfc&lsiifelJL 
 
 P A - 9 - r% 
 
 %% fiitti #.<. 
 
 "king, yih keen she-meen ? '* Tsun 
 " king, yal keen shei-meen ? " Tsun 
 
 shoo hin-jen tung wang ; keih 
 shit yun-yeen tung wong ; kiip 
 
 taou king, kwo-jen chih-yung 
 tou king, kwo-yecn shik-ynng 
 
 keae e ! Yih jTh urh shoo 
 kai ie I Yal yal ee shii 
 
 tung efctf, mill ! lae yih heung 
 tuHg cheok, muk ! loy yal hUng 
 
 keuer, ke tseang tsun-shoo bytf$^*i^ 
 hiine, kei Iseong tsun-slrh wdktjvnt 
 
 ken! Tsun-shoo ta heae, wan 
 hvy ! Tsur.-shu tai hoy, miin 
 
 yu6 " Tsze choo chang yew tbze 
 yuel, " Tsze chit shiong y'au ts'.e 
 
 " hae hoo ? '' Yug, " jen ! " Tsun-shoo 
 " hoy oo?" Yuet, " yeen I " Ttun-thi 
 
 tsze, yu6, " fo wo-che fuh 
 t>7.c, yuel, "fee 'ngo-che fool: 
 
 " yay L- yii ke pang-hwang urh 
 " ya ! yi ke pong-wong e 
 
 " kan-che, shiih jo gan-tsing 
 " kum-thee, shuk yok oan-lsing 
 
 " nrh tsaou-kang ? " Suh yun " ning 
 " e tsou-hong ? " Tsuk wiin " rang 
 
 " dull kae mei chiih, ma chili 
 " shift hoy-me chuk, mok shile 
 
 " tsow-mei fan.!" tseih tsze-che 
 " sh'uu-mc fm '■ '' tsik tsze-che 
 
 wei yay ! 
 
 ^ 
 
 #fc*fc 
 
 Nung-foo kew shay. 
 J\'ung-foo k'au shay. 
 
 Abroad, in a desert place, there was a snake 
 60 stifffrom cold 
 
 Desert-beyond had ice-stretched-out 
 
 $82H^»MI * 
 
 ' . Kwang-yay-wae yew ping-kcang 
 Cwong-yay-'ngoy y'au plng-kior.g 
 
,ich lay sleeping ^ A. ^ ^ -, jj* chuy-wei-che Aiy, go yii 
 c deeping in ** VC-» ^^ «U ttp>7^ .WW ,„, „),,7„ w. .„> 
 
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 as to be at death's door, whi 
 
 imminent-danger p p. snake sleeping in r> J\~* — "* U tt p '/ |~ shuj/ .> ngei che ^ > <5 ' v ,i 
 
 among the grass. Most opportunely a i/l • j. ji 
 
 country-man passed bye, jg. H^ "rfj |2 i *E2l tsaou chung. Slnh, nungfoo kwo, 
 
 grass midst apropos eountry-man passed ^^~~~ / V^* ^ ^** '*«" cluing. Shi/:, nutig-foo l:uu, 
 
 who touched with compassion, hurriedly 
 
 took him up 3q -^l A-Jtfr ^ -crl -TT "'h tung-leen, keTh tseu urh 
 
 and excited-pili/ hurriedly look-up and * "i ' v — k * «• lung. teen, kfipp tsuy e 
 
 and cherished him. The snake being now 
 warm 
 
 'ffe Jf J£. ttrr? ^a^i. 'iwae che. Ke shav, tih nwan 
 
 b^^-lMvf^ u , 0i . ^ fi 
 
 cherished him the ,nake obtained heal 14*. ^- >» * U | tJ" >^ K , fl/ f/i(> ^ ,hs M , till: n-nr 
 
 was soon himself again, when forthwith he Sfe — »• _«-»• _»A. , *7n, ,„„„ . vi 1 . • i 1 
 
 V J3 --p Wn"L?7f Ta ni-v tuh-yiien, tsuh ! htew ke heung- 
 
 relurned- original instantly towards his bosom- I £t /L PM < /h'L -*"r HlV /-««/. .-,,.. 
 
 6 J -^ > *' w I ' w >* > //L./ fook-yvne, tsil; .' t* an ke hung. 
 
 stung him in the bosom. The countryman 
 
 bitterly repenting, said yT? >j^» -^ ^ J_,£- ^—v cluing yaou che! Nung hivuy yu*\ 
 
 midst bit him farmer repealing said I "^**" /F^. iHr ' ' chung 'nguou che! Sung f any yuel, 
 
 " 1 have saved thy life, and lost on the . . 
 
 " other hand T>^f 'f ^ ^/t <&» ih- il"» " kew-llh pe mini, shili-keci 
 
 sav-ed that life lost-away '-^ I > JT IVS» Pf) lA.'ZTjl - k'nii ink pee ming, sldt-keok 
 
 " my own ! What monstrous folly was I 
 
 ' not guilty of !" a i&w./ 4^- WJ -JJi " &« niing ! ho ke yii tsae!" 
 
 " km ming .' ho ke yii tsoy ! '' 
 
 " not guilty of !' 3 ^>-Y — "Vt~ V& iU- 
 
 oun life how the stupidity ! ! ! *— * ^P | ^J ^V j^ ~R>j^ 
 
 It is evident that a poisonous thing of the 
 
 kind, ought not tg. ^ il> i- -y- ,»»H * uen tul, -wiih.che piih ting 
 
 originally poisonous-article p. p. not ought Ssf\ -&§- ^\v) ^m- <&> ^ y "" e tuk-mult-che pfilling 
 
 to be so saved ! we have heard before, " he 
 
 " who brings up a tiger Jfc* ^. ^. r^ . >< ew yay ! TsKng wan •♦ Yang ii.10 
 
 deliver indeed already heard rear tiger *i*j+\llj p} f^l 4j^")«* '' '"' ■*"' - ' T * a "Z "'"" " >'«<"'ff /<"' 
 " does it to his own hurt : — " and is it not 
 
 so indeed? 1& fe ^ "T" ^j^ ^£_ " "^ h "' nn- " ke ,,iih ^ n b °° '' 
 
 cause misfortune the not so eh? ">"/ »^; ^V 'J ^ f!t\ *]~ " »•* "'«"• " ke put yeen 0,1 > 
 
 It is indeed so ! " the hills and rivers may 
 
 " be transposed, '^f^i'ri) V ? lr e,lin S tsae ' ! " keang shan S kae. 
 
 mosl-lrue rivers mountains easy move V '™ P -^ ^ ^~* £h ■%** shh 'K lsn .V ■' ■' " bong shan ee koy, 
 
 " sing-kTh nan c ! " ft" wans 
 
 " but the natural disposition — it is hard to 
 
 •• change ! " tluse are no rf.O. JU{^ ^y. ^,1, _v %_ >. 
 
 disposition-limit difficult change not untrue • ^A'P fJp-Aty f P ^C " * f "*"* 1 '* """ M ' "^ '"°" S 
 
 , , yen vay! 
 
 lying words! _ fa % % 
 
 No. 1 '. 
 
 The Contention of the As; and the Lion. >>£,. «£■ --•, jjj, Sze- Leu ,sJin ?- ke - 
 
 Lion M, conlcna-breuth, W$ % "^ ^ 5z '' °* «*"•«-*«• 
 
 The Lion ig the fiercjst of all animals Jf^- j* o.'v» \. v9 -rr Sze wei sllow chun S teu y '«» : 
 
 Lion make, beaslt among most wicked fyfy $$ ^7v X ^ ^ 5zr uri */,<,« cfc./r, ff IMjf M< 
 
 and the Asa the very meekf st among them, gfe y» „». ^ ^ Leu wei show C,,U,1 R ,s ">' seun : 
 
 «, m< A •. teoiH among most tame ^M^ $K J ^L ,^Jl] U -" K " ' h ' au c '"'^ W * ' J " n : 
 
 One day the two w re contending together m . ^ ylh jlh p« tsze ts>ang kr, 
 
 e day thai this contended breath ^* — • P| "ML j)' La ?? J^t *"' ^"' f* ' ,iEf chiing lite. 
 
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 when the Lion on reflectfon said, " I who _|£ ^jC /fo J-4* tt 3£ ke *« tsze.tsun yue\ "woo 
 
 the 1 .hnhimse'f-n ■fleeting said I ~" ^ I R M J3 ke >ze tsze-Uun yuet, " 'ng 
 
 " am king among the beasts, shall I really J7 oar, Xj ^j^ ^ ^^ „ 1)ae s how-chung-che W ang ! yii 
 
 iiidecd-aai beasts-among-p. p. king with / p/^ I ^""" >> > <■„„,• s l,'„ u .chung-che Wong! yd 
 
 " cond 'sceiul to measure myself with a low 
 
 « vile »VL f3" rS' ^- -sfc-*; fc=£ tfze keu-Ueu-cliny kcaou chang 
 
 ^» U- Ui ^p7 -TA-p^ "taw kttg.kUg.ekag kaou ch 
 
 this litlle-litlle p. d. p. measure long r ' ' ' — ' R "TV** 7K» MOf kug-kvy-chay kaou cheong 
 
 " fellow like this? Even should I conquer, 
 
 '• little honor £-— ^-» 3^ j. » " twan hoo? shin^ die, yih pfili 
 
 short i. p. orercom? him also not *i£&. ~~\ 7} Jj *~Z. j||* Xj> "/*« 00? shing che, yikpiil 
 
 "would I gain liy it!" So he left him. 
 
 The proverb (X JSL. ,^> A. ju */> ' tsi,h kwei ! " W J sll!i y e,,e - S '''' 
 
 (■«««<•// honorable forthwith hj 1 him vulgar ^»" J?, -l^i. ^ °^C Tp "ton* /.ice/.'" sny shay the. Tsulc 
 
 sny-i. " The truly great man, can receive 
 
 no offence from him _-— 1. j __ .»-» yun " ta jin piih kwae seaou 
 
 saying ureal man not lakl-amitl little •*"• -^N. N» ^J> J3-_ /J^ K . (j;i » tai yiln put lcwai sew 
 
 " who is contemptible,'' which is as we have 
 
 been stating -A*. ^<? "= Pi •$? '"ji 11 " -die wei yay ! 
 
 mm,'., p. p. say at- . PRJ ^— » "yun" -the wei ya .' 
 
 N . II. 
 
 The Lion and the Gna>. -^cTvU'i » -' *- 
 
 Lion Sfosqttito tompjre tartiet. J"T-"X, PC Vi^ 
 
 A Lion when compared with a gnat, ^ ^ » Sze-tsze vii wiin-Hiung yih 
 
 £im ■«! .Mtp* M * ^Bijj -f- 1££ v£ A Qy — ftf ., IM ^ „ c „. t . ;m ^ yut 
 
 displays a large animal and a small one, in 
 
 the relative _A- , .. V X.^ -i- -t- ,a y'' 1 seaou, seang keu teen 
 
 large one small mutually p» heaven » ' '-» >^» V>w /«/ ya/ se'ic, see /»■ n _y /^evj 
 
 proportion of High Heaven and the deep 
 
 abyss! One day the gnat addressing Nju .—, > ^ J _ cr - ,, yuen ! Yih ,iih wan wei ke 
 
 abyss one dag mosquito addressed the lP'\ r~» -H^ PH ;• ^ y»ne ! Yat yut' viitii wei ke 
 
 the Lion said, " I have heard that Your 
 - " Majesty is possessed of 
 
 /-ion saying heard grerj king strength 
 
 " infinite\strength, and that upon earth you 
 
 '• are without a -4- ^ frry ^-> -^ „_ >_ " ^ w0 « keung! teen-hea woo 
 
 great not exhaustible ffeaven-below no ""tyjJ^. P ^^ " tai mou lung ! teen-ha mou 
 
 " rival ; — now according to my view of the 
 
 " case, I consider you to he -V) .^ « -j~ jj. j_^ " teih ! e woo she che, kew 
 
 opponent according I see him in-fine P/X»*V> ^ 'My L ,*~Z.4[ > "tile-' ce 'ng shee che, l;au 
 
 " but a stupid fellow, and not worthy to 
 
 "be my j~ .j_ , '-he tun with, fe wo-che 
 
 is dull thing nut my p. /-. ' ^ J't f^ p ^V ^ "'**< '"" mul, fte 'ngo-che 
 
 "antagonist!'' The Lion is by nature a 
 
 brave and . " tuy-show yay!" Sze soo yiing 
 
 opposiie-hand indeed Lion originally bold "^m" -3^* "tlL 'twill '^ 5^ '■ tuy-sh'au ya!" Sze sou yiing 
 
 fierce wild-beast, and had never heard that 
 
 there was any other who would dare mfalg< tsun;r . w5 wSn yew kS 
 
 ^rce never-yel heard hive insult ®^ * ^ ^T ^ X^, tsuvg-mee mun y'au HI 
 
 to insult him, so now hearing these words ^^ 
 
 from the gnat, ^^ ta-chay; kin «»a win yen, 
 
 A/,n p. rf. p. m hewing mosquito speak f^ it" T^ ^ *X ^ /<i-r/i^; H« Rfll mrifl *«W,1 
 he laughed so violently that he could not 
 
 stop. The gnat however said j, ^x v? O, » ll Ee,0U I '" h Si ^ 5n y u * 
 
 W,- _ . vjH _1_ _» sze yui^, "wan ta w. n; le'h 
 
 'IPiy ) — / jq j ^An*. JjC // sze yuel, " 7nfin /aj it'Ofg- liic 
 
 &iz%K~$fa '■'■: 
 
 ^%Ts^kx^> <* 
 
 great laugh nol-end mosquito said J V ^^. ^> L_* ^>-K» F* '"' ^^ piU Se ! Jl/Unyutt, 
 
IS 
 
 * ; if you do not believe me, please immedi- 
 " ately make 
 
 if not believe please forthwith try 
 
 " trial! " The Lion said, " cjme on than 
 " instantly ! but do not 
 
 il lion said quickly come vol 
 
 " afterwards be repenting ( c{ yoor rns-h- 
 ' : ness ! '' ) with that he opened wide his 
 
 ohlain after-repenting upnn-wh : ch opened 
 
 mouth, and stretched out his claws, then 
 threw his paws about 
 
 ; - flourished elates left slrelched-oul ri^ht 
 
 n all dirrctions. but could not obtain the 
 victory. For lo ! 
 
 rrooked-in could not lake conquer lo .' 
 
 the gnat suddenly forced its way into his 
 mosquito suddenly bored entered his 
 
 ear. then next attacked his nose ; the Lion 
 fur after attacked his nose Lion 
 
 found that this was hard to bear, so he 
 ibook his head and 
 
 'Averted difficult receive wagged heart rubbed 
 
 scratched his ear. still he could not get rid 
 of him. He could 
 
 eir finally not could loose very 
 
 not at all endure this with patience, so he 
 submitted and 
 
 njt patiently so submitted 
 
 ■aid, " now and henceforward I know, that 
 saying now and after I know 
 
 " fighting does not consist in mere strength, 
 " but consists in 
 
 contend not is strength is with 
 
 " skill and nothing more ! " Thus if men 
 have diccipline, 
 
 oitaining-plans Sfc. tec. if sohlier- 
 
 it matters not how few or how many thev 
 be ; but if they are 
 
 plant not mailer many ft m if 
 
 without military combination, tho' millions 
 upon millions, 
 
 not army-ranks allho' thousand myriads 
 
 thev are not sufficient to cause alarm : 
 men not enough fear indeed. 
 
 No. 12. 
 
 The little Dog and the Wolf 
 IVolf receives Dog deception. 
 
 
 "joo piih sin, tsing tseih she 
 " yfi pat sBn, tsing tsil; shee 
 
 ''che!'' Sze yutf, " siih lae ! woo 
 " che!" Sze yuet, " t^uk toy! mou 
 
 " till how hwuy ! " Yii she chiii>g 
 " tul; h'uu-fooy .' " Yit-she chi-ong 
 
 kow, woo chaou, tso che, vew 
 h'uu, mou chaou, tso thee, y'au 
 
 pwan ; puh nang till shing ! slwo '. 
 poon ; put nSng title shing ! shii ! 
 
 wSn hwuh Jen tswan-jiih ke 
 viiin fut-yecn Isoneyap ke 
 
 urh, how kung ke pe: Sze 
 ee, h'au kung ke pee : Sir 
 
 keo nan show ; yaou tow. saou 
 Ihtt nan sh'uu ; yeu> t'au, tion 
 
 urh. chung pflh ko keie ! Shin 
 ee, chting pin ho /.«;'.' Shin* 
 
 puh nae-fan, nae shoo-fuh 
 put noy-fan, nai shit-fook 
 
 yue\ " kin urh how, woo che 
 yuet, " kum ee h'au, 'ng chee 
 
 "tow pith tsae leih :-tsae yii 
 "t'au pM I soy lik.-.tsoy yj. 
 
 " lih-fa urh e ! " Joo pinp, 
 " ink fat e e!" )'u pin*. 
 
 fi. piih lun to kwa:j8 
 fiil, put lun to kmu :.yok 
 
 woo hang woo. suy tse'en wan 
 mou hong'ng, « /# tseen mt» 
 
 jln, piih tsiih wci yay ! 
 yin, p&t tsnk teei ya ! 
 
 Lang show keuen piien. 
 Ling sh'au hune pcen. 
 
 At the bottom of the Lo fow mountain, and 
 in a retired temple's 
 
 l.o- f ok- mounlain-beli *■ soli!., ry. convent 
 
 '"^F / X ' l > Wj y i7 LO-fow-shan-ha I.an-yok 
 
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 :aueht him up, and wished to devour him. .»», 
 
 The dog 4|i rfj g&^ft g 3± hw8 urh y fih * n che - Keuen 
 
 seized and withed devour him dog *<**.*.'* PA. J<J<^y^ uo k 1 yuk tarn che. B&n* 
 
 secluded spot, a little dog was keeping watch gh Jjjfc 1 »> yX* * Jt J» w t8? ' ,M(m keuen lhow >" 
 retired resting-place little dog guard by H 33 " T>t ^ v"VTJ~/f^. y flfl ,, CT> ti!le ^ ne ,h'an yu 
 
 ouuide the door, when just at the moment fl . ^ . . miin wae : abih I lae ylh ling, 
 
 camea wolf, who F1 ^I>«L^.— iPL ^• W *'"n"%, 
 
 d»#r outride opportunely came a wnjf > ■ 
 
 caught him up, and wiahed to devour him 
 The dog 
 seized and withed devour him dog 
 
 knelt down, and requested him saying, 
 
 " consider that I (the dog,) V?& &X £& <gt /s^ li kwei urh tiing yu«, " neen keuen 
 
 knelt and begged saying reflect dog &** > "/ p ft F^ J^j /^ k-ei e tsing yuet, " neem hunt 
 
 " am but of tender years and very thin ; ^^ 
 
 were I just now 4p» BJ#£ ^^J^^ ^SXi 3We? 
 years-light meagre-thin instantly receive * Xv* /^ 7%. ^J ^T*" " neen-Aiuff tsilcsh'au ; tsik fung 
 
 " were I just now ^£ ^gjj y^ vj^ ^fj ^, «' neen-king tselh-sow | tseih fung 
 
 cars-light meagre-thin instantly receive 
 to be devoured by your majesty, I would 
 
 great king devour him also not s**^* *E* |fy» ""^^j yf* ''T* " tai wong ping che, yik pit 
 
 " not indeed J- ^j— -^ J^ _^- _^«. " ta wang pang che, ylh pah 
 
 eat king devour him also not 
 
 " be enough for • single hearty meal ! Why ^^ 
 
 "then 32gr* *«- • 7t&*^? 4*& A~T " fo ° ylh tsan-che paou! ho 
 
 enough one meal-p. p, bellyful how S* y ^ / P; ^^» RQ I ./ "/oo ya( t<an-cAe piiou •' fto 
 
 « not wait till I am fat and strong, when + . ^ „ fa ^ wo r^ , je .. 
 
 " afterwards you may eat me ? will not this 
 
 " be an excellent V& "&>-^ & -~X~ -Sir " how chih che ' k5 P Uh shen 
 
 wards eat him how not wise 1V*** JH "~^ J2- "P ^ST " h'au shik che; hee put sheen 
 " plan ? " The wolf believed him, and let 
 
 tira 8° : £& £& fir TTL $3? J* " t«ae ? " Lang sin urh shlh che. 
 
 tnieerf.' Wolf believed and liberated him ^ ^ f< J )5 JTJ? /Jop' , -<^ " t$oy ? " Long sun e shik che. 
 
 When a year and more had passed, the wolf % ^ 
 
 sought the >EW^E.'B^'y^ ^ M~ Ytt£ """ y "' la " S tSI " ke 
 
 passed year overplus wolf sought the '"^' | fl/|'» i pV S(f "~?\ Yutt neen yii, Idng tsum ke 
 
 dog s?ain, and seeing him ensconced within 
 
 his master's L l'* Q -X^^Jd -^-P* tt keuen; keen keuen to yii cboo- 
 
 dog seeing dog hid within mas- S ^ S\^ / ^ ^^Z. 4 - hiine ; keen hiine to yi chv- 
 
 inner-house, he (the wolf) beckoned to him 
 
 with his paw, A^P\1 ~fr XP V*7^- JT " " Uy " 
 
 ter inner-house wolf by-means-of hand ^> *^* ^? I **» »t«,y-«MU, Mng- ee ifc'au 
 
 when the dog thus expressed himself, " I 
 
 " know very well what jLyj ju 1* — * : Al %. c" 8 "" che. Keuen yu6, " wo che 
 
 beckoned him dog said I know ^V 2 " < > , '^-'^?\^ c *' 1 *' '*'• Bune yuet, " 'ngo chee 
 
 " you want, but there is no occasion for 
 
 "you to wait! j^ £\ ^-- ^\y /rfc >x^ '" cn « e! puh peih tSng-how ! 
 
 you indeed ! not necessary wait-stop •WV''* Hh^ '• cht Si ! p&t peel tdng-h'au ! 
 
 " and after this, if Your Majesty should 
 
 " ch,nce t0 meet t > SM » — - ^fc >K > " tsze-how, ta-wang jo yu 
 
 tHf.*l*T «».(■»« (f me£ J ^Q fajF^JC. j£ ^ « (^ Van, tai-wong yok yu 
 
 " another dog who begs to be set at liberty, 
 
 " do not upon any . ^ w « peg keuen kew-shiy, tseg-pah- 
 
 ««fcer rfcg- fteg-» liberate on-no-atcount- yjl) /^ }M^ Tfjt^ V/J >f\ 
 
 1 peel hiine k'au-shay, tscet-pbi- 
 " account believe him ! I am indeed the ' 
 
 » bird that has been frightened .^ ^ ., ko g ; n , WQ0 nae fc . ku 
 
 m fl y believe I indeed-am frightened bew ^J 1^ -g* 7) W H «», „„ / . ,, „ a ,- M(lff fcttnff 
 
 "with the bow, the fish that has been star- "%t- h „/ f 
 
 " tied hv the hook » *^«..v^^«u -• i.-. 
 
 ^« tU -*rji AL ja» -fi> " che neaeu, ya teaou ch« yu I 
 
 p. p. bird startled angler** fish *<^- ]&) SA SH ~<_ tt ,. , ,.,.., 
 
 . 8 J mm m*i r'l -^ i ^^■>7»» che new, 'nga tew che yu! 
 
 " once is already too much, how can we * * 
 
 " permit the same _^ ^ & ^y. jlu " yih-che w>i shin :— ke ko. 
 
 -^J^TST 
 
 once makes superlative the moy ^*/T»? 'EH ^v ** " yat-ch- w.ei thOm i—kee he 
 
H 
 
 " again ? I will not trouble you to look for 
 " me any longer !" 
 
 again i. p. not trouble expect-hope 
 
 The wolf repenting said, " Ten sales on 
 
 " trust are not 
 
 JVolf repenting said ten trusts not 
 
 " so good as one for ready money ! " this 
 " (story ) then is just the 
 
 as one ready (or present) just this p. p. 
 
 saying ( of the proverb. ) 
 saying indeed. 
 
 No 1 13. 
 
 The Ass and the Lion's skin. 
 Ass put-on Lion skin. 
 
 &&m#m 
 
 " tsae hoo? woo laou pan-wang ! " 
 " tsoy oo ? mou lou pan-morg .' '' 
 
 sfeAit & ~J~I%^?> Lang ,lwuy yuf ' " shIh £hay piih 
 
 i\r+- *T * "VT* J li„g j 0l ,y yuel," shup shuy put 
 
 fe£^*W8:4L 
 
 m$L 
 
 tWmJSL 
 
 " joo yth been ! " tseth tsze-che 
 " yu yat ten .' " tsik tsze-che 
 
 wei 
 
 yay ! 
 
 
 
 wei 
 
 ya! 
 
 
 
 Leu 
 
 chufii 
 
 Sze 
 
 pe. 
 
 Liiy 
 
 cliuitc 
 
 Sze 
 
 pre. 
 
 An Ass having put on a Lion's skin, the 
 whole of the 
 
 Ass pnt-on Lion skin all 
 
 beasts seeing him, were filled with fear and 
 dismay, and fled 
 
 beasts see then afraid-dismayed and 
 
 from him hurry-scurry. The Ass took this 
 to be a sign of 
 
 hastily shunned him Ass then himself 
 
 his own power or ability, and had not the 
 slightest fear 
 
 whereby make ability eyes not dread- 
 before his eyes. One day being quite delight- 
 ed he brayed with 
 
 fear one day glad-some great 
 
 a loud noise ; the sound enured the ears of 
 all the beasts, and 
 
 call (or bray) sound entered every beast 's 
 
 then for the first time, they knew him to 
 be an ass ! 
 
 ears beginning knew he was As* 
 
 The animals which had before fled from 
 him, now rose in 
 
 .' those-whirh avoided him beasts in-a-flork 
 
 a herd aud killed him ! in a moment his 
 body was torn 
 
 arose and killed him one morning 
 
 to pieces, and his bones reduced to powder ! 
 and the reason of all this 
 
 powder-body atoms-bones was Ast 
 
 was, that the ass did not behave with pro- 
 per care ! Suppose 
 
 'i not careful reason indeed suppose 
 
 that the ass could have understood matters, 
 in his whole life- 
 
 Ait if able know-opportunity end-of- 
 
 time he wtuld never have brayed, and then 
 
 the ass 'person, 
 
 body not call then Ast body 
 
 
 Leu chnen Sze-tsze pe, cluing 
 LiJy chunc Szc-tsze pee, chung 
 
 show keen, tsih wei-keu urh 
 sh'uu keen, tsitk wei-kuy c 
 
 pun pe die ! Leu tsih tsze 
 piinn pee che .' Lvy tsiik tsze 
 
 e wei niing. miih woo ke- 
 ee wei niing, muk mou kce r 
 
 tan. Yih jih hwan-hoo ta 
 tan. Yat yat foon-foo tai 
 
 keaou : shing juh kO show-che 
 k'ew : shtng yap kok sh'au-che 
 
 urh, che che ke wei leu 
 ee, chie chee kee wei lity 
 
 yay ! So pe-che show, keun 
 ya ! Sho pee-che sh'au, kwitn 
 
 ke urh sliS che ! yih tan 
 hee e shut che ! yat tan 
 
 fun-shin suy-kirli ! she Ieu- 
 fUnshun suy-kwQIl .' the luy- 
 
 che piih shin koo yay ! She 
 che put th&n koo ya ! Shei 
 
 leu j<s niing che-ke, chiing- 
 layyoknttng chee-kee, chung. 
 
 shin piih keaou, tsih leu shi», 
 than pill kiiw, ttuk l<>y thiin, 
 
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 with 'the Lion's noble appearance:would 
 not this have been a happy conception ! 
 
 Lion appearance how not delightful .» .' 
 
 This is very true ! but then a false assump- 
 tion of dignity 
 
 Very ■' borrow majeslic-air-p. p. 
 
 can never last long ! The proverb speaks 
 of" the Fox 
 
 no can long-length indeed vulgar 
 
 " assuming the air of the Tiger," but in 
 this case, the 
 
 say for borrow tiger majesty the 
 
 Ass "allowed the cloven-foot to appear," 
 and " trying to play the 
 
 its ex-posed horse fool come-out 
 
 " part of a clever fellow, turned out a fool I" 
 and acting clever contrary stupid! 
 
 No. 14. 
 
 The Daw and the Borrowed Keathers. 
 Daw inserts false feathers. 
 
 #7 # ^ &J& £ 
 
 sze shr:-kc pC:h kwae tsae? 
 s\e shei :-hee put fai tsoy ? 
 
 shin e ! kea wei-fung-che 
 shUm ee ! ka wei-fung-che 
 
 pfih nang chang-kew yay ! Siih 
 put nSng cheong-k'au ya ! Tsiik 
 
 yun, " hoo kea hoo wei : " ke 
 it'Sn, " oo ka foo wei : " ke 
 
 leu, "loo-chflh ma-keS lae''- 
 lity, " loo-chut ma-keok toy "- 
 
 urh " lung keaou, fan chufi c ! " 
 e " lung haou, fan chuel ee ! " 
 
 Ya cha kea maou. 
 dh chap ka mou. 
 
 A Daw having found the feathers of all 
 kinds of birds, 
 
 Daw pickcd-ttp every bird feathers-down 
 
 with his own effort stuck them into his 
 
 body, and thus became 
 
 self inserted ivith his body remained- 
 
 (in sooth) a very beautiful parti-coloured 
 animal. All the 
 
 indeed a variegated magpie truly all 
 
 birds seeing him, could not refrain from 
 behaving with great 
 
 birds seeing him must submissive-respect 
 
 respect and politeness! The daw bein<* 
 thus to himself a 
 
 and polite ! ! the daw self 
 
 source of pleasure, inadvertently in the 
 midst of his 
 
 by-which make pleasure nol-advert glad 
 
 joy, uttered his (native) sound of Kaw! 
 Kaw ! 
 
 crowed his kwa kwu's sound 
 
 at which all the feathered tribe were filled 
 
 with astonishment, and 
 
 all birds surprise-strange uponwhich 
 
 with that there was not one that did not 
 know him to be a 
 
 not not know he make daw 
 
 mere daw ! The whole flock forthwith 
 
 pecked the feathers 
 
 indeed accordingly in-a-flock pecked him all- 
 
 from every part of his body ! they did not 
 distinguish between true 
 
 body's feathers not divide true 
 
 
 *# £|M- 
 
 i • >> 
 
 faff :i§,it flit 
 
 Ya shih k8 neaou ling-maou> 
 Ah ihiip kok new ling-mou, 
 
 tsze cha y u ke shin; kcu- 
 Uze chap yii ke shun ; kxiy- 
 
 jen yih tsae tseB ysy ! Fan 
 yeen yal tsoy tseok ya I Fan 
 
 neaou keen che, peih kung-king, 
 new keen che, peel kung-king 
 
 urh le yen ! ! Ke ya, tsze 
 ee lei yeen ! ! Ke ah, lac 
 
 l 
 c wei lti, piih-ked hwan 
 ee wei lok, put-kok foon 
 
 ming ke "kwa! kwa!" che shing 
 ming he "kwa! kwa!" che shing; 
 
 chung neaou kwaee! yli-she 
 chung new knai-ee '. yii-ihe 
 
 me pHli che ke wei ya 
 mok put chee kee wei ah 
 
 yay ! suy keun chS che tung- 
 ya ■' suy kwin leek iht tung- 
 
 shin-che maou: pfih fun chin 
 shftn-che mou: put fun ctm* 
 
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 and filie, but the whole of them were entire- 
 ly plucked ! Thus 
 
 falie utterly received plucked-gone at 
 
 are the men of this world ! some of these 
 are continually engaged in matters 
 
 world-men often have borrow light 
 
 where they avail themselves of others' 
 lights, and too frequently in the 
 
 "j buiincis many from wordt.ipeech- 
 
 midst of their conversation, let something 
 slip which ruins the whole ! 
 
 middle tpoit-lcl out p. d. p. how few 
 and are such men few in number? .... 
 
 No. 15. 
 
 The Eagle and the Tortoise. 
 Eagle Torloitc. 
 
 
 
 kea, tain p« pa-kcu ! Joo 
 ka, town pee put-huy '■ Yi 
 
 ahejln, mei yew aeay kwang 
 
 thei-yun, mooy y'au tiny kwong 
 
 che sze, to tsung yen-yii- 
 che »z<r, id hung ycen-ya- 
 
 chung pae-loo-chay :-k« seen 
 chung pai-loo-ehay.-he itin 
 
 tsae ? . 
 ttoy » , 
 
 Ying, Kwei. 
 Ting, Awei, 
 
 A Tortoise seeing an Eagle fly ten thousand 
 
 yards 
 
 Tortoite teeing Eagle high fly myriad 
 
 high, looked upon it as exceedingly strange 
 and wonderful. 
 
 8 cubilt very make rare-ttrange one 
 
 One day she begged of the Eagle saying, 
 •' My master ! 
 
 day begged the Eagle laying Prior- 
 
 '■ you soar into the regions of the clouds! 
 
 " you ought also 
 
 'jorn ioar-fly milky-way alio 
 
 " then to pity me, whose ^dull) body is not 
 " an inch 
 
 ught pity me high not full 
 
 •high, and does not leave the ground I 
 -' would you be willing 
 
 itch body not dhtant earth like 
 
 ' to teach me to fly ?" The Eagle declined 
 teach me fly t Eagle excuied 
 
 'aying. " Birds fly in the air, and beasts 
 ' ' walk on the ground ,- each 
 
 laying flying-bird* walkingbeaiti every 
 
 " has that gift in which he excels ; ( as for 
 " flying) that is what you 
 
 have thal-which long not you what 
 
 " are unable to do!" But against (the 
 Eagle's ) will, the Tortoise begged { the 
 ton indeed no-help .' lortviie begged 
 
 favor ) again and again. The Eagle then 
 caught her ( in his bill ) 
 
 again thrice eagle then mouthed Mi 
 
 by the nape of the neck, and lifting her up, 
 flew away with her. He flew 
 
 neck and lifting -up-flew.wilh him flew 
 
 &&f Mil 
 
 ofc. 
 
 n 
 
 Kwei keen Ying, k.tu fi wan 
 Kwei keen Ting, kou fee man 
 
 jTn, shin wei he-ke! yTh 
 yun, thum wei hee-keel yat 
 
 jJh kJn ke ying. yu«. "Seen- 
 yat hun ke ying, yuet. "Seen. 
 
 " sang ! yaou-tseang yun-han ! ylh 
 " ihang ! 'ngou-tieong w&n-hoan .' yik 
 
 " tang l«en wo ! kaou ptih mwan 
 " t6ng leen 'ngo ! kou pat moon 
 
 " tsun, shin puh le te:-kang 
 " Hun, thun pat lee tee :-hang 
 
 " keaou wo fi boo ? " Ying tsze, 
 " kaou 'ngo fee oo » " Ying tize, 
 
 yu«, "fe.kin tsow-show, ko 
 yuet, "fee-kum ti'au-th'au, kok 
 
 "yew so chang:-fe joo so 
 " y'au iho chiong:-fee ya iho 
 
 " cang yay ! " Woo-joo ! kwei kin 
 " ndng ya!" Mouyu! kwei hun 
 
 tsae san ; ying tsTh liin ke 
 tioy ion; ying link him kt 
 
 king, urfa tn-fe che. Fe 
 king, e lei-fee che. Fee 
 
> 
 
1? 
 
 until he reached midair, when he said, " I 
 " will now let you 
 
 arrived middle- void said f let-go 
 
 "go. you ought speedily to make the ex- 
 " penmen t, whether 
 you quickly ought try it rently 
 
 " you can really flv or not ! " so he forth- 
 with let go his hold. 
 run fly ornol accordingly let go mouth 
 
 The Tortoise then from mid-sir 
 the tortoise from half-void midst 
 
 fell down (to the earth), when herhodv was 
 broken to pieces, and her bones reduced 
 fell-down body broken bonei atoms 
 
 to powder ! By this we may see, that as 
 
 all articles have 
 
 .' may see article each has 
 
 their different qualities, so among men each 
 has his own 
 
 »'/'.« quality-limit (i. e. nature) men every have 
 
 station in life : — if the business (you un- 
 dertake) is not in 
 their body-division (''. e. sphere) if business not 
 
 proportion to your strength, how can you 
 escape being 
 
 measure strength how not receive harm 
 
 a sufferer ? The proverb saith, " if you do 
 not fly high, when 
 
 eh f common saying fly not high 
 
 " you fall you wont be hurt " — it is so 
 indeed ! 
 
 full not wounded is indeed 
 
 
 ehe pwan-fcung, yufi, " wo fang 
 chee poon-hung, yuet, " 'ngofong 
 
 " joo, siih tang she che, kwo 
 '• yu, tsuk long shie che, frit'5 
 
 " nang fe fow ! " suy fang kow : 
 " nang fee fow ! " say fong h'au : 
 
 ke kwei tsze pwan-kung-chung 
 ke kwei tsze poon-hung-chung 
 
 tefl-hea, shin po kiih suy 
 teet-ha, shun po kuiil suy 
 
 e ! Ko keen, wish ki5 yew 
 ee ■' Flo keen, mill kok y'au 
 
 ke pin-kih, jin ko yew 
 ke pun-kak, yiin kok y'au 
 
 ke shin-fun ; joo sze pub. 
 ke shun-fun ; y'i sze put 
 
 leang leTh, ke pilh show hae 
 leong lik, hee pill sh'au hoy 
 
 hoo? Sail yun " f 5 pub. kaou, 
 oo? Tsuk w tin "fee ptit kou, 
 
 " te'6 piih shang " — she yay ! 
 " teel pat sheong " — shee ya ! 
 
 The Hare and the Tortoise. 
 Tortoise Hare. 
 
 ££ 
 
 Kwei. Too. 
 Kwei, Tou. 
 
 When the Great Emperor Yu drained off 
 the waters of the Deluge in nine 
 
 ) u divided-off nine rivers '» time 
 
 streams, all the birds, beasts, fishes, and tor- 
 toises ran away 
 
 all birds beasts fishes tortoise-genus hurrying- 
 
 in crowds belter skelter and hid themselves : 
 — and it so happened that QwiVA 
 
 crowding absconded-hid at-that-lime Hare 
 
 the Hare and Tortoise travelled in company. 
 The Hare was continually 
 
 Tortoise together walked the Hare often 
 
 upbraiding the Tortoise, saying, " among 
 •■ all the animals that 
 
 upbraided Tortoise saying I see walk 
 
 " I ever saw crawl along gawkily and lazily, 
 it crawling-sidc-wise slow-stupid p. d, p. 
 
 MfcAgfcza, 
 
 V /V >vv> 1£? 7>A 
 
 % ft fT|fc &# 
 
 Yu so kew ho-che she, 
 i'u slid k'au ho-che shee, 
 
 fan neaou. show, yu, pi. ; e, fun- 
 fan new, sh'au, yu, peel, fUn- 
 
 fun taou-neih ! Shih Too yii 
 fun loi.-nik ■' Shik Tou yu 
 
 Kwei tung hing : — ke Too ehang 
 Kwei lung hang : — ke Tou sheong 
 
 mi Kwei, yue, " woo keen hing- 
 md Kwei, yuet, " 'rig keen hting- 
 
 "che 5 le, man-tun-chay 
 '• che ee-lec, man-tun- shay 
 
18 
 
 " there is no one like yourself! why not lik 
 nol as yon indeed how not 
 
 mo joo joo yay ! ho pfih 
 mok yu j/u ya ! ho pat 
 
 " tne, so smart, so active ! would not 
 as I '* smart cle- 
 
 " this be most convenient and ready eh?" 
 ver how nol convenient ready ? 
 
 The Tortoise said, " you upbraid me 
 Tortoise said you say I slow 
 
 " with being ' a very slow coach' ; — why 
 slow I walk-er why not 
 
 " then not lay a wager with me ?" so 
 with me mulually-ivager ? accordingly 
 M 
 
 she pointed to a place and remarked. -'let 
 pointed a place saying tee you 
 
 " us see whether you or I will get to that 
 with me who Jirst arrives this 
 
 ike %J&i&&M^ " 
 
 M%^ BLHi ♦ " ,e! k5 pfih p * en - 
 
 *'\ << / ^>»- 4 ^ •« lee ■' hee put pren- 
 
 joo wo-che shwang kwae ma- 
 yii'ngo che si.ngfui ma- 
 
 tseS hoo? " 
 put peen-tseet on .' " 
 
 wei yuS, "joo wei wo ' chi* 
 'wei yuet, " yu wei 'ngo l chec 
 
 woo h8ng-chay ' ho piih 
 chee 'ng hiing-dmr, ' ho phi 
 
 MteWMfM -5> 
 
 " yii joo seang-too hoo?" suy 
 
 seong-tou oo 
 
 suy 
 
 t]A p|=» — \ £tu if-rt che yih choo, yue", " kan ns 
 
 chee yul chit, yuet, " lo in nee 
 
 " yii wo, shwuy seen taou t«z< ; ! 
 seen tou tot ■' 
 
 " place first ! (she who does so) gains! ' the 
 Hare 
 
 then gains it Hare then glad- 
 
 gladly consented to the wager. Now the 
 Hare thinking that the Tortoise 
 
 ly together wagered Hare though 
 
 walked so very slow, never in fact 
 walked thus-so-'s slow behold 
 
 S*' JJ/F"^7<^* ^ / W " /s " /f shi "S «*«'" Tou nai yun- 
 
 " tsih shing che! ' Too nae hir.- 
 
 jh? jen kung-too : — Too sze Kwei 
 yeen kung-lou: — Tou sze Kwei 
 
 hing joo-she-che man, shoo ! 
 •cite man, Aft .' 
 
 gave the slightest attention to the matter ; 
 
 so she walked on till she got to mid- — -j* J±^ ^J ^r- ~*£l c{^ 
 
 not attend-upon-lhoughl walked till half ^) "* J I )&. > i ^~ 
 
 way, when she felt drowsy and 
 road not advert drowsy-ly sleep 
 
 &^m 
 
 pfih keae <•, hing che pwan 
 
 put kai ee, hSng chee poon 
 
 too, piih keS, hwan jen shwuy 
 
 tou, put kok, fun-yeen shny 
 
 went to sleep :— and on awaking, the Tor- fceu 1 fceih sing, ke Kwei o 
 
 ^ 2MU£ IL tL "*' kn " **• ke Kwei ee 
 
 seen taou e! Hwuy che yur, 
 
 went and awoke the Tortoise already 
 
 arrived (at the goal) ! Repenting of her 
 
 conduct she exclaimed, J_ ^.\ ^ ȣ. . sfe , t , nu <e , Foou . che yuet , 
 
 before arrived! repenting it said yQ ^\ ^^ |-#p^.. P\ 
 
 " I'd rather have a little patience and com- u n ; n g )j nae ur h ching sze, 
 
 «• plete my WO kj j^, k<> 1 ^.Oi J^ h „,-„, /,„ „„„ e Afcy .„„,., 
 
 «• plete my *o k* j. ____ , ^» v. „ ^ Ao ;;oy e M 
 
 rnlher may patient and finish business jfe. \3i ^)A\\f)ltXl ^S 
 
 " mo 
 
 •' than rely upon my cleverness and thus 
 " make my merit of no 
 
 not cling clever and miss merit 
 
 " avail !'' " presumptuous soldiers must be 
 " defeated " — and 
 
 indeed proud soldiers must defeated the 
 
 doe* not this illustrate the truth of the 
 saying? 
 
 yci '$ lay eh? 
 
 " ni8 che tse'S urh woo kung 
 chee tseel e 'ng kung 
 
 " Keaou ping peTh pac ! " ke 
 K'ew ping peel pai ■' " kt 
 
 shi'-che wei hoo ? 
 thee.che wei oo ? 
 
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 No. 17. 
 
 The Two Cocks. 
 Cocks fight. 
 
 %m 
 
 Ke tow. 
 AW Vau. 
 
 On the outskirts of a certain hamlet which 
 shall be nameless, 
 ^Yol-mention-viltage-beyond were tivo 
 
 Two Cocks were fighting together ; anil in 
 
 the ml u was 
 
 mule-fowls mutual///- fighting final'// divide 
 
 seen who was the victor and who the van- 
 quished. The victor 
 
 conquer lose the conquer-or stood- 
 
 then got i pon a high place, and stretching 
 out ( his v ings ) 
 
 up high place proudly-spreading himself- 
 
 crowed (in triumph). It so happened that 
 an Eagle was flying bye 
 
 crowed opportune/// had Eagle flying past 
 
 at the time, who hearing the sound the Cock 
 made, forth- [and 
 
 hearing Code sound accordingly caught-up 
 
 with caught him up and went off with him, 
 while the vanquished 
 
 took-away him the vanquished contrariwise 
 
 on the other hand procured peace and 
 quietness ! By this it may be seen 
 
 obtained peace-fully may know two 
 
 that "two heroes cannot exist together : " 
 moreover in the affairs of this world, 
 
 heroes not together rise world-business 
 
 who can foresee and provide against (con- 
 tinp e icies) ! both in the morning and at 
 
 hr,w can preparr-foresre morning evening 
 
 night ought one to be careful ■, and whether 
 the result be honor or dishonor, 
 
 proper silf-take-are glory disgrace not 
 
 there is no occasion to feel anxiety a!iout 
 the matter ! Just as the 
 
 enough anxiety lhal-which say lo-cusl 
 
 proverb has it, '-when the locust catches the 
 cricket, little does he know 
 
 catches cricket not know yellow-bird 
 
 " that the vellow bird is behind ( to catch 
 him !) " When we obtain our wishes, 
 is behind obtain-idea must prevent 
 
 we ought to guard against disappointment ! 
 such then is just 
 
 lose-idea-lime just this 's 
 
 what ( this fal le ) means to say ! 
 saying also. 
 
 No. 18. 
 
 The Two Bitches. ( Canis parturiens. ) 
 Black White Dog-mother. 
 
 *±* -^ & ~3& jhL -ka ~& 
 
 &&'&&&*: 
 
 Woo-ke-tsun-wae yew leang 
 Mou-kei-lsune-'ngoy y'au leong 
 
 heung-ke seang-tow ; tsiili fun 
 hitng-kei seong-t'au ; tsul fun 
 
 shing, foo. Ke shing-chay leili 
 siting, foo. Ke shing-chay lop 
 
 yii kaou-choo, yang-yang tsze- 
 ^ii kou-chu, yaongyaong tsze- 
 
 te. Shlh yew ying fe-kwo, 
 lei. Sh'tk y'au ying fee kwii, 
 
 wSn ke shing, suy ying urh 
 mun kei shing, suy ying e 
 
 keu che :-ke foo-chay fan 
 hiiy che :-ke foo-chny fun 
 
 till gan-jen ! Ko che "leang 
 till; oan-yeen .' Ho chee " leong 
 
 " heung puh ping leTh:" shc-sze 
 " hung put ping lap : " shei-sze 
 
 ke nang yii-leaou? chaou, moo, 
 hee nang yu-lew ? chew, moo, 
 
 e tsze-shin ! yung, jiih, pith 
 ee tsze-shun .' wing, yuk, put 
 
 tsiih yew ! so wei " tang-Iaug 
 tsuk y'au ! sho wei " long-long 
 
 " poo chen, puh che hwang-tseu 
 " pou sheem, put chee wongtseok 
 
 " tsae how ! '' Tih-e, sen fang 
 " tsoy h'au!" Tak-ee, 8iiy fun g 
 
 shih-o-she! tsih tsze-che 
 shdt-ee-she .' tsik tsze-che 
 
 wei yay ! 
 wei ya ! 
 
 Hih, Pih, Kow-moo. 
 Hdk, Pdk, K'auna. * 
 
 \ 
 
£0 
 
 A Black Bitch was about to litter her H? Jf/-\ h-*j .. -r-rv —• 
 
 whelps, »■"» ^/ nTgiS-^V -T* tseang-tao t»ae Uze. 
 
 Black Dog nearly producing heryourg ^ ~* » ffiik k'au tseongtan tsny-tsze. 
 
 koo ! woo te-fang! nae kew 
 foo ! mou tec-fong ! nai k'au 
 
 hut alas ! she had no nlace to put them ; so ,. ^^ 
 
 she begged of ^ ffi ^ -fr ^ £ 
 
 viisery no place so begged ' » » 
 
 c'#?& 0ft £* ke p ' h k0Wl y ""' " Jo ° yew 
 
 !» \*t >— t *S> pj ke Pdk k'au, yuet, ^ Yii y'au 
 
 ( her friend) a White Bitch, saying, " you 
 
 " have got "jS— 
 
 the while Dog saying yati have 
 
 " an empty room, please lend it me to bring 
 
 " forth and bring up ffc? yX /js£ ^L- j. p ^j " kung fang, seay wo tan-yu'll, 
 
 empty room lend me bear-rear "^^ '/} ' 3 'aPN f^ >, " hung fong, tsay 'ngo tan-yuk, 
 
 ■•' (iny whelps,) and I will feel grateful for 
 
 " your goodness to all ya,> r^V* S:_[z ~~ ArT ^TSL " ts ' n kan-tTh yii woo ki: 
 
 then grateful-virtue, with no end y s ) 'i*d\ |y<£ ~J jj',> ^ l~ " IHUt ktim-tiik yii mou kee 
 
 " eternity." The White Bitch consented : 
 
 upon which the -^ sl^ sj~, -t^ r ,Z-> -p. "e!" P^h kow heu che:-yii- 
 
 .' .' while Dog promised it upnn- •* •% V~t } } p ~\ ""—«—• V "eel" Pak k'au hiiy che :-yii- 
 
 other reared her whole family of pups until __ « 
 
 gradually J'..- "35 AQaj£. ^ J^jr*. she yiih-tTh choo urh, tse'en- 
 
 ii'A/Yft reared all sons little by- "^*~ f"V I U P.f3 ^U* •'"tV I «Ae yiik-iak chii ee, tseem- 
 
 they became full grown, when their " bow 
 
 wowing" really » A-> *S_ r 4-' 1 p£i- „g|j fl4L lsze cbang-ching, " gaou ! tsacu!" kwo 
 
 little increaseJ-complete "bow wow" annoyed > If**- ' N ^ « Hp /»zf chtong. siting, " gou ■' tsou .'" kuct 
 
 became ofFensive to the ear. The White 
 
 Bitch then lost alt -cj" -i-j — ■?■ T.-J-^-S' f3f» llrn ! P*' 1 P»h nae-fan ! tseili 
 
 e.ir IFAi/e not patiewe forthwith T> rH -"j> l"/j /vj»l KJ' ee , p dk p&l n oy.fin .' Itik 
 
 » 
 
 patience and said to her Black friend, "your 
 
 " whelps now -i^4- "tt~ f?7 rr) fJL. J tuv ke HTh > ui! ' " J°° « 
 
 /o Me B/«tt sa/rf you already -"J I> N /»* ■» '~"' > •>*» ~^ /ay Ac Z/uA- #ue/, " J'ii fc 
 
 " are all reared to maturity ! will you be _ 
 
 " good enough /& ,"U -iiL £3 -rrr ,>> " y an P' ta eno ° urh > ko -«' 
 
 reared large all sons may-can ^t*7>## 9& V j KA " yaong-tai chii ce, ho-ee 
 
 " to go away ! " The Black Bitch replied, 
 
 " why, if you can 
 
 go ! ! Black-one said yrnt "^ "^^ i^" 1 'P* ^"% f> ^* " '"\V ee ■' " Bak-chny yuel, " }'» 
 
 " why, if you can -fcl ^» @ M- CTf \J?- " keu 5!" HTh-chay yiu\ "Joo 
 
 *^ ^*T }tts H ^ />*• 
 
 "drive out all my whelps, you may just 
 
 " do what .gji ^§?p5\;5» ^jrL^J »*- " nang keu-chii choo urh, joo 
 
 ran drive-forth all sons you f* » i 'i&2.±3 m ~? / W /ZjjyA, " nltng kuy-rli>k chu ee, yu 
 
 " will most suit your own convenience; 
 
 " but I fear that ' J^ ^ >^ ^jt- jjrr ^-» " tSng ts-ze'-peen, yew kung fin 
 
 ought self convenience further fear contrary ^ 3 '^-'j^ i\ii /X^. " «»^ hzi-peen, y'au hung Jan 
 
 " you yourself on the other hand will be 
 
 " ;iriven out b y m y ^ ook ^ ^<- • 7' jti> " wti cll0 ° '" '• f0 dl5 >' a > ! 
 
 le all sons that-which drive-out indeed ffi) pft J\_, ?/| a^>. llL .. nf / ,a» <•<• shoel.okya! 
 
 " children ! beware of what you are about!'' 
 
 The White Bitch sighing >■*• j, > ^ ^ ., , llin che , .. p- |h „„ , lU . .. , b , R)W 
 
 exclaimed, " he who receives favors and 
 
 " makes no return, is not a fFJ — j.7 _j» -^p, -? "'^lin ptlh prim, I", kum-tszt:' 
 
 goodness not reciprocate not goadmnn J\J^ S\~* T \**. V p f\2 } " ' .',''« / «' >""'. . '"'" /■ nnn-tszt 
 
 " good man; how much more so he who makes . ■ , _ , .- ., .... 
 
 "abadreturn!" The proverb [mon,a V ing V» 7$ tg -ft /*> ^U Lw,n « ^ l ,aou l '"" ' ^ ,h > un - 
 
 *o»-m« C A- ro oreir/c/ W /r f r ,»p C „» fe A.Vf.m- >^ ^Tr^^l^^ " /»»«" «*#«■ ••'" «»*»«•, 
 
 says, when Lew pc borrowed the King- » i^ . 
 
 chow territory, it was a ^, 'flfa*^ ^1 ^'l') >^* " I- IW 1 1U sea y K.ngchow. yew 
 
 pc borrowed Rmg-chow had #i • '" IR 7 1 ) ''j H " L'm-ft* t-u,y hi„g<h'au, yau 
 
 "borrowing without any return; this is 
 juitso! 
 
 borrow no return Is indeed 'P i>V> J ---- z*'*. v ~t " tsiy »iou wan!" »Arr Jf«.' 
 
 juitao! Z&il Mrr-ti® >3 >,U u $ttg woo Iwra/" she" yay ! 
 
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 No. 19. 
 he Grapes 
 Fox poinling-al-abuses Gripes- ' " v *? ,, " T> / ^lt) ''"t. Oo chee-ma poo-tei. 
 
 The Fox and the Grapes. Jfi^Jri^ W^ r*k ift Hoo che-ma poo-te. 
 
 A Fox passing below a stand on which Gra- • -\ , _ 
 
 pes were growing, ^f/K^ ££5. $H' +fi .27UT "T^ Hoo king poo-te kea-hea, 
 
 Fox passing grapes stand-below "' '"*'' y ** : «->7> » Oo Icing poo.tei ka-hn, 
 
 being thirsty, wanted to taste them. But as N4=} , 
 
 the stand "M, v\h* jjic ^? \Xj -W- k«, yiih tan che. Yin ke 
 
 ping he could not 7J_ 
 
 stand too high leaping-skipping and 
 
 thirst}/ wished eat them because the -^- ^"-'~~ ' ' ^» hoal, yuk tarn che. YiXn ke 
 
 was too high, with all his leaping and skip- 
 
 ^£ J- -^r vjj)> VJS -y- kea tae kaou, teaou-yung urh 
 
 TTS^vra? #lUi*$£jf7? fai M few, !£**!»,«- e 
 
 manacre to get hold of them ; so with bitter , ,. . -i u , u .»l u 
 
 disappointment ,]& > ^T *§: & AE tsih-che puh-fh, suy chang- 
 
 pluck-lhem nol-oblain accordingly regretting. ' |5 J *<- ^ 1 T ^ IjC (M ** to P *'-' S/ '"' SU * c/,e< "^ 
 
 he abused them, saying. [ing- ^.p Au kj^ jn> __ chang-jen che-ma che, yu£, 
 
 disappointed./j/ pointed- at abused-them say. 'X^/i»\ 1 9 M>? "^^- t— / cheong yeen chee-ma-che, yuet. 
 
 " these grapes (I declare) are utterly U3e 
 " less ! 
 
 these grapes greatly not hit- 
 
 " they are sour and devoid of all taste ! " 
 
 Now did he PR Sif-, J~L fin ph. X> " yung ! sw »n urh woo we ! " yTh 
 
 use sour and no taste! how? "9v * />» * 'T^-Hj' " yung ! sine e mou mei .'" yik 
 
 know, that being sour they would most 
 
 fitly moisten (his lips) ilV2 Bj/*. — r Tfr >>» LL. cn ^» sw an, ching ko-e sing 
 
 know sour jusl may produce t -*—» chee, sune, chlug ho-ee shang 
 
 and assuage his thirst ! only because he could 
 not 
 
 moisture and stop thirst not-more than 
 
 get them, he began on the other hand to 
 because he not obtain and contrariwise 
 
 wVV $£\ 13. -4— -7- Jfr " tsze poo-te ta pfih chung- 
 ^m) 'JA^'S. i^ \ "tsze poo-tei tai put chung- 
 
 v£ rfh oh 'M, X. JE '""■ " rh th5 k5 i p» hl - 5 
 
 I >\S ' *^_ Jjfinj e chechoat; pUt-kwo 
 
 R-| "W" — 7"" ^g_ -^- irj yin ke pub. tlh, urh fan 
 
 ' ^n 'J'* •'T^V-^C ^fin kepiit t&k, e fan 
 
 abuse them ! The proverb, says—" entire- 
 
 " lyowing ¥£ ±? VEJ />_, — .Y- ma che urh! Suh yun— " keae 
 
 abused them f. p. Common saying all ...7 <^ -^ ]0v ^ ^-» md . cAe ^ , Tsuk w&n _^ kai 
 
 " to his own want of ability, he abuses on the 
 
 because himself no ability on-the other-hand V+-I -fc» Sj ^nj />{• ftj ' "' 
 
 si I) eJfctui 
 
 <l uJI 
 
 j/fin tsze-kee mou n&ng, fan 
 " contrary other people as useless ! " and in 
 
 tnis j.,) ,v y -^ ^~ " shwo ta-jin woo yung!'' she- 
 
 says other-people no use world- SSLiG ^^ ^) tET " sAue ' ' fl 'J' fin mou S ttn S ■' " * h «- 
 
 world there is not a single day that , .. .*, _, t '*L- 
 
 ° ■> ygj-| ^_^ ^^ _ ^ keen woo jih puh joo-slie 
 
 midst no day not thus 
 
 it is not so I 
 indeed .' 
 
 gn^o y-% __ > „_ kcen wo ° J' n P un Joo' s "e 
 
 yay ! 
 Jffl -' 
 
 No. 20. 
 
 The Boys and the Frogs. 7* 3L ^ - X*L Hae-tsze ta K<3. 
 
 Boys strike Frogs. 
 
 -SJL W 1 ,♦- Hae-tsze ta K<3. 
 
32 
 
 There was a pond of water in which some 
 little 
 
 ffater-pond had Utile frogs playing- 
 
 Frogs were playing and skipping about. Just 
 then a number of 
 
 skipping opporlun ly had little-boys a 
 
 young boys, rambling for amusement came 
 to the spot ; and 
 
 party rambling-playing came this seeing 
 
 seeing (the frojs), took up stones and pelted 
 them. An old 
 
 and took stones threw-at them Old 
 
 Frog came forth and thus admonished them, 
 saying — 
 frog came-oul and admonished saying all 
 
 " My young masters! I earnestly implore 
 
 " that you wont 
 
 young gentlemen beg not throw stones 
 
 " throw stones ! this is no doubt amusement 
 
 " for 
 
 this is your (plural particle) play-idea 
 
 " you, but on the other hand, it involves 
 '• our lives ! " 
 
 but is our (plural particle) life 
 
 The proverb says. " not having such inten- 
 " tion he sets off guns, 
 
 indeed.' Common say not heart set-off 
 
 " and the gem and the common stone are 
 " all consumed 
 
 guns gei'i stone all burn further 
 
 " together ! '.' it also says " when all things 
 " are destroyed, 
 
 say every-thing woundedfaded only 
 
 " it only excites his smile ! " 5 this isjustso! 
 presents a smile is indeed. 
 
 No. 21. 
 
 The Frog and the Ox. 
 Frog-mother Water-cow. 
 
 
 
 xfcm.si^ 
 
 Shwuy-tang yew seaou ko wan- 
 Shuy-tong y'au sew kiip wan- 
 
 teaou : shth yew seaou-tung y ih 
 (eir : shik y'au sew lung ynt 
 
 tuy, yew-wan che tsze ,• keen, 
 tuy, y'au-oon chce tsze ; keen, 
 
 uih tseu slnh, chih che. Laou 
 e ts'y stick, ch&lc che. Lnu 
 
 ko chub, uih keuen, vuc, " cliung 
 /:■ p chut, e hane, yuet, " chung 
 
 " se;iou kwan ! kan wiih chih shih .' 
 " sew koon .' hun mull dial: sick ■' 
 
 " tsze he joo-tSng wan-e, 
 " ts7.e hei yii-lung wan-ee, 
 
 " taou he wo tang sing-ming 
 " lou hei 'ngo tiing sing ■ ming 
 
 " o ! " Siih yun, " woo sin fang 
 " eel" Tsui; it «n, " mou sum Jong 
 
 " paou ; yiih, shth, keu fun!" jew 
 " paou; yule, shek, levy fun ! " y'au 
 
 yun, " wan-wuh shang-tsan, che 
 wiin, " man-miit sheong tsan, eher 
 
 " kung yth seaou ! " — she yay. 
 " kung yat sew!" — shee ya. 
 
 KB moo, Shwuy-'new 
 Kftp na, Shuy 'ng'au 
 
 A little Frog being at play in a field, 
 Frog-child was field playing-diverting 
 
 and seeing an Ox approach, said with ad- 
 miration and surprise, 
 
 saw water-cow come admiring said 
 
 " what a large Ox is coming ! " It's mother 
 lur;e cow come'.'.', the mother 
 
 loving to hold her heid lii^h, and wishing 
 to lie considered great herself, 
 
 loving high self large hearing admire 
 
 on hearing (her child's) admiration of the 
 Ox, was not altogether well pleased : — 
 
 w Uer. cow little not balance-idea 
 
 
 Kil tsze tsae teen wan -shwa, 
 Kilptsei tsoy teen oonsha, 
 
 keen shwuy-iiew lae, seen jru<f, 
 keen shiiy'ng'au toy, seen yuet. 
 
 " ta 'n8w lae e ! " Ke moo, 
 " tai 'ng'au lay ee ! " Ke na. 
 
 haou kaou tsze ta, win teen 
 twit kou tsze tai, mun sun 
 
 hhwuy-'iii'W, po pill) chiug-r. 
 shuy 'ng'au, po piit ching-ee, 
 
so she blew out her breath, in order to make • 
 
 ''^ elf ^^/t^W &? nai koo ke hee, ee wei 
 
 therefore blew-ottt her breath whereby make 
 
 as large as the Ox ; and enquired of her 
 
 23 
 
 Zh lijt ^ w, &> nae k0 ° ke **' 
 
 as^e as tnc ux ; ano enou.reu o. - ~ ^ ta sz , ^ ^ ^ ke 
 
 /org'- like water-cow asked the •» " 
 
 saying, " you talk about the large Ox : -^* _^_^ \y ±>> j» * tsze, yufi, "joo shwo ta shwuy- 
 
 vkild $11 id you spoke large nutter- \f *~* l^\ pTL-xSw ^J^- ttzc, yuel, " yn shuel lai shuy- 
 
 '< how is he when compared with roe?'' Ibe , .. . . 
 
 young one Jk tK #, *0 ^T {X. °T' pe W ° J °°- h ° ? ' ** 
 
 low Lpared-wttH me how* child ^T fLH\,-tt"l"J f T «' '^«,^ *«• ,**>*» Tsei 
 
 Mid, " there is a vast difference indeed ! " 
 
 ut further 
 «//rf error-disUtnl indeed further *~* **• 7 »T •^'U_J — >w .?«<-,, " cha-luk-yane ya ! " y'au 
 
 gain, mere is a vasi uiiieiciiic mure.. . . 
 
 so she further tt ±£ t& & Jp -? > ue ' "cha-tTh-yoen yay ! 
 
 blew out her breath, and a^ain asked, 
 
 sayinc,, ^1$' .ij- A? T3T y»\=l ,_~ koo ke ke. tsae wan yiie\ 
 
 blik'. out her breath again asked said ♦^\7> 37»>l "Py" ' -f ^^ /'<"> ft* '"?<% <*fl,y miif( yuel, 
 
 "how is it now?" her child answered, 
 
 "just as before! tf^ ^Y? O 'f*/^ ^ 75 " ho-joo ? "— yue, "jing wS keTh 
 
 how- then:' said as hi fare not come-up to t-'-f"^* t • X^X-cX*. " ho-yii?" — yuel, " ying mee I, up 
 
 " vou can't at all come up to liiin ! " upon 
 
 which she blew ^U Ou> W ^^ « _^ "yay!'' yii-she koo-che piih 
 
 indeed with- that b'liv-out-il not *CJ '/^ S^^.pZ**'*^— -S\-\ ' ya!" yii-she koo-che piit 
 
 herself without ceasing, until finally her 
 
 body burst, and XilL 3%^ •£} Trt zS lli;6 ' tsuh - che s,lin P 5 < y un 
 
 slop finally body broke died W^ "|* ^^" ^f ")?•*.' Jyi^ heel, Isulche sh&n po, Kim 
 
 sbe lost her life ! The proverb saith, " fool- E*""' 
 
 ishiy to put yourself 'bM^L^ ^fe. ^ ^ *'""" ' 8 " h yUn ' " wans tsze tsUI,e 
 
 life comma,, say foolishly self noble V >>** ^» ^T EJ J#- ming '. Tsuk w&n, " mong Hie tsune 
 
 "in liich places, is the path the t leadeth 
 
 " unto Death s " <4- -rrz —• j, ^ , " ta, tseu sze-che tsou yay!" 
 
 great take DeaKs road in V *>^-/ LJ^^-4-Ej^ Tl^ i " te(, <sii^ sze-r/ie <o« ya .' " 
 
 and it also savs. " he who is full of hit own 
 
 " conceit, dece^v.'s « — »_ >i -yj. > \^ yew yun, "tsze mwan, tsze woo ! ' 
 
 further says self full self mistake **^^-*-» pj »pf^ jE) )^^ .v'ua »«», " tsze moon, tsze 'ng!" 
 
 '■ himself ! ' and is it not so indeed ? " The 
 
 '- locu.-t's arms *W* -~r~ AJi ^. i,A -3* ^' e pithjtn hoo? "Lang cbe 
 
 the not-so ih.' locust branches S N » #»» » J "^P*.^^. fte pu'.-yeen oof '•'•Lung chee 
 
 " (appear to himself) double hatchets: how 
 
 " can he be aware 
 
 double hatchets proportion-measure how know ^^Tl^'TJ J^ ^*5^j? " shong foo, Junleong hei chee > 
 
 can he be aware ft& <** IV «_ ,-?•» > " shwang foo, fnn-!eang he che ? " 
 
 '■ of his own proportions ! " just so is this ! ji g va „ i 
 
 is indeed. 
 
 No. 22. 
 
 %L*Lj 
 
 slice ya .' 
 
 The Eigle, Cat, and Sow. ffe Y^'iL f^l S. Vin "' Maou ' Cho0 ' tun " fcen - 
 
 T/ng-, Maou, Chfi, lung k"y. 
 
 I he hnjile, Oat, and bow. ~Xp .i ,. ,_. ^ 
 
 Eagle Cat Sot* together duell. 'Wiitf) \^ l^j W 
 
 On the summit of the rid^e of the Mo- 6 
 sing mountains was 
 
 Mi-ling ridge above had old 
 
 fti-. »? V*^. ■» -i— _i- Mc-sing ling-shang yew koo 
 'i J~— 1jr\ — '-* '| r J li? Mo-sing-ling sheong y'au koo 
 
 an old tree, the top of which was crowned 
 
 with an Eanle's fcX -A- _g- fl >1 ■*£ r^ Eho ° ; ke ,in S' tsih wei Yil, S 
 
 tree the summit then made Eagle ''"i ^V *,^l^l J T^Q J [p shii ; ke ting, tsuk wei ling 
 
*A 
 
 nest, a Wild Sow squatted at the bottom, 
 nest the root then Wild-Sow 
 
 while a Cat had taken up her quarters in 
 
 the 
 
 i rooked-squulled Cat then dwell the 
 
 middle. One day (it so happened that) the 
 
 Eagle hatched 
 
 middle indeed ! one duy Eagle broughtforlh 
 
 her young, when their " peep ! peeping ! " 
 cry suddenly 
 
 young peep! peep! 's sound 
 
 entered the Cat's ear; and in due succession 
 suddenly entered cat enr successively and 
 
 the Wild Sow also littered her pigs, so 
 that the 
 
 Sow further produced young upon- 
 
 interchange of sounds ( of the little ones ) 
 from above and below, 
 
 which above below interchanged sounds alike 
 
 ( reminded the Cat ) that they might alike 
 become food for her. [>«' 
 
 included might mouth (i. e. to eat)-'s-arlicles 
 
 Now the Cat's mouth had already watered 
 for a long time, and from thinking 
 
 then let fall slaver long lime thinking 
 
 perpetually (on she subject ), a plan was 
 devised. So she first went 
 
 extreme plan produced first spoke the 
 
 to the Eagle and said to her. " The Wild 
 
 " Sow ( your neighbour ) has 
 
 Eagle saying sowmolher not cherish 
 
 " very bad intentions ! you must be on your 
 guard against her ! " 
 
 good intention you must prevent her 
 
 The Eagle said in reply, "and how have 
 '• you found that out? " 
 
 Eagle said how-what see obtain 
 
 The Cat replied, " every day do I see her 
 
 " digging 
 
 Cat said I see her all 
 
 " and scraping away at the roots of the 
 " tree! her object is 
 
 duy scrape-dig tree-root wishei 
 
 " to throw down the. tree, and subvert or 
 " destroy your 
 
 overturn the tree and subvert the 
 
 "nest, in order to get possession of your 
 " children ! " The Eagle 
 
 tied thereby take your children Eagle 
 
 answered, "and is it indeed so? I must 
 
 " pay 
 
 said really as-is eh t lay-down 
 
 " attention and watch her ! truly these are 
 " no lies 
 
 heart ipy her really not deceit. 
 
 " ( you tell me ) ! " The, Cat then in her 
 turn addressed the 
 
 fa/ie Cat further turned round spoke the 
 
 ft i^r "£<.,£ 
 
 chaou, ke kSn tsih Yav-rhoo 
 chaou, ke Ma Isiik Yay-chu 
 
 pwan-keu, Maou tsih keu ke 
 poonkiiy, Maou t.-fik friy ke 
 
 cluing yen ! Yih jih, Ying hea 
 chung ycen ! Vat ydl, Yiug ha 
 
 chung-tsze : " e. che-" che shing. 
 chung-tsze: " ee , chre-" che shing, 
 
 pin jiih Maou urh ! ke-urh 
 pun yap Maou ee! kti ee 
 
 Choo yew hea tsae-tfze ; yii- 
 Chu y'au ha tsoy-tsze ; y>'- 
 
 she shang, hea. keaou-ming keun 
 the sheong, ha, kaou-ming kw'On 
 
 shtih ko kow.che-wiih. Macu 
 shuk ho h'au-che-mut. Jlfaou 
 
 tsi'h chuy seen kew-che: sze 
 U&k shuy yeen k'au-che: szi 
 
 kelh, ke sang! seen shwo ke 
 kit -, kei shang ! seen shuet ke 
 
 ying, yue\ " Choo-moo piih hwae 
 ying, yue , " Chii-na put wai 
 
 " haou e ! joo seu fang che ! " 
 " hou pel yii sfiy fi„g che!" 
 
 ying yuC, " ho <"• kijen-tih?" 
 ying yuel, '• ho-ce keentUk.'" 
 
 Maou yu*, " woo keen ke chung- 
 Maou yuel, " 'ng keen ke chung- 
 
 " jth pa-wS shoo-kan! yiih 
 " yul pdndl shii-kiln ! yuk 
 
 " king ke shoo, urh fuh ke 
 " king ke shu, e fook ke 
 
 " chaou, <"• Mm jno tszr ! " 
 "chaou, <r trig i, i hi.i!" ling 
 
 yu<*, '• kwo joo-sbehoo? Vim 
 yuel, '• kwo yu-she-oo ■' I'au 
 
 "sin kwei che! kwo ft: mow- 
 " sum kwei che ! kwo fee m'au- 
 
 "wang!" Maou yew chuen shw. 
 
 " ming ! - Maou y'au chune shuet kc 
 
?:> 
 
 Wild sow saying. " The Eagle in her 
 
 •• heart harbours 
 
 Kiu-niolher saying Eagle-heart cherishes 
 
 " no good ! she is continually spying and 
 •• looking about her ; [looking 
 
 not according, to- rule constantly spying- 
 
 " (expecting the time) when Your Ladyship 
 •• will go out to walk, and then 
 your-worship go-oul walk forthwith wishes 
 
 " (no doubt) she wishes to devour your 
 
 •• young! you really must 
 
 devour your — '« children must necessarily 
 
 '• keep a good watch ; this is most impor- 
 
 •' taut ! '' The (Sow at first 
 
 look watch it important sow beginning 
 
 could not believe her, but seeiiig the Eagle 
 
 constantly 
 
 not believe and see Eagle frequently 
 
 prying and spying, she forthwith gave cre- 
 dit to it as fact J 
 ipylook accordingly believed was true 
 
 upon which both parties (remained at home) 
 to guard their young 
 uponwhich each guarded young 
 
 and wcul J not stir a single step out of doors: 
 
 thus causing 
 
 one step not walk ther(by-leading-lo 
 
 them from the hunger they suffered to fall 
 
 siik, until 
 
 suffer-hunger get- tick until not 
 
 they could not rise ! the Cat then gained 
 
 both those 
 
 able rise the Cat then above 
 
 below and those above and took possession 
 
 of them, and then for the 
 
 below obtained and look them begin 
 
 first time they knew that they had fallen 
 
 into the snare 
 
 know hil (or fell into) Cot 's trick no- 
 
 of the Cat, but alas! such was their hunger 
 
 that they could not get up ! 
 
 remedy ! hunger not could rise Vulgar 
 
 The proverb says— Truth is not spoken 
 
 behind one's back, 
 
 saying good words not behind-back men 
 
 " and that which is spoken behind a man, 
 " can be for no good ! " and there 
 behind-back men no good-words further 
 
 is also the saying.—" When the kite and 
 
 " the oyster struggle together, the 
 
 soyt kite oyster mutually-holding fisher- 
 
 " fisherman gains profit thereby ! " it is so 
 
 indeed ! 
 
 man obtains profit it indeed! 
 
 No. 23. 
 
 The Horse, the Stag, and the Man. 
 Hone thinks revenge Slag enmity. 
 
 
 choo moo, yuc\ " Ying-»in hwae 
 chii-na, yuet, " Ying.tum wti 
 
 " piih kwei ! mei-mei kwei-tan 
 " pUt kwei ! mooy-mooy kwei-tam 
 
 " tsuh-hea chuh-hing, tseih yflh 
 " tsuk-hu chulh&ng, title yuk 
 
 '• tan joo-che tfzi ! pelh-seu 
 ••turn yu-che ttze '■ pttl-iiy 
 
 " kan-show wei yaou ! " Choo choo 
 " hoan-th'auwei yew!'' Chu chb 
 
 we sin, keih keen Ying chang 
 tnee s&n, kiip keen Ying sheong 
 
 kwei-she, suy sin wei chin i — 
 kwei-shee, tuy sun wei chiin — 
 
 yii-slie kS show tsae-tsze, 
 y6-she kok th'au tsoy-ttze, 
 
 yih poo piih hing, e-clic 
 yat poo put hang, et-chee 
 
 jin-ke, tih-ping; tae puh 
 y&n-kee, lUk-ping; toy put 
 
 nang ke ! ke Maou, tsYh shang 
 ndng hee ! ke Maou, It&k shrnug 
 
 hea, tih, urh tseu-che; ch<~ 
 ha, ink, e tsiiy-che ,- chie 
 
 die chung Maouche ke ! woo- 
 cltee chung Maou-che kei ■' man- 
 
 joo ! 'go piih nang hing ! Siih 
 yu! 'ngo ptit nttng hitig ! Ttuh 
 
 
 yun, " haou hwa piih pei jin ; 
 w&n, " houwa put pnoy yfin ; 
 
 "pei jin woo haou-hwa ! " yew 
 " pooy yun mou hou-wa '■ " ,y'*« 
 
 yun, " keuh, pang, seang-ch<~, yii- 
 wiin, " wittl, pong, seong-chre, y- 
 
 " jin tih-15 ! •' she yay ! 
 " y&n tiik-lee t " shee ya 1 
 
 Ma sze paou LBh chow. 
 Ma sze pou Lvk ch'au. 
 
26 
 
 L'pon Lingtae ( spiritual terrace ), a Horse 
 and Stag used to roam 
 
 f.ing-lae-upon Horse Slag t.g.-ther- 
 
 together. The Horse was continually re- 
 ceiving insults 
 
 reamed the Hone constantly received stag 
 
 f-om the Stag, and harboured resentment 
 in his heart, but had 
 
 i •nil henptd-up rveenge in heart not 
 
 no way to revenge his wrongs. So he be- 
 thought himself, " I must 
 
 thereby recompense-return self-thought must. 
 
 
 '■ have man's assistance, and then I will be * 
 
 " able to get rid [bleach-white ^17 ^s*. ^1 ~$T ~aT '^* 
 
 necessarily man strength then may snow i. e. 
 
 " of my hatred: and with that he besought 
 '• a military man 
 
 haired so begged a mililary-mon 
 
 saying, I the Horse have received insult 
 from the Stag 
 
 snying Horse received stag insult long 
 
 "for along time! the hatred within my 
 '■ breast, is difficult to be appeased ! 
 
 indeed ! this hatred hard dissolve teg 
 
 ' : I beg that you oh ! valiant Sir, will avenge 
 " me of my enemy,. 
 
 strong-sir for me retnlinte-enmily 
 
 " and I (the Horse) will surely recompense 
 
 '• you during my whole life! [turn ^L #$£-» £^C j§] \fj £(? 
 
 Horse ought all-lifetime to- the-end make-re- ™» "* . ""l-^w 
 
 The Warrior said, if you really wish to 
 have your grievances 
 
 military-man said you desire to right 
 
 " righted, you must listen to what I say, ^^ 
 
 '■ and adopt &£ ■>> -^r?? -i* Sdt: -*• l 
 
 injustice musl-of-necessily words hear scheme -*T2i ^- i 'J?\ i=? ' 
 
 " my plan ; permit me to bestride and ma- 
 
 * nage you, and then it ^f. 
 
 follow permit me beslride-minnige so 
 
 •• will no doubt do !" The Horse said. '• if 
 '■ I can only obtain your 
 
 may Horse said obtain goud-mnn muluaUy- 
 
 
 %&&ik%kif 
 
 >* i 
 
 lathed him, and the agreement to revenge 
 
 hU wrong* Jib* A. J 
 
 flogged him avcngc.cnmily.'i agreement iff* <L *^.1^j-^-'V^ 
 
 • assistance Sir, I shall not shrink from 
 •■ fire or water !" There 
 
 help water fire not avoid nothing 
 
 was in fact nothing that he did not promise. 
 Thesjldier immediately, 
 
 not pro mise military-man accordingly 
 
 procured a saddle and stirrups, which he 
 bound upon his body. 
 
 bought saddle-stirrups bound his body 
 
 and further put an iron circle or bit in his 
 upon further by iron ring billed 
 
 mouth. From this time lie rode him and 
 hit mouth Jrom this rode and 
 
 Ling-tae-shang Ma, Lfih, tnng 
 Ling toy-theong Ma, Luk, tung 
 
 yew. Ke Ma mei show Liih 
 y'au. Ke »>/a mooy sh'au Luk 
 
 ke, tseih yuen yii sin, woo 
 hee, tsil.' yime yii sum, mo:t 
 
 e paou-f-jh ! tsze-sze, " pei'b- 
 ee pou-fook ! t»zc->ze, " peet- 
 
 " seu jin-lelh, fang ko seu3 
 '• >''y yiin lik, f6ng ho seut 
 
 " hSn ; " nae kew yih woo-foo. 
 '• hUn ; " nai k'au yat mou-foo 
 
 yue\ li V* show l.iih ke kew 
 yuel, " Jlia sh'au Luk hee k'au 
 
 " e ! tsze h£n nan seaou ! kew 
 " ee ! tsze hUn nin sew I k'au 
 
 " chwang-sze wei wo paou chow, 
 " chdngsxe wei 'ago pou-ch'tu, 
 
 " Ma tang chung-shin f paou ! '' 
 '•.Ma ting chung-sl.fm ee pon .'" 
 
 Woo-foo yuo, "jno yiih shin 
 Moufoo yuct, "yii ynk shun 
 
 " yuen, peih-seu yen ting, ke 
 " yime, peet-siy yeen ting, kei 
 
 " tsung : — jin wo keu-she, nae 
 " tnitf : — yum 'ngii l:i,y-nhci, nai 
 
 •' ko ! " Ma yu£ " till kcun seang- 
 " hi : " Ma yuel, " ttik kuiin 
 
 " pang, shwny ho piih p< ! " woo 
 "pong, thuy fi pat pee!'' rnon 
 
 piih ying thing. M'oo-fon sin 
 put ying- thing. Monfio itty 
 
 clir pan-tang lH Id shin- 
 thii oun-lung hci /,'■ sl.ihi- 
 
 shang, yew e teehwau hau 
 shinny, y'au cc Iccl-uun ham 
 
 ke kow ; tsung laid, !>,• urli 
 ke h'nu ; tsung Iszi, l.«y , 
 
 die ! paou-chow-rhe y ,1 
 petn the .' pou-ch'au-chc yok 
 
27 
 
 was never brought forward at all! The g-g ^*JF 55 l£,«WnL «>«u*-Pu h te-keth! Ma hwuy 
 Horse repenting JMO'O* i%L. 5*^. im? I#F tseut-pOt lei-kup ! Ma fooy 
 
 never-nol introduced Horse repenting 
 
 by the Stag and even that *^ WJ -"*^- <££* ' j/v 1 J 5 / vnr/i >. ,,,.,.„ ,/,'au Lufr hee, sheong 
 
 of his folly said. " formerly 1 was insulted vrr) •*?*■ .'^. ^ W 4> yue", " tseen show Lbh ke, shang 
 
 sa/rf before received slag insult still 
 
 "was hard to bear : now I am bestrode by _-j». a{j y7 >^ rg_ > " piih n&ng jin i kin show Jin 
 
 "Man and am ^\\ r1t*>\^ r^ '>C ^- " pii< r nang yun ; hum sh'auYun 
 not could bear now receive man 
 
 m&%\f,\fM 
 
 ride all-lifetime slave-degrade repent "/^J <)>\ *°j <?% IT^I'*^" ' kay, chung shun pook-pook ; fooy 
 
 ' his slave for ever ! my repentance is alas! g;^ ^^ ^ f"!^,- &J>}L X J 'n " ke, chung-shin puh-piih ; hwuy 
 ■ide all-lifetime slave-degrade repent 
 
 "unavailing! yes indeed! I ought not to • _ _ „ 
 
 "have 4&T5 £.3fciL A ' W0 ° ' C " 
 
 no/ come-up-to alns ! very indeed! man "7»V» V>» ^. \££ ^/^'N. " mo<i A«p eel Sham eel yun 
 
 " availed myself of the power of man!" » - --*-£» J- " leih che, piih ko tseih yay ! " 
 
 strength's not may borrow truly. J I "^^- -"J"* '"'J ^,r^ kL^ " Hkche, put ho tsik ya '■ " 
 
 No. 22. 
 
 The Bear and the Bees. O^/L'L •> -*.u *' un 8 chi " J'"-l" un B- 
 
 Bees »<in? Bear. 
 
 During the reigns of Vu and Shun there r- Yii Shun keen, teen-hea tae-] 
 
 was perfect peace in the Empire, 
 
 Yu Shun the-lime-of Fleaven-below perfect 
 
 and in spring- time the flowers and trees 
 
 displayed an exhuberant foliage. -pff ;Jr g>=| _v/~ _i_ j>j- I>>»g. chun-keeu hwa miih mow- 
 
 pence springtime flowers-trees flourishing- I > 13 V I ^ j '"£j y I s *- ^ >^ ping-, chun-kan fa-muk m'au- 
 
 ( Under these circumstances) a Bear went 
 
 to take a ramble outside the j~£ » .A^ ,jl/- » > shin?. Jin heung yew yii keaou- 
 
 r.bnndant Bear roamed by country- /JBNi !, ft J ^i V V* •< | > »*'»?• Yunhiing y'au yii kaou- 
 
 city. when most unexpectedly he got stung 
 
 by a MY fo 'J* <f&,/.\. wa< "' huilh p5 fung-ehin yih 
 
 bey and suddenly received Bee sling one • 'U IIn."^] ' * '"£<'.?. /"' pee fung-chiim yat 
 
 &&4X- i j& twg ch " 1 J,n -'" u "g- 
 
 T ^ | "^** 7,^ fung thUm I fin-hung. 
 
 js, -. ___ - Yii Shun keen, teen-hea 
 
 •P* ^^ f^ ^- "~F ^^ W 5 '""' A ""' ' ce "'* a 
 
 /Bl- 
 
 Bet- ! as it "ave him a deal of pain he could 
 
 not repress his O ill t ^ T oT' ° W; tun *" 8,,ln ' n °° pU '' k ° 
 
 puncture aching-exlremc/u rage not might ^ ^ ^ -V^ ^J^ H J h'au ; tung-shUm, nou pUl ho 
 
 rage, so he went in quest of their hive <£j/.*V "^ -tJ" &A _» keae ! suy tsin ke chaou-luy, 
 
 loose accordingly sought their nest-heap vfJ"f' , ^i.Hj 'x> ^^. ^j^ kmt't s«y tsum ke chaou-luy, 
 
 and completely overturned and destroyed it. 
 
 I"pon this the" whole of the Bees -g- /g ys ^ ^h? king-ftth-che! Chung fung 
 
 and subverted-overturnedil all Bees ^ ^ -^» ^."^ ^- ^r c Wng;/o»* ; e*»/ Chung fung 
 
 sallied forth, and (forming as it were)a cir- 
 cle round him, stung him (most cruelly). ^Li- ,-} \-^j /I -, yung chiih. twan urh cliin-chc:- 
 
 3ilBifr>^t^ 
 
 sallied-en-massc encircled and slung him 47EE. jZ-l 1 »f ) P '/ ;£- 1 *~ ^_ yi'mg-chul, time e chttm-che 
 (With all his efforts ) he could not brush 
 
 them off, so repenting ^ saou-choo pub te«, nae hwuy 
 
 ftr« S ;,- fl u>«y «»J cAdr, fe so repenting ^ r^^^^ W* "*■ '''" •" l< " f '' "<"' /""* 
 he exclaimed, " I wished to satisfy my 
 
 hate for the single sting I received, y vlu ^ .< yil h S ed yTh chin-che 
 
 .M/a - U'j'sAed reni one sling's p/ -^ /^ ypft — * ^ T* ~^__ //«<;/, "J**fe see/ ^n/ chiim-che 
 
 " and on the contrary I have brought upon 
 me the evil of ten ,, v _ . ^ _^. ^ k . ^. " han, fan show wan chin-che 
 
 " hltn, fan sh'au man chiim-che 
 
 me tue cvn ui ucu \ **- ^^ -* ^ fc _ _^ 
 
 hatred contrary receive ten-thousand stings' a \\^%, J^^. ^Stl fi$) &\ >> ^_ 
 
 " thousand ! " The Lun-yu (i. e. sayincs 
 
 __" of Confucius) says, "if you do not suffer " hae ! '' Lun-yii yun„ " seaou piih 
 
 damage Lun-yu says lillle not •& P^ou"^? T^> "hoy!" Lun-yu wiin, "sew put 
 
£8 
 
 " a Utile with patience, you will thereby «— , cv, 
 
 - bring about a great disorder ! " How y*£. ft l] 0jl J- =tT j£ 
 
 f)a/i>n/ Men disorder s>rrnl nlnr, Tk. ^ * ^* ^~ i "^" ^^ ' > 
 
 patient then disorder great plan. The 
 
 perfectly true this is ! 
 truthful-ness indeed ! 
 
 No. 25. 
 
 The Gardener, the Huntsman and Hare. 
 Hunts-man expels Hare. 
 
 m<pMi% 
 
 " Jin, tsih lwan ta mow! ' 
 
 ' ke 
 
 " yiin, tsiik tunc tui m'au '■ 
 
 " ke 
 
 sin-jen e ! 
 
 
 sun-yecn ee ! 
 
 
 LceMioo chuh Too. 
 Leep-oo chol; Tou. 
 
 At the bottom of the Go me mountain was 
 an ancient 
 
 (ro-me-hill-below had old 
 
 garden, within which lived a Gardener, who 
 planted and 
 
 garden inside had flower-artificer planted- 
 
 reared all kinds of trees and shrubs, and who 
 prepared and looked after all kinds of [ers- 
 
 reared trees-shrubs prepared-arranged flow- 
 
 flowers and herbage. Every thing was most 
 properly arranged, but. fie upon it! 
 
 grass very c/assed-as made-proper only 
 
 was a Hare, which was continually coming 
 and treading 
 
 hate! wild-hare constantly coming tread- 
 
 down the tender plants, and there seemed 
 to be no way of preventing 
 
 trample tender pistils no remedy restrain. 
 
 him ! accordingly he (the Gardener) invited 
 a Huntsman to come to 
 
 stop accordingly request Hunts-man come 
 
 his garden, to drive out the Hare. The 
 Huntsman 
 
 garden drive-out the Hare Hunts- 
 
 proudly put on his armour and mounted 
 his 
 
 man proudly put-on armour mounted 
 
 steed, he slung his bow and stuck arrows 
 ( in his quiver.) and brought 
 
 horse suspended bow inserted arrows next 
 
 in his train a pack of hunting-dogs ; and 
 thus with a most majestic air 
 
 brought hunting-dogs a pack "tajeslic- 
 
 entered the earden. The hounds in a pack 
 went searching and rooting every where, 
 
 air entered garden pack-dogs crowding- 
 they ran about helter skelter with unbridled 
 license, so that [pidl.V 
 
 hurrying searched-cnught great license ra- 
 
 all which before were flowers and shrubs, 
 were now 
 
 propelled what had flowers-shrubs made 
 
 trodden into a perfect waste ! The Gar- 
 dener 
 
 '$ trodden-trampled a void artificer 
 
 A: 
 
 
 'Go-mi" -shan-liea yew koo 
 
 'i\go-ntti-sfiiin-ha j,'uh koo 
 
 yuen ; chung yew hwa-tseang cliung- 
 yiine ; chung j,'au fa-tseong chung- 
 
 chih shoo-miih, teaou-le hwa- 
 chil: shu-mak, tew-lee fa- 
 
 tsaou : shin shiih ching-lse ! wei 
 tsou : sh&m shuk ching-tsei ! wei 
 
 han yay-too. chang lae tseen- 
 hUn yay-tou, sheoug loy tseen- 
 
 1a niin-juy, woo-fa kin— 
 tap nilne-yuy, moufat kum- 
 
 ch? ! suy tsing Leg-hoo taou 
 chte ! suy tsing Leep-oo tou 
 
 yuen, keu-chuh ke Too. Le'g- 
 y^ne, ktiy chok ke Tou. Leep- 
 
 chay 'gang jet) pe kwa shang 
 chay 'ngong-yeen pee kwa iheoug 
 
 ma, heuen kung ch& tseen, suy 
 ma, yune kung chap tseen, suy 
 
 tae letf-keuen yth tuy, wei- 
 tai leep-hiine yat tin/, wei- 
 
 fung j till yuen ; keun keuen fiin- 
 fung yap yiine ; kwiin-hune /fin- 
 fun sow-poo, ta-fzu pun 
 /fin s'au-poo, tai-sic piin 
 
 cb.0, so yew hwa-mith, wei- 
 chok, iho y'au fa-muk, wei- 
 
 che tsi ; en-tk ylh kung! Tseing 
 the turn-tap yat hung ! Tseong 
 
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 relenting siid, " the damage which the 
 '• Hare did me during 
 
 repenting said Hare 's do hurt 
 
 " the whole year, was not so great as what 
 
 " the Huntsman has done me 
 
 one year not a» Hunt-er 
 
 " in the course of a moment ! but alas ! my 
 
 " repentance is of no avail ! " 
 
 one instant repent not come-up alas .' 
 
 The proverb says, " Wishing to avoid a 
 " wasp's sting, he on the other hand 
 Common say because avoided wasp sting 
 
 " got bit by a Tiger ! " it is so indeed ! 
 contrary received tiger bite is indeed. 
 
 No. 36. 
 
 The Belly and Members. 
 Four- Members rebel. 
 
 %& %>*-%*% 
 
 ^%ks 
 
 
 hwuy yue", " Too-che wei hae 
 fooy yuet, " Tou-che wei hoy 
 
 " yih ne'en, ptih jo LeS-chay 
 «' yal neen, put yolc Leep-chay 
 
 " yih kih ! hwuy woo keih e ! '' 
 " yal hale ! fooy mott kup ee ! " 
 
 Suh yun, " Yin pe Fung chin, 
 Tsuk wlln, " Y&n pee Fung chnm, 
 
 " fan pe Hoo yaou ! " 8he yay ! 
 "fan pee Foo 'ngaou ! " shee ya ! 
 
 Sze-che fan-pwan. 
 Sze-chee fan-poon. 
 
 One day the Four Members bound them- 
 selves together by oath, [{by oath) 
 One day Four-Members together-contracted 
 
 saying, " We the Four Members do daily 
 
 *' suffer a deal 
 
 saying we pr. p. Four Members day- 
 
 " of misery ! As for the eatables which we 
 
 " obtain, 
 
 by-day trouble-misery thnt-which obtain-'s 
 
 " these entire'y revert to the Belly, and for 
 
 " as much, difficult it is 
 
 eatables entirely return belly anger 
 
 " to pacify our indignation ! Moreover 
 
 " the Belly 
 
 very difficult even more-over Bel- 
 
 " has not got the slightest duty to perform ! 
 
 " he utterly 
 
 ly also-nol have business alone 
 
 " depends upon our exertions ! after this 
 " then 
 
 wails our pr. p- 's strength this- 
 
 " we hereby swear that we shall not evert 
 " ourselves 
 
 after we swear not for 
 
 " in his behalf, and then we shall see how 
 " (he will get on without 
 
 him put forth strength see him as- 
 
 " us) ! '' Upon that the legs crossed them- 
 selves, while the hands clasped 
 
 how. thereupon foot laid-down hands 
 
 each other, and thus they quietly passed some 
 
 ten days or so, until they gradually [ally / -^ ,>» ug gjjjfr *-» c 4j/» 
 gathered- up inacth<e-ly passed decade gradu- "Ov-*^ >$**- Ax , >' ,, J-* ^v "-rl\ 
 
 found themselves weak and emaciated, so 
 much so 
 
 adverted emaciated-weak very proceed-to not 
 
 & f -£;#r ft*. 
 
 ^## sifted 
 
 ff M£T* 
 
 Yih jlh Sze-che hwuy-ming, 
 Yat yat Szi-chee ooy-mSng, 
 
 yue\ " Woo- ting Sze-che, jth- 
 yuet, " 'JVg-tSng Sze-chee, yal- 
 
 " cliuli sin-koo ! so tih-che 
 " chok sun-foo ! sho-tUkche 
 
 " chlh, tsin kwei Too-fuh ; ke 
 
 " shile, IsUn kwei Tou-fook ; hce 
 
 " shin nan ping ! urh-tseay. Too* 
 " shiim ndn ping ! ee-chay, Tou- 
 
 " fuh ping-fe yew sze ; chuen 
 " fook ping-fee y'au sze-. chune 
 
 " tae wo-pei-che leih ! tsze- 
 " toy 'ngo-pooy-che lik ! tsze- 
 
 " how, wo-tSng she puh wei 
 " Kau, 'ngd-t&ng shei pHt wei 
 
 " ta chflh-leih, kan ta joo- 
 " ta chut-lik, hoan ta yii- 
 
 " ho ! " Yii-she tsflh keaou, show 
 " hi ! " Yu-she tsuk hew, slran 
 
 leen, tsefti-jen king seun, tseen 
 leem, tsik-yeen king tsun, tseem 
 
 keS keu-jo ; shin che puh 
 kok k&y-ytik ; shum chee pill 
 
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 that they could not get up or move ! little 
 did they know, 
 
 able rise-stir and-indeed not know 
 
 that in order to turn the services of the Four 
 Members to useful account, 
 
 Four-members 's therefore circulnte- 
 
 were it not that the Belly ruled and (resided 
 over the whole, 
 
 use p. d p. if not heart-bowels govern 
 
 they could not stir a step ! The Belly had 
 not as yet 
 
 them not move indeed Heart-bowels 
 
 received the slightest hurt, while the Hands 
 and Feet 
 
 nol-yel wounded and hands feel before 
 
 were long already dead ! This then applies 
 to the men of this 
 
 already dead .' as world-men 
 
 world : — to those who will not give obedience 
 to the magistrates. 
 
 not submit man-darins p. d. p. this 
 
 The (old) books say, " Were there no wise 
 " men, there would not be wherewithal 
 also Book says not superior-man 
 
 " to rule the ignorant men : and were there 
 " no ignorant men, it would be 
 
 not govern rude-man not rude- 
 
 " impossible to support the wise men ! '' 
 this then is just 
 
 man not support superior-man then 
 
 the same saying also. And it is further said 
 
 " when members 
 
 this 's saying also further says 
 
 " of the same family quarrel among them- 
 " selves, is it not indeed [not 
 
 calamity rises inner-walls(i. e. relatives) how 
 
 " to be lamented ! " 
 lamented indeed.' ? 
 
 No. 57. 
 
 
 
 ^-r»w 
 
 The Fox and Raven. 
 Crow Fox. 
 
 
 >»• 
 
 3 
 
 naiig ke tung ! urh pull c!i5, 
 nang hec lung .' ee put chee, 
 
 pze-che-che ?o 6 yun- 
 sze-chec-rhe shu ee wun 
 
 yung chay, fe Sin-fiih rhoo 
 yung-chay, fee Sum fool; chil 
 
 ehe. piih Itillg yay ! Sin-fiih 
 the, ptit Mng ya ! Suu-fook 
 
 we sliMiig. nih show, tsiih, seen 
 mec sheom, e sh'uu, lank, teen 
 
 v szi- s ! Joo slio-jTn 
 
 ee szi ee ! Yii. ihri-yuri 
 
 pub full kwan-fiio chay, Isze 
 ]:ut fn'l: l.onn-fooi h ■!/, /.zr 
 
 yay ! Shoo ynn, •' wco keun-tsze, 
 ya ! Shii wan, " mou kwiin /,-.", 
 
 " mi) clie yay-jin ; woo yay- 
 " mok 1 lice yay-jjm ; m<tu yay- 
 
 "jin, mo yang keun-tsze ; " tseil) 
 " yun, wok yaong kwiin-tsz" ; " t^ii; 
 
 tsze che wei yay. Yew yur, 
 J.vze che wei ya. Y'uu icun, 
 
 " ho ke seaou-tseang, ke pilli 
 " wo hee sew tseong, hee put 
 
 " seih tsae ! " 
 " site tsoy ! " 
 
 Ya, Hoo. 
 Ah, Oo. 
 
 The Raven by nature is not a singing bird. 
 One day 
 
 Crow originally not skilled losing one 
 
 while holding some sweet morsel or other 
 in her bill, she had 
 
 day mouth held eat-able securely 
 
 snugly perched herself on the trp of a tree, 
 when just in the nick of 
 
 perched tree-upon apropos had hungry 
 
 time there was a hungry Fox, who seeing 
 her. wished to get possession 
 
 Fax see her desired snatch the 
 
 Ya pun puh shen ming. YTh 
 Jh poon pal sheen ming. Yat 
 
 Afo €) r> 4& %%>'-&' Hoo k8m che - y fll1 ,B fee 
 ^'r-^L^^-V-^T Oo keen che, yuk Ute kr 
 
 jib, kow ban chih-wuh. win 
 
 shlh yew 'pu 
 shik y'au 'ngo 
 
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 of her fool but hail no way of putting his 
 intentions in execution ; so he 
 eatable >i»t whrre'iy make pla-i so 
 
 betboug'it himself of a trick and said, " I 
 " have heard that y.iur honour war'iles 
 produced a schmc saying *■'«" Prior- 
 
 "most enchnntingly 'The nymph in ra- 
 
 " iliir.t robes nod feathered 
 
 horn have radiant clothes feather garments 
 
 " ' g.irh ' and I have come with no otlier 
 " intention than just to hear that goddess- 
 \ wonderful purposely come one listen 
 
 " Mine, thereby to recreate my untaught 
 
 " ear ! 
 
 genii bnlliid whereby tranquilize vulgar ear 
 
 " Prav (In not on any account refuse me ! " 
 
 The Raven believed 
 
 happily di'nl see-decline crow believed 
 
 that is was indeel so. and could not contain 
 
 herself for joy. 
 
 war so joy not self-overcome 
 
 so she acrnrdinplv rommenced to ping and 
 opened wide her bill ; upon which 
 accordingly began soutd opened mouth the 
 
 her sweet morsel fell to the £ round ! 
 eat-ahle already escan'd-fell I 
 
 The Fox picked it up, and thus addressed 
 
 her, 
 
 Fax then p : cl:ed-up it iiddrssing crew 
 
 " after this, should any one l.iul and com- 
 
 " mend your Honor 
 
 said afterwards lave praise Prior- 
 
 " as a pood singer, do not upon any account 
 
 " believe him ; 
 
 horn sing p. d. p. urgently do'nt he'ieve 
 
 " depend unon it he must h ive private rea- 
 " sons for doing so ! " The proverb 
 them must have reason indeed vulgar 
 
 savs. " we must be on our guard against 
 '• flattery, lest that it be held out to us 
 saying sweet words must guard are 
 
 
 i^VLm^i 
 
 '-ir 
 
 *iV%r- 
 
 M % % A 
 
 Z'SttintQii 
 
 ' as a bait ! " this is just so ! 
 bail this then 
 
 Ho. 28. 
 
 A 
 
 The Tailor and Movnteban'-. [play-plans.) 
 Tcilor {lit, cut out and sew) Juggler {lit. 
 
 
 rhih, woo c wei fa ! nae 
 shik, mot, re wei fat! nai 
 
 fling ylh ke. JttHi "wan sten- 
 shang yal Uei, yuel, " miin seen- 
 
 "sang vew ; •' ne-chang yii-e'- 
 " shang y'au 'ngeisheong y*--ee'- 
 
 " che meaou ! till lae yfll ling 
 " che mew! Ink lay ynl I'mg 
 
 " seen keuh, c tsing siih urh ! 
 " seen I'd/:, ee tsing tsuk ie I 
 
 " liing wiih keen-keu!" Va sin 
 "iiing mill keen-I.eok ■'" .4h sun 
 
 wei jen, he pub tsze-shinc: ! 
 wei ye.en, hee put tszr-shing .' 
 
 suy kae shing, chang low ; ke 
 suy hoy shing, cieong h'uu; he 
 
 chih-wiih e to-18 e ! 
 shik-mUt ee tule-lok ee I 
 
 Hoo tsih shTh che, wei Ya 
 Oo tsiilc sl.Up che, tret Ah 
 
 vug. "tseang-lae yew si-en si'er- 
 yuet, " fscang-loy y'au seen seen- 
 
 " sang chang-chay. tret wiih wi 
 '• shang cheang-chay, tseel mitt sun 
 
 "che! peih yew koo yay ! " Siih 
 " che .' peel y'au hoo ya ! " T,uk 
 
 TUB, "teen yen, seu fang she 
 nun, "teem yeen, st>y fCng tie 
 
 " urh ; " tsze yay ! 
 ™ 'nee ; " tsze ya ! 
 
 Tsae-fung, He-fS. 
 Tsoyfung, Tlee-Jat. 
 
 (Once upon a time) a Tailor with a Mounte 
 
 bank were discussing 
 
 Tailor mechanic with M- unle- 
 
 the affairs of this (ever- vary ;ng) world, f nsss n 
 bank person comparcd-discussed world-buti 
 
 
 Tsae-fung-tseang yii Pi-en-lie- 
 Tsoy-fung-lseor/g yi' Peen-f.ee- 
 
 fa-chay ping lun she-sze. 
 fal-chay pinglun shei-tze. 
 
32 
 
 " alas for me ! " said the Tailor, " I only 
 " know how to cut-out and 
 
 mechanic said I only understand cut-out 
 
 " sew. and am good for nothing else ! dif- 
 
 " ficult will it be therefore for me 
 
 sew other not that-which excel difficult 
 
 " to take care of myself! how can I be com- 
 " pared with you Sir, who possess many 
 
 bu which idf-defend how as foot-below (i.e. 
 
 " talents and can put your hand to any- 
 
 " thing ! surely you have no occasion 
 
 you sir) many talents many trades certainly- 
 
 " for «nxiety I" Said the Mountebank to 
 
 him 
 
 really not guard Juggler said 
 
 " Do not (my friend) be under any alarm ! 
 '• I must surely show you some 
 
 you do'nt grieve I ought communicate 
 
 " plan of getting along!'' S.i he took one 
 
 or two easy (tricks,) 
 
 you plans accordingly look one 
 
 and taught them to him. 
 
 two easy-learn-ones taught him 
 
 Most unexpectedly a year of dearth and 
 
 famine ensued, 
 
 suddenly met year-season famine-barren 
 
 and the people of the land being poor and 
 wretched, for ten successive 
 men-people distress-misery the Jug- 
 
 days the Mountebank could turn his talent 
 to no account ; 
 
 gler-man pass-decade not proceed- 
 on the other hand, the Tailor being a per- 
 son of whom the world 
 market but Tailor-mechanic finally 
 
 under all circumstances stood in need, could 
 
 still manage to 
 
 being age that-which must-necessary still 
 
 get a bellyful : and it so happened that the 
 
 (clever) Mountebank was 
 
 could paste fill-mouth wilh-lhul Jug- 
 
 compelled, contrary to his expectations, to 
 beg assistance from the Tailor (whom 
 
 gler-person contrary begged from mechanic 
 
 he before despised !) The proverb says- 
 " Better know one Trade well, than 
 
 man vulgar saying hundred trades not 
 
 " have a smattering of a hundred ! " It is 
 
 indeed to ! 
 
 at one trade well-skilled is indeed 
 
 No. 28. 
 
 The Dyer and Puller. 
 
 Wash Dye cloth each profession. 
 
 r»ft.fc*|dv*Jt. 
 
 Tseaug yufi, " wo chlh hwuy tsae- 
 Tseong yuel, " 'ngo chik ooy tsoy- 
 
 " fung ! pee" woo so chang, nan 
 " fung '■ peel mon sho cheong, nan 
 
 " e tsze-hoo ! ho joo tsiih- 
 " ce tsze-oo .' ho ^ti tsuk- 
 
 " hea, to tsae. to e ! ting- 
 " ha, to tsoy, to 'ngei! ting- 
 
 " tsze piih fang ! " He-chay yuS. 
 " tsze piil fong ! " Hee-chay yuel, 
 
 "joo wuh yew! woo ting show 
 '• yti miit y'au ! 'ng long sh'ati 
 
 "joo fang- fa!" suy tseang yih, 
 " H™ f on g-fat •'" suy tseong yat, 
 
 urh, e-he(5-chay keaou che. 
 ee, ce-hoak-chay Kaon che. 
 
 Hwiih! yti neen-suy ke-hwang ! 
 Fi'itt .' yii neen-suy kee-fong ! 
 
 jin-min kwan-koo. ke He. 
 yun-mun kuiinfoo, ke Hee- 
 
 fa-chay, king-seun piih fa- 
 falchay, kingtsun pXt fat- 
 
 she! urh Tsae- fung- tseang kew 
 thee ■' e Tsoy-fung-tseong k'au 
 
 he she so peih-seu, shang 
 hei shei sho peelsvy, sheong 
 
 nang hoo-kow :-)ii-she He- 
 nditg oo-h'au : ya-she Hee- 
 
 fa-chay fin kew yu Taeang- 
 f at- chay fan k'au yu Tseong- 
 
 jin ! Siih yun, " plh e, woo 
 yiin ! Tsuk wlin, " pdk 'ngci, mon 
 
 " joo yih i tsing." she yay ! 
 " jf« ydt 'ngei Iting," thee yu .' 
 
 8e, Jen poo, ku ne'e 
 Sei, Yeem poo, kok yeep 
 
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 ( The professions of) bleaching and dyeing 
 are not carried on 
 
 /Fault cloth with dye clothes each 
 
 on the same principle. One day a Fuller 
 not same road (or principle) one day fVuxh- 
 
 and Dyer were holding a consultation to- 
 gether, when ( the latter) 
 tt with Dy-er con-suited 
 
 thus remarked, -'Why should not you and 
 " I carry on our business 
 *nying how not you [ together 
 
 " in company ? would not this still further 
 " increase our friendship and 
 
 lu/siness how not still-more lie near- 
 
 "intimacy!'' The Fuller replied, "as 
 " you and 1 do not conduct our 
 secret ffash-er said you I 
 
 " business on the same principle, we can 
 " never mutually agree upon the 
 not same road not mutually make 
 
 " same plan ; for after I had in the course 
 " of my profession washed my cloth 
 si heme in-ilsnalure I wash cluth-'s- 
 
 " ' snowy white without a flaw, and unsul- 
 " ' lied by 
 
 after snow white no flaw one 
 
 " ' a single speck ; ' behold ! were it (i. e. 
 *' m) cloth) only 
 
 dust not sully how know one 
 
 " to pass thro' your hands, there would not 
 " be a 
 
 pass-thro' your hands finally not one 
 
 " particle of it's original color remaining ! 
 " the hatred in which 
 
 hair original color! I already 
 
 " I hold (your profession) has already en- 
 " tered my very bones and marrow ; 
 
 haired entered hones-marrow still wish 
 
 " and can you still wish us to carry on bu- 
 " siness together pray? "' Menciussays, 
 together business eh ? Mang-lsze says 
 
 " The man who makes arrows, is only 
 " alarmed lest they may not wound 
 arrow-man only fears not wound 
 
 " men ; while he who makes armour, alone 
 " feels afraid lest men may be 
 
 man armour-man only fears wound 
 
 " wounded : "—and what is there in this 
 to cause surprise? 
 
 man and what strange eh ? 
 
 No. 30. 
 
 The Iron pot and the Earthen pot. 
 Earthen Iron pots together journey. 
 
 ^ ik >& 4t A ^% 
 
 '¥- 
 
 fit 6«- 
 
 Sti poo, yii Jen e, kS 
 Sei poo, y<l Yeem ee, kok 
 
 pith tung taou. Ylh jib Se- 
 ptit tung lou. Yid ydt Sei- 
 
 chay yii Jen-chay shang-e, 
 c hay yii Yeem-chuy sheong-ce, 
 
 yue, " ho piih tie, wo, tung 
 yuel, " ho piit ne, 'ngo, titng 
 
 "sze? ke puh khng wei tsin- 
 " sze? hee pitt king wei Isan- 
 
 '• meih 1 " S5-chay yue - , " ne, wf>, 
 " mitt .' " Sei-chay yuet, " ne, ,ngo 
 
 " puh tung taou, puh seang wei 
 "piit tung lou, put seong wei 
 
 " mow :— yuen, wo se-poo-che- 
 " m'au: — yune, ngo sei-poo-che- 
 
 " how, ' seue pih woo hea, ylh 
 " h'uu, • sent pak mou h&, yut 
 
 " chin puh jen ' ; ke che ylh 
 " chun piit yeem ' ; hee chee yat 
 
 " king joo show, king woo yih 
 " king yii. sh'au, king mou yal 
 
 " haou yuen sih e ! Woo e 
 " hou yune shik ee '. 'JVg ee 
 
 "ban juh kfih-suy, shang yuh 
 " hiin yap kwul-suy, shiong yuk 
 
 " tung sze hoo? " Mang.tsze yun, 
 " tung sze oo?" Mang-tsze i.i.n. 
 
 " she-jin wei kung puh shang 
 " chee- yun wei hung pat sheong 
 
 "jinj han-jin wei kung shang 
 " yOn: hdm-yiinwei hung slieong 
 
 "jin ;" yew ho kwae hoo? 
 " yUn ; " y'au ho kwai oo ! 
 
 Wa, Tee" kang, tung hing. 
 'JVgd, Teet kong, tung h&ng. 
 
34 
 
 / 
 
 A leng time ago, when the Great Emperor J^ 
 
 Yu was draining off the 
 
 Of-old Ta Yu drained-off water Sze 
 
 waters. & the rivers Sze & H wae were boiling 
 
 and bubbling (like two 
 
 Hwae bubbling-up-billows received water 
 
 (it so happened) that a couple of pots, one of 
 Karth and the other of Iron were suddenly 
 go- away Earthen Iron turn jars drifting 
 
 sweptaway.and they drifted with thecurrent 
 quite unable to con 
 current no master 
 
 che shwuy, Sze, 
 chee shuy, Sze, 
 
 EJ -K pQ V3 /faty Sik, Tai.Yu 
 
 & Hwae were boiling ?/j£ QJ&.JSi -?rfc» _]> -££i Hwae, tang-yung ; pc shwuy chung 
 
 cataracts); [abrupt- J ft tf^^TR. /Nffff „ v> ^g.^,.,. .»„, fWnff 
 
 tliecurrent, ,J- Jl- : . O- /.. » lew, 
 
 .ro.theirhead.ongcourse! ^ ^L ^ JL f^^ ?«■ 
 (or not govern) the Ironjar * 
 
 The Iron pot addressing the Earthen pot _j-j _ > wei Wa-kang, yu«, " w 
 
 said, « I observe M A±V&- K If" ^ «*< Aft»M«, iU " '« 
 
 addressing Earthen-jar said I see » 
 
 chiih, Wa, Teg, urh king ; peaou 
 rAu/, 'Aga, 7Vf/, ee A-dng ; pew 
 
 lew, woo choo! Ke Teg-king 
 matt chii ! Ke Tecl-I;6ng 
 
 voo she 
 'ng shec 
 
 " that your frame of body is by no means 
 
 " strong ! why then 
 
 your body not jirm how not 
 
 " not travel together with me side by side ? 
 with me one-at-same time together-walk 
 
 " theone being thus supported by the other, 
 " we should most probably avoid 
 that this mutually-relying very-likely 
 
 " the risque of damage ! '' The Earthen 
 pot declined his proposal saying, 
 not lose Earthen-pot excused saying 
 
 " altho' Your Honor has no doubt the 
 " kindest intentions in the world, [lention 
 foot-below (i. e. You Sir) al- though good in- 
 
 •• yet hard and soft cannot well unite to- 
 
 *' gether : — 
 
 only hard soft not may together 
 
 " 1 very much fear that a rush of the 
 " foaming torrent would cause us 
 rise fear fierce stream one come 
 
 " to resemble too closely the egg that 
 " knocked herself against a stone, 
 finally as by-means-of egg knock stone 
 
 " when my (frail) body could not but be 
 
 " broken ! ' 
 
 my body must-ought broken indeed! 
 
 The proverb says, " it is difficult for hard 
 " and soft (to fight) shoulder 
 
 Common say soft hard difficult to 
 
 " to shoulder ; and strong and weak ought 
 " not to engage together 
 
 aionce shoulder strong weak not may 
 
 "in the same affair:'' — this then is just 
 
 the moral of 
 
 together business just this 's say 
 
 the Fable. 
 
 No. 31. 
 
 The Fox and the Goit. 
 fox with Goat. 
 
 i -F mm % 
 
 " joo te piih laou : — ho piih 
 '• yu tei pill Ion : — ho put 
 
 " yii wo, ylh ping tung-hing ? 
 " yii 'ngo, yal-ping lung-hang f 
 
 " pc, tsze, seang-e, shoo-kc 
 '■pee, tsze, seong-ee, shii-l.ee 
 
 " with shih ! '' Wa-kang tsze, yue\ 
 " mitt shot ■' " Nga-k6ng tsze, yucl, 
 
 " tsuh-hea suy-jen haou 6 ; 
 " tsuk-ha suy-yeen hou ee\ 
 
 " tan, king, jow, puh ko ping 
 " tan, k6ng, y'av, p&t ho ping 
 
 " leih :— kung mang lew yih lae, 
 ,: lap : — hung mang I'au yat loy, 
 
 " king, joo e lwan, kelh shih ; 
 " king, yu ee tune, kik shik ; 
 
 " wo shin peih-tang po e ! " 
 " 'vgo shUn peel-long pi ee ! " 
 
 Soh yun, "juen, gang, nin e 
 Tsuk tcfin, " yiine, gdng, nan ee 
 
 " ping-keen :— kcang, jo. piih kd 
 " ptng-kcen : — kiong, yik, put hi 
 
 " tung sze' " ; 
 
 tsclh tsze-che 
 
 wei 
 
 " lung tie " i 
 
 tslk tsze che 
 
 ten' 
 
 yay! 
 
 
 
 yet 
 
 
 
 Hoo, yii Shan 
 
 -yang. 
 
 
 Oo, yii Shan- 
 
 ■yaong. 
 
 
A Fox pi«s : ng an old well under • hill, 
 Fox patting hill-tide old welt 
 
 saw that the water was beautifully clear, 
 
 and being thirsty, 
 
 teeing the water very pure thirsty 
 
 wished to drink of it ; so he forthwith gave 
 
 a spriup, and 
 
 Kiihed drink it to leaped-body 
 
 descended into the well. After that he had 
 
 finished drinking, he found 
 
 dropped-down well drinking finished notcould 
 
 that he could not ascend again ! Just as 
 
 he was in a sad flutter, 
 
 go-up just was hurry-oonfusion suddenly 
 
 most unexpectedly a Goat passed bye, upon 
 which the Fox called out 
 had Goal pass-bye Fox 
 
 loudly, and said in a tone of admiration, 
 
 " truly this is 
 
 accordingly great sound admiring said truly 
 
 •' most excellent water ! sweet it is and cool 
 
 " besides ! 
 
 good water sweet and-besidet cool 
 
 " for any sake let your Honor make haste 
 
 " and give it a trial !" 
 
 you-sir quickly come one prove 
 
 The Goat also gave a leap and entered the 
 
 well. 
 
 Goat further inciled-leaped entered well 
 
 After he had quaffed, he found in like man- 
 ner that he could not ascend 
 drink nfter also not could go-up 
 
 again, upon which the Fox said " your 
 •'"Honor has got two horns, 
 Fox taid you-sir have two 
 
 " it is therefore very easy to pull you up 
 
 " by them ; 
 
 horns easy by pnll-lo-pull-up please 
 
 " please then to lean against the side of the 
 
 " well, 60 as to form a sort 
 
 recline by well-side by-means-of body 
 
 " of ladder by means of your paws and 
 
 " body ; allow me 
 
 hands make ladder cause me before 
 
 " to ascend first, when afterwards (you 
 " know ) I can draw you up 
 atcend afterwards pull-up you may 
 
 " (so conveniently ! ") The Goat believed 
 him, and complied with his request. 
 indeed Goat believed and acceded-to him. 
 
 The Fox then having ascended first, the 
 
 Goat said to him, 
 
 Fox then before ascended Goat said 
 
 " come quickly (if you please) and pull me 
 *' me up ! " The Fox replied 
 fast come pull-up me Fox said 
 
 % % f wit 
 
 35 
 
 Hoo kwo shan-peen koo tsinp, 
 Oo kwo than-peen koo tting, 
 
 keen ke shwuy shin tsing, k« 
 keen ke shuy thbm tting, hoat 
 
 yuh yin che ; suy, sung-shin, 
 yuk yum che ; tuy, svng-shun, 
 
 la tsing. Yin peih, ptih nang 
 lok tsing. Yum put, pilt nang 
 
 Bhang. Ching tsae mang-lwan, hwuh 
 sheong. Ching tsoy mSng-lune, f&tt 
 
 yew Shan-yang king-kwo ; Hoo 
 y'au Shan-yaong king-kwo ; Oo 
 
 suy ta shing, seen yue', " Chin 
 tuy tai shing, teen yuel, "Chun 
 
 " haou shwuy ! kan, urh-tseay leang ! 
 " hou thuy ! kiim, ee-chay leong I 
 
 " Tsuh-hea kwae lae yih she!" 
 " Ttuk-ha fai lay yat shee ! " 
 
 Yang yew sung-teaou jfih tsing. 
 Yaong y'au sUng-tew yap tting. 
 
 Yin how, yih puh nang shang ; 
 YAm h'au, yik put nang sheong; 
 
 Hoo yuS. "Tsuh-hea yew leang 
 Oo yuet, " Tsuk-ha y'au leong 
 
 " keo, e yii pan-hwan ; tsing 
 " kok, ee y" pan-woon ; tting 
 
 " fiih yii tsing-pang, e shin 
 "foak yu tsing-pong, ee shAn 
 
 " show tsS te ; sze woo seen 
 " sh'au tsok tei ; sze 'ng teen 
 
 " shang, jen-how hwan joo ko 
 *' theong, yeen-h'au woon yu ho 
 
 " yay ! " Yang sin, urh tsung che. 
 " ya ! " Yaong sun, e tsung che. 
 
 Hoo tsih seen shang; Yang yue", 
 Oo tsttk seen sheong; Yaong yuet, 
 
 " kwae lae Awan wo ! " Hoo yue", 
 "fai loy woon 'ngo!" Oo yuet, 
 
36 
 
 " with a beard so long as yout's, how hap- 
 " pens it that your com- 
 y)urs beard very long why 
 
 " mon-sense is so very scanty ! If you 
 " only had 
 
 the wisdom's short ! ! if 
 
 " half as much mother-wit about you as you 
 •' have of beard, 
 
 possessed wisdom as beard one half 
 
 " what difficulty would you have in finding 
 
 " your way 
 
 '* long what difficulty go-out this 
 
 '•out of this well pray? since then you 
 " have no plan for 
 
 well eh ? Since not go-out well 
 
 " getting out of the well, you ought not 
 " upon any account rashly to have 
 
 's plan not ought rash-ly 
 
 " gone into the well; so good-bye to you ! 
 " good-bye ! " 
 
 enter well good-bye .' fare-well .' 
 
 By this we may see the truth of the remark 
 that " a man's knowledge 
 
 may see pass-thro' one business lengthen 
 
 " is very much sharpened by (dear-bought) 
 " experience." The proverb says, 
 
 one knowledge is indeed common saying 
 
 " Before entering any place, think first how 
 " you may get out of it again : " 
 
 not calculate enter before calculate go-out 
 
 and it further says, ^' before you buy a 
 " thing, consider previously if you 
 further say not calculate buy first 
 
 '•' will be lile to sell it again ; " and is not 
 " this exactly the case? 
 
 calculate sell not the so eh ? 
 
 No. 31. 
 
 The Dog in the Manger. 
 Cow Dog together-herd. 
 
 
 %m 
 
 j ® 
 
 " joo-che seu shin chang, ho 
 " yu-che soo shim cheong, ho 
 
 " ke che-che twan yay ! jo 
 " ke chee-che tune ya ! yok 
 
 " tih che, joo seu, ylh pwan- 
 " l&k chec, yil soo, yat poon- 
 
 •' che chang, ho nan chuh tsze 
 " che clicong, ho nan chut tsze 
 
 " tsing hoo ? ke woo chiih tsing- 
 " tsing oo ? ke mnu chut tsing- 
 
 " che fa, piih ying keu-tsze 
 " che J'nt, put ying k<~'y-tsze 
 
 '•jiih tsing! tsing pa! tsing pa!" 
 " yap tsing ! tsing pa '■ tsing pa ! " 
 
 Ko keen, " king yih sze, chang 
 Bo keen, " king yat S2e, chiong 
 
 " ylh che," she yay. Suh yun. 
 " yat chee,'' shee ya. Tsuk wiin, 
 
 "we swan jiih, seen swan chuh;" 
 " mee siine yap, seen sine chut ,• "' 
 
 yew yun, " we swan mae, seen 
 y'uu wiin, " mee sune mai, seen 
 
 "swan mae:" — piih ke jen hoo? 
 " sxme mae:" — pit ke yeen oo? 
 
 'New, Kow, tung-keun. 
 'nGau, K'au, tung-kwUn. 
 
 Beyond Ta hwang shan ( i. e. the hill of 
 great dearth ) a Dog was 
 
 Tahaang mountain beyond Dog sate 
 
 sitting among a heap of green grass, and 
 seeing an Ox approach 
 
 green grass midst saw Cow come 
 
 who seemed inclined to eat of the gras3, he 
 ( the Dog ) 
 
 pished (MfW the grass the Dog 
 
 guarded it and harked at the Ox, and fur- 
 ther assumed an air 
 
 guarded and barked-ol him very had 
 
 u if he intended to bite him. The Ox 
 desire bile-him appearance the Cow 
 
 
 Ta-hwang-shan wae, Kow tso 
 Tai-fdng-shan 'ngoy, K'au tso 
 
 ts-ing tsaou chung; keen 'New l«e. 
 tsing tsou chung ; keen 'nG'au toy, 
 
 yiih yaou ke tsaou, ke Kow 
 J"'>' 'ngdt ^e tsou, ke K'au 
 
 show, urh f«-che, che yew 
 sh'au, e fei-che, chee y'uu 
 
 yiih yaou-che chwang. Ke 'New 
 yuk 'ngaou-che chung. he 'ntl'uu 
 
37 
 
 (seeing this)said with a sigh, " you do not 
 " wish to eat the grass 
 sighing said you not wish eat 
 
 " yourself; why not then permit me to eat 
 " it ? 
 
 this grass how not allow me 
 
 " supposing that by chance we were to fall 
 " in with 
 
 eat it if meet both necessary- 
 
 " some food or other that we both required 
 " to eat, how much less under 
 
 must eal — 's — thing how willing 
 
 " these circumstances would you be willing 
 " to yield me any share at all ! " Just like 
 
 allow then ? as world — '* guard- 
 
 the misers of this world who guard their 
 hoard ! it is of no utility to themselves, 
 
 wealth-slave not profit with self 
 
 and of no advantage to other people! such 
 men ought to be looked upon 
 
 no advantage to (other) man very may 
 
 with utter contempt ! 
 despise indeed. 
 
 32. 
 
 
 it- 
 
 The one-eyed Stag. 
 Oae-tyei Slag loses plan. 
 
 
 tan yue\ " joo fe yaou chlh 
 tan yuet, " y& fee yew shik 
 
 " tsze tsaou ! ho puh jang wo 
 " tsze tsou ! ho p&t ydong 'ngo 
 
 " chih che? jS yii leang seu- 
 " shik che?yokyu leong guy- 
 
 " yaou chih-che-wuh, ke kSng 
 " yew shik-che-miit, hee hSng 
 
 "jang tsae ! " Joo she-che show- 
 " ydong Isoy ! " Yu shci-che sh'cw- 
 
 " tsae-noo ; puh 15 yii ke, 
 " tsoynoo i put lee yii kee, 
 
 woo yih yii jin ; shin ko 
 mou yi/c yii y&n ■' shiim ho 
 
 pi yay ! 
 pee ya ! 
 
 Meaou Liih shih ke. 
 JM'ew Luk shat kei. 
 
 Once on a time in Ling-yew (i. e. the gar- 
 den or park of the genii) was a one-eyed 
 
 Ling-yew midst had one-eyed Stag 
 
 Stag, which made it's escape and went to 
 live in the desert beyond. 
 
 fled-oul-to barren-outskirts pass-life 
 
 But alas ! being (as we have said) blind of 
 one eye, 
 
 only hale ! self-blind one eye 
 
 he could not guard against danger from all 
 quarters at the same time ; 
 
 not can left right prevenl-take-care 
 
 and from these circumstanees it seemed pro- 
 bable, that one day or other he would 
 
 appearances must meet with Hunts-man- 
 
 fall into the Huntsman's hands. For this 
 reason he pondered upon the subject 
 
 '» hand upon-which day night. 
 
 day and night, when suddenly he conceived 
 the following plan, and said, 
 
 sought-thoughl suddenly got scheme said 
 
 " I must in future look for my pasture by 
 " the water side ; 
 
 / must towards water-side seek 
 
 " I will take this blind eye of mine and 
 " have it turned towards 
 
 to-cat take blind-eye near beside 
 
 
 2S-. 
 
 
 Ling-yew-chung yew meaou-Liib, 
 Ling-y' au-chung yUiu mew- Luk, 
 
 taou-chiih hwang-keaou kwo-hwo : 
 tou-chul fdng-kaou kwo-oot: 
 
 wei hitn ! tsze-meaou yih mull, 
 wei hUn ! tsze-mSw yat muk, 
 
 piih nang tso, yew, kwan-koo; 
 pUt nang tso, y'au, kwan-koo ; 
 
 she-peth tsaou yii LeSjin- 
 shei-peet tsou yU Leep-yun- 
 
 che show. Yii-she, jih, yay, 
 che sh'au. Yu-she, yat, yay, 
 
 tsin sze ; hwiih ! tih ke, yue", 
 tsum-sze i fOlt tSk kei, yuet, 
 
 " woo peih heang shwuy-pe'en tsin 
 " 'ng peel heong shuy-peen ts&m 
 
 " chih ; tseang meaou-muh, lin yii 
 " shik j {seong mewmuk, l&m y» 
 
38 
 
 '•' the river, while 1 shall reserve my seeing- 
 
 " eye 
 
 water-side keep this char eye 
 
 •• to watch what is going on around me : 
 " and in this way, please God ! I may [avoid 
 
 in-order-to observe stirring quiet perhaps ! 
 
 " escape being attacked on both sides at the 
 
 '• same time ! ■' After this 
 
 two sides receive enemy after-wards 
 
 whenever he went in quest of pasture, he 
 always hied 
 
 all-every seek eat must by (or through) 
 
 to the water's edge ; and looked upon his 
 plan 
 
 water-edge self considered ten-thousand 
 
 as the most sage and perfect in the world ! 
 But one day 
 
 complete- s scheme indeed! one day 
 
 the Huntsman having by chance embarked 
 
 in a boat, 
 
 Hunl-er accidentally ascended little boat 
 
 crossed the river and saw him. With that 
 
 he bent his bow 
 
 passed and taw him b;nl bow 
 
 and fixed the arrow : — the arrow answered 
 
 the string aud the victim fell ! 
 
 placed arrow responded string and Jell 
 
 The poor Stag repenting said " from that 
 " quarter which daily used to cause me 
 
 Stag repenting said every-dny lhat-which 
 
 " so much anxiety, no evil whatever has 
 
 " arisen; 
 
 anxiely-'s place contiary got no 
 
 " whereas on the other hand my bane has 
 " sprung from that very place where 
 
 evil not anxiety-' s place eiil 
 
 " I judged myself most free from care ! " 
 So the men of this world ! 
 mnlrarily produced-is as world-men 
 
 the evils that overtake them continually 
 
 arise from their 
 
 often-limet receive hurt all springs 
 
 aelf— confidence inducing them to take no 
 
 precaution ! 
 
 Jrom self-clinging not preventing ! not 
 
 We cannot therefore but put ourselves on 
 
 our guard ! 
 
 may not beware indeed ! 
 
 No. 33. 
 
 The Man and his Image. 
 Foolish-fellow begs wealth. 
 
 
 " shwuy-pcen, lew tsze ming miih 
 " shvy-peen, I'uu Uze ming mule, 
 
 "e kwan tung-tsing : — shoo! meen 
 " ee Icoon tung-tsing : — shu ! meen 
 
 " leang peen show teih ! " Tae-how, 
 " leong peen sh'au lib!" Tvyh'uu, 
 
 tan-fan tsin-chih, peih yew 
 tan fan tsum-shik, peet y'au 
 
 shwuy-pin ; tszc e-wei wan- 
 shuy-piin ; Isze ee-wei man- 
 
 tseuen-che tsth yay ! YTh jlh 
 tsune-che chdl; ya ! Vat ydt, 
 
 Lee'-chay 'gow shing seaou chow 
 Leep-chay 'nj'on shing sew ch'au, 
 
 kwo urh keen che. Wan kung, 
 kwo e keen che. Wan kung, 
 
 ta tsiien, ying he'en urh taou ! 
 tup tseen, ying yien e tou ! 
 
 Lhh hwuy yue, " ping-jih so 
 Luk fooy yuet, " ping-yat sha 
 
 " leu-che-choo, fan tTh woo 
 " liiy-che-chii, fan Oik mou 
 
 •' lnvitn : — piih leu-che-choo, hwin 
 '• wan : — piil liiy-che-chii, wan 
 
 " fan sang-che ! '' Joo she-jin, 
 "fan sluing che ! " Yu shci-yun, 
 
 mei mei pi" hae, keae chfih 
 mooy mooy pee hoy, kai chut 
 
 \ ii tszc-chc, woo fang : — piih 
 yu lizi-chee, mou fong : — put 
 
 ko pull shin yay ! 
 ho put slitin ya ! 
 
 Yii-foo kiiw tsae. 
 Yii-foo k'au Itoy. 
 
 Of old there was a foolish man who passed 
 
 hit days in great. 
 
 formerly had faolith-feW/w poor dwell 
 
 jlJ- 
 
 a-*j&*t& 
 
 SeTh yew Yii-foo, pin keu 
 Sik y'au Yii-foo, pun k»y 
 
39 
 
 poverty, and possessed no talent for earning 
 a livelihood. 
 
 atl-his-days not skilful plan subsistence. 
 
 He only worshipped a god of Wealth ; 
 
 [wealth god 
 Only offered-presented (i. e. sacrificed to) a 
 
 morning and evening he burned incense be- 
 fore him, and kneeling down begged 
 
 morning-evening burned incense knell begged 
 
 that he would confer upon him great riches: 
 — beyond this 
 
 prayed grant wealth besides no 
 
 he attended to nothing else. But lo ! for 
 a long time he saw no beneficial 
 
 ether business long-time lo ! not 
 
 resultsf arising from his devotion), and more- 
 over, he day by day grew 
 
 sec-eficacy and-besides day poorer 
 
 poorerthan ever 
 and said 
 
 At last in a fury he arose 
 
 a day so angri-ly rose-up 
 
 " I have already with a sincere heart, pray- 
 " ed to you 
 
 said I already sincere heart days 
 
 " day and night for a long time. 
 " never treated you 
 
 long day night beg-pray not 
 
 I have 
 
 * ? Itiltft f 
 
 "but with the deepest respect ! how is it 
 " then that you have not yet 
 
 do not respectful how whereby altogether 
 
 " conferred the smallest trifle upon me ? If 
 " I were to beg of you again 
 not deign-confer I if again 
 
 " I fear alas ! it would be as bootless as be- 
 " fore ! " With that 
 
 beg also no benefit indeed! with- 
 
 he took the Image of his god, and broke it 
 to pieces : — when 
 
 that took god-image destroyed-broke 
 
 (strange to say) he saw stored in it's belly 
 the belly-midsl really saw gold- 
 
 a great quantity of riches! The foolish 
 man with a laugh r i„-l '. 
 
 silk (i. e. wealth) stored truly foolish-fellow 
 
 exclaimed, " One need not be surprised at 
 " the saying of the proverb, 
 
 said strange-it-is 'nl proverb 
 
 ** * money that is begg«d with meekness, we 
 " ' give it reluctantly, 
 
 has said meek-wealth difficult to-beg^ 
 
 '• ' but when extorted from us by oppression 
 '• ' we part with it gladly,' (i, e. to save our 
 unjustly-wronged contented heart spiritual gods 
 
 "bacon): if this applies even to the gods 
 
 " themselves, how much more must it ytt^ vl v. » Y. - ^V2 
 
 even thus how.still-more ^ >*/ XL. ~%P V^ti^ Vft? VU 
 
 We are continually 
 
 »#>w*t 
 
 " apply to man? " 
 
 seeing the men 
 
 with men eh ? Often see world* 
 
 ft^m* 
 
 chung-jlh, piih shen mow sang. 
 chiing-yat, pit sheen m'au shang. 
 
 Wei kung-fung ylih Tsae-shin ; 
 Wei kung-fung yat Tsoy-shtin ; 
 
 chaou, seih, fun heang; kwei kin 
 chew, sik, fiin heong ; kwei htin 
 
 kew sze kin-pVh : — yii woo 
 k'au tsze hiim-pak : — yu mou 
 
 ta sze. Kew-che, shoo! piih 
 la sze. K'au-che, shii ! put 
 
 keen-heaou; urh-tseay, jlh pin 
 keen-haou ; ee-chay, yat pun 
 
 yTh jih: — nae fun-jen ke 
 yat yat: — nai fUn-yeen hee 
 
 yu£, " wo 5 ching-sin jth 
 yuel, " 'ngb ee shing-sum yat 
 
 " kew, tsaou wan ke-taou, piih 
 " k'au, tsou man kee-tou, put 
 
 " wei piih kung: — ho e tsung 
 " wei put kung: — ho ee tsung 
 
 " puh keen-sze ? wo jo tsae 
 " piit keen-tszi ? 'ngb yok tsoy 
 
 " kew, yTh woo-yih e ! '' Yii- 
 '• k'au, yik mou-yik ee .' " Yii. 
 
 she tseang shinseang hwuypo:— 
 she tseong shiin-tseong wei-po .-— 
 
 ke fuh-chung, kwo keen kin- 
 ke fook-chung, kwo keen kttm. 
 
 pih tsun jen ! yii-foo seaou 
 pal: tsun yeen ! yii-foo sew 
 
 yue\ " kwae-piihtTh suh-yii 
 yuet, " ktiaipul-lfik tsuk-yu 
 
 "yew yun, 'shen-tsae nan hwa, 
 " y'au wun, ' sheen- tsoy nan fd, 
 
 "'yuen-wang kan sin:' — ling shin 
 " ' yune-wong kum sum:' — ling shun 
 
 " shang-tseay joo-tsze ! urh-hwang 
 " sheong-chay yii-tszi ■' ee-fong 
 
 " yii jin hoo ? " Mei keen she. 
 "yii yun 00?" Mooy keen thei- 
 
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 of this world ( in the same predicament ; ) y ^ y^ ., 
 
 you may meekly solicit them >/v-iS- 3» j?f- VlL **>* •'' n ' tsae ' san shSn - ki;w ' chun S 
 
 men again thrice meekly beg altogether "^ "^-* ^" *' " *«". ttoy-sam sheen-k'au, chviig 
 
 again and again, yet not obtain (what you .- _ i-j __ ^ ,-j 
 
 want;) but when the argument y>j> >2| V Efc. /A J£_ jjjr piih ko tih ; keih che ching- 
 
 nol may obtain and arrived-at-self- presuming- ~>^ ^~^~ put ho tilk ; kfip rhee ching- 
 
 of cruelty and oppression comes to be ap- 
 plied to them, then it is got 
 
 cruelly oppress-squee-.e forthwith obtains I 
 
 of cruelty and oppression comes to be ap- ,>_ .t jj>-» / -t 
 
 plied to them, then it is got E7 t?T7 j£? j^il /fl -> 
 
 cruelly onnress-squee\e forthwith obtains it ' '-» 
 
 ( without difficulty ) ! ^ 2» 
 
 indeed .' '."v^ 
 
 No. 34. 
 
 The Old-man and Death. 
 Old-man repents to-die. 
 
 A long time ago lived an Old man, who 
 was carrying upon 
 
 Formerly had Old-man back carrying 
 
 heung lih-cha, tseih ! 
 
 tih-che 
 
 hang lak-chd, tsik ! 
 
 tuk-che 
 
 e! 
 
 
 ee I 
 
 
 Laou-jin hwuy sze. 
 
 
 Louyfm fooy sze. 
 
 
 *>U$ft 
 
 pT r\ ^C ^F] *tn" ]&} Selh yew Laou-chay, pei fc 
 
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 Sik y'au Lou-choy, pooy foo 
 
 his back a heavy burden ; and as he went 
 
 crippling along the road, *^ %fc$% ^W^V^ chung wuh, po-shC loo- too, 
 
 heavy article crippling-lripping roid-way J& /J^lF5t /»>< IPp jf^ eM „ g mul< pul . sherp lou . loll> 
 
 the amount of his misery was hard to en- , -o, , v 
 
 dure :-so inadvertently ^ ^ W M % M' sin - k °° ll4n nae ! P uh - ke8 ' 
 
 Kller-pitH difficult bear nol-advert 1 P* ^H- < ' ^ ^^ ^ ngy , pfi/ . A - (i/t> 
 
 *« ^ te] ^" ^ j&Z tan yue\ •' Yen-keun lae ! yii 
 
 * ™ *^» ^V / a n j/uW. " Yeem-kwiin lov '■ V'i 
 
 he said with a sigh. " Oh ! King Yen ! 
 " ( the Chinese Pluto ) come and 
 
 sighing said Yen.Prince come with *S. > mi /ft >Jv ^ ^ ^ „ reem . teJjn ^ , ^ 
 
 " take me away ! miserable old wretch that >-w A, X> v*i> A *jr» 
 
 "lam! "^Ai i§ /£ Ml, "^T fir " w5, ch5 Haou-«scen keu pa ! 
 
 me this-old-mean (fellow ) go-away ! "^"" " "N 1 ^> « '„go, chay-lou-tseen hiiy pa ! 
 
 " I do not indeed wish to live any longer!'' -^C- -A" "7" iSS O- ^* . « -.,. 
 
 ., , ..,,. .... -?r ))]> Xl^ /Pe] /+. jt- " woo, yih piih yuen sang e ! " 
 
 / also not wish to-live indeed I - V 2 ')* ' '>T\7t — *— tC , . 
 
 -^ ^ " n^, ,yjfc put ^une snan/j ee / 
 
 Upon that King Yen ( or Yen lo wang ) ^. >, ,, ^ 
 
 moved ( by the solicitations of the >7 ** -Jfr I^V "£h Wf\ tjT Yii-she kan-tung Yen-wang, 
 
 There-upon moved-exciled Fen-the-King ^^ y^. />tS\ &/J \f^\ Jt- ya-she kum-tang Yecm-wong, 
 
 old man) appeared to him in propria per- .. 
 
 sona, and asked him ~&\ ^f }h Afl yZ flQ hiien hing chub yen! nae w5n 
 
 present f orm went-out (to his) eyes and asked S\jJ\J V*i IP^* / I J <;£„ y ln g cnu i 'gdn! nai miin 
 
 present J orm went-out (to his) eyes and asked xtj/ly t*1 r lr< / I J n n ying chut 'gdn! nai miin 
 
 saying, "you requested me to come; what 
 
 is the matter pray ? " ^j Y^T"^ % ^t feT yu5 ' " i0 ° tS ' ng W " lae ' bS 
 
 saying you begged me come what *-\ V- 5 ** Pft 4\ 7$»- 1 P J yuel< « y& hing > ngd loy> „ d 
 
 The Old man in a great fright, repented _s_ % . > . . 
 
 ( of his rashness ) jfe ^. j>t ff ^T A3> J-|S " szf ? " Laou-chay hae-jen hwuy 
 
 business Old-fellow fear-fully repented ^> ^* ^ "^^ /» v» 'v "*ze?" Lou-chay hoy yeen fooy 
 
 and said "King Yen has in very deed -^ _. , g "Yen-keun kwo lae! sing- 
 
 come ! Ipl l*il "^ H^ •fr' n*+ 
 
 „ , ^S IwJ A3 if* /J^- I- 1 * 3""', " Ycem-kwun kwo lay! sing, 
 
 saying Yen-prince really come natural- w '» r— ^ 't * 
 
 " my life alas ! i* at an end!'' and then he «. ,. /* -p -*-JL /L. " ming yew c ! " nae kwei kiou 
 
 craftily addressed ^fjj ^ 3^./^ |F »^ " •*» *'"» •*•* ""' *«* *•" 
 life ceased! so cunningly informed 
 
 iiim, saying " whit I wai going to beg j^ £J ^J^liff^: che ' y uC ' " w5 ' che s5 ,sin 8« 
 
 fc/,,i lajrin^ / 'i thal-which begged s^S ''} 9^ cne> yuelt » >„gi. c he iko tsing. 
 
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 » was nothing more, than only to pray of ^ ^ /^ ^ ~£ ^ £ J£ J Jj g ^J 
 
 not had other reason not more.lhan »« • ^ •» 
 
 " His Majesty King Yen, that he would 1> *£i 3? ^fe j/U ,£♦_ .< k g w Yen-keun, wei wo 'gan- 
 
 " have the kindness ^ ffa\ fit #<) A\ ^C .. k ; :u Yeem-kwim, wei 'ngb dan. 
 beg Yen-prince for me properly 
 
 "to arrange for me properly this burden ^ £U- v. ^a j» gr ,< to p e i-shang-che wuh ; shoo! 
 
 «• that is upon my back. Most -^ f] -*- -*~*\v) flfa •. I6 p^.^a^-c^-mu* 1 «A" •' 
 
 arf/«s< back-upon-' s-arlicle behold ! * 
 
 » assuredly I will not be knocking-up in _^- A ,£ ,2; <■ jAi '* P«h che pwan-too urh ft 
 
 " the middle of my journey yJ-» ^c "| i-Zfc. f/H/ /#%- " pfi' chee poon-tou e fei 
 not arrive half-way and useless 
 
 " any more! "We continually see, that the fe -Tl \r» ±\1. « p. 
 
 men of this world when ^f\ -gT ^ "tH- A*. ^T 
 
 indeed'. I see world-men whenever ^ 7 » 
 
 they get into difficulties, are always crying ^, ^t,, v, ^ ^,-, 
 
 ~.»„l lilffifiJI./'irrum'tl.nlirefl-'x-term must 
 
 " e ! " Woo keen she-jin, met 
 " m .' " 'JV"? keen shei-yun, moot/ 
 
 vii nan-choo-che-|tse, pelh 
 uii fi«n-eA"-crt2-'*«'i pee' 
 
 meei difficult-circumstances-' s-term must 
 
 - oh I how I wish to die ! oh ! how ^ jfc te <fo £. jfL* y««. " ™ y uen 8Z f 6 ! , ™; 
 
 ^ / willing die indeed.' I ** W )!h *&* ^\V^ 9**> * Jf* ■*• f# " * "*" 
 
 -I wish to die! "and when they in reality ]& fa &. "A % & « yuen sze 5 ! " keih ke ch5 
 willing die indeed .' and the, arrive W ^ && /X J^ -S- .. ^ ^ <* •' " »* * *- 
 
 come to the point of dying, of those who ^ ^- ^- j\^ __-* sze-che-jth, pe yew puh 
 
 are unwilling (to make the 5Q^-H VS^>>- A^ sztche-yal, pee y'au pBt 
 
 death-'' a- day they again not * 
 
 experiment) there are truly not a few ! /?? ±£- % %> yuen-chay, t5 6 | 
 
 uilting-those who, many indeed; 'l^^^^\ ■ yune-choy, to ee .' 
 
 \ 
 
 No. 35. 
 
 , ■ ■ rr, ,,r- -rfr • -fc J* Tse-jin Tse, Tsee\ 
 
 The Simpleton and his Two Wives. •&<; / "^ j£ J 
 
 r „ , . „ ^S-l y^-Tjr" -£C Tsei-y&n Tsei, Tseep. 
 
 [Concubine. * \ ^ J*s i/* ■ 
 
 Uan.of.TU 8 (1. «• <" u«/f»s fellow) Wife, 
 
 A Simpleton had a Wife and a Concubine; ^ » -^T — # Ts£ ' jin T ffi JS ^ 
 
 and regarding those who inhabited his man- ^ _ - ^» ^ x^ v>_ Tseg ; urh choo-shthchay, ke 
 sion, -2£- vff7 ^L _2- ^} ^- Tseei) ; « chu-shilt-chay, he 
 
 Concubine and dwell-house-thosewho the » 
 
 the Wife was old, the Concubine was young-, _^ . ^^ . _^- Ts g j a0U) ur h Tseg shaou; Tse- 
 
 while the Simpleton Jg- Jg rffj Jfr 'V* ^* Tsei UUf e Tseep shea ; Tsti- 
 
 Wife old and Concubine young Jffan-of- -** -" > I 
 
 himself was between the two, or middle— „_ jin tsae laou, shaou-che keen :- 
 
 aged. y^v^££->& /""'-^-l^i y* nts "y lo "> *"£*'■' he *«*^ 
 
 Tse mas oW young-'s midst '"^ -^ 
 
 His hair being black and white intermingl- *»■ ^ ^ » £_£» jtofc ke fS, hih, pih, keen tsa ; 
 
 ed, tPC "2^.^* A W mjjf'p- /'«/«'» *4*. F**i fru " ' sa ' ) •' 
 tfce fcai'r 4/acfc teAi'/e intervally mixed * 
 
 the Wife was continually plucking out ^ # t"M ^» Jg -g" urh '^ "J c ; ,anS g J 
 
 the black hairs, in order to let the white ^ p . ^- , || . tsun h fs> 
 
 hairs remain, 3^ ^g^ /X^ AS- V-f 'j^- ' 
 
 »/.«£ hair in.order.to preserve white hair "' ^'^ R ' ^V "* /«'. ce ' s " n *"* f«> 
 
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 her motive being to make him look like her «, , __ _ -...._,, 
 
 own fellow:- g* £& <kj r? f~l /^» e wel ' y u ke tung-chow :- 
 
 intention , aid with , elf together-comrade *prfl ^T *-- I^J j^ « *«". J* **» W»f «*'*.•- 
 
 and the Concubine constantly kept pulling .». _, •» -t» -\-» vi. •* 
 
 out the white hairs 4i- H|l nyT* fifc^JcE- t=E7 tS ' h cha " g pi ke pTh 
 
 Concubine then always plucked the white I «« "* ' Tteep, tsttk sheong pUl ke pdk 
 
 to preserve and keep the black hairs, in or- ^-.A „» — . 
 
 der that her M ^ Qf ^ ^ vO C '** h5h "' ? 
 
 good-man might look still in his prime, and 
 
 appear suitably [aged with) -4$ VJ / j]d- tlL >L? we ' ' ean g-j'n shang chwang, yii 
 
 E^ ■&*■**#»*- 
 
 fna/te bride-groom still strong (or middle- *»"/ ^^v. ^ IP/ /l"~ ^>T *'"" leongyun sheong chong, yii 
 
 matched with herself I — so that in the 
 
 course of a short time. 
 
 self mutualty.assortednol.very.longin.fine *— ' '* F ' PiU ^^ "$\ j£j *« ««w*-*wjf:-iii«*A«, fc,'n ff 
 
 course of a short time. C? ^-Cl -rf-; ^r 4^. &- seang-pei :-we-ke, king 
 
 they finished by making a bald-man of him ! 
 
 The Simpleton then in J& 0fc, ^7 -rfc, / fa cll,n g tuh-tsze ! Tse-jin tsze- 
 
 completed bald-man Man-of-Tsi self P\ 7\f ~7» ^~ /> P) * hir, S ■**■«■• ' ^J*" '«*- 
 
 • tot^X/wit ed, " ifl8ivein Jfeei jiigija 4 t& hwuy> yue - " 8hun - ,ih Ts6 - she - 
 
 repenting, aid comply-with Wife that-time W . ' '"*» TV ^" H 7 >*• J™'. *.«**Kf OKH*. 
 
 M I baulk the expectations of my Concu- ^ , ... _ .. v 
 
 «' bine ; and if 1 attempt to meet J*, jfr ^g" ^F JllST dt shlh lse * s '' J° shun Ts « e - 
 
 /«« Concubine intention if follow Concubine ^V 3C M*A* "I>1 ^C* " * W ' nef P « » *«>* "<<" 2>eq»- 
 
 " the wishes of my Concubine, this then 
 
 " puts my Wife in a rage I thus' yj3> ||L ^ l}~vb jftr* ^t* " ^ Ts * ,CW ,sSn S ! "* w5 » 
 
 that.time Wife again angry cause me f* 'i 3\ "*^^" I VI '-^*- ^ \ 
 
 " sAe, 7Vej 3/Va tsdng .' »;e 'n^o. 
 
 " (unhappy me !) am I beset by difficulties 
 
 " on both 3ides ! what remedy f -jfe -^ -re. *£]& _J^ I—T " ts "' y^ w ' ' ean 8 nan '■ n»«-ho ! 
 
 /<?// r/g-A/ fto/A aV^cu/< whal-plan ! '^~ '& I*V ^r\ffT^i^\ " '*" *'«"t 'wff nan-' i»»*-.'#i 
 
 '* what shall I do ! in the end / am sure to . 
 
 " b e the loser ^^ Jj-r ^^ p^> A. -j ' nae-ho ! chung tang tszi-ke 
 
 what cure ! finally ought myself >T» ' J '" * W J=l C j " noy-ho ! chUng tSng tszekee 
 
 " and that 's all ! I may therefore admonish 
 
 " the men of this world, ^> ^fe< ^- v? -rjT Afr^ " show-kwei urh-e ! ko keuen 
 
 receive-loss Sfc. ifc. may admonish -**» i^7 n*# t— ' , J 1*V " shau-kwei eeee .' ho hune 
 " that they do not upon any account put 
 
 "themselves jU- > 4-77-7* P 2 " she-jin, tseS-puh-ko 
 
 uorld.men urgently-may-not as **-" 'V *V ^"» I 7 ! /r^ " shti-yan, tseet-piitho 
 
 joo 
 
 " in my circumstances (or follow my ex- 
 ample) ; or I much fear that JL» te. l^c-rjt 1/-. " w5 choo-king; kung hwuy-che 
 I dwell boundary fear repent-it | *'>i y^. ^ ^5* Im^, " 'ngo chiiking; hung fooy-che 
 
 " they will be repenting of it when it is too ' 
 
 " late 1 ! »' wan e ! ' 
 
 is 
 
 The Fowler, Wild Geese, and Stork 
 
 /a/e in<te<rrf.' ^- 
 
 S6. 
 
 * 
 
 C<-«e Storfr line ne/. Jj^ S*^ ^trl ^gl Yen. H«, tungwang. 
 
 'nCdn, 116k, tungmiing. 
 
 Of old a Fowler had spread his nets on the 
 
 outskirts of a forest, v£_ v^ \>n jhU 2& 4?]Sf\ SeIn 3" w Le^-chay, clung wang 
 
 Formerly had 11 unt-er opened nets fl 7f\ /j^ -/j=J /f^ > »pj Sik y'au Leep-chay, chiong mong 
 
 and (be it remembered) that it was special- 
 ly to entrap Wild Geese jk.2 ji >| ji ^j r~ yii lin-wae; tlh wei wang 
 
 fcWYM&>m 
 
 by forest beyond purposely to nit 7 V T^/P'J^' ^7 ..J*] S* Mm-'ngoy ; luk wei mtng 
 
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 ike « 
 
 
 lis 
 
 that ( the said Fowler's ) nets were set up. 
 
 One day 
 
 Wild-geese and arrange/}. One day 
 
 he caught in his nets a whole flock of Wild- 
 Geese, 
 net had mild geese a flock 
 
 and among them ( it so happened ) was a 
 
 poor Stork ! 
 
 their middle had a White-stork 
 
 The Fowler, who made not the slightest 
 distinction between Geese and 
 Hunter not divide Geete Storks 
 
 Storks, was about to put the whole of them 
 
 to death, when the Stork 
 
 all wished kill them Stork begged 
 
 said in an imploring manner, " Most Va- 
 " liant Sir! in the first instance you 
 saying strong-sir originally wished Wild 
 
 " only desired to take Wild-Geese ! 1 then 
 
 " am a Stork ! how Sir 
 
 Geese I indeed- am While-stork how 
 
 " can you possibly consume the gem with 
 
 « the common stone ? if you -jt- _- ^ > £1 J* jrii 
 
 may gem stone all burn if 4 «*— /£L \S\ J/C l> t 
 
 " will only be pleased to pardon me, 1 
 
 •' shall most surely 
 
 obtain your-pardon indeed ought grateful- 
 
 
 *• you have entered their (unhallowed) so- ■y. ,*4- n*2- ^fo »J-» -~t- 
 " ciety, how can you escape -^^- J3- j'^C J> ^Z l V 
 
 " feel deeply grateful ! " The Fowler re- 
 plied, " altho' you may not be <£ 
 goodness ! .' Hunter said you 
 
 " of the same class ( or principle ) as the 
 
 *' others, yet seeing that 
 
 altho' not together road and already 
 
 entered their ranks among how may 
 
 " a ( similar ) punishment ! " and with that j 
 
 he killed every one 
 
 avoid crime upon-which entirely killed 
 
 of them ! Applying this to the men of 
 
 this world, 
 
 them as world-men necessarily-must 
 
 they ought to conduct themselves with the 
 greatest circumspection ; 
 themselves-acl due-examination if with 
 
 if you engage in any transactions with 
 
 wicked men, difficult will it 
 
 wicked men together-business then difficult 
 
 be for you to avoid the (fatal) consequences 
 
 of their crime ! take care 
 
 avoid with crime-penally .'.' beware 
 
 of it ! beware! 
 ft beware it. 
 
 No. 37. 
 
 The Eagle and the Daw. 
 Crow imitates Eagle's ability. 
 
 
 w»-!1» 
 
 Yen-'go urh sh«. Yih jih, 
 'nGin-ngo e cheet. Yat yat, 
 
 wang tlh Yen-'go yih keun:— 
 mong tiik 'nGdn-'ngo yat kwHn : — 
 
 ke chung, yew yih PIh-h8 ; 
 ke chung, y'au yat Pdk-hok ; 
 
 LeS-chay puh fun Yen, Ho, 
 Leep-chay piit fun 'nGdn, Hok, 
 
 keae yuh tsae che ! Ho ke'w 
 kai yuk tsoy che I Hok k'au 
 
 yue\ " chwang-sze piin yiih Yen- 
 yuet, " rh6ng-sze poon yuk 'nGdn- 
 
 " 'go, wo nae Pih-h8 : — ke 
 " 'ngo, 'ngo nai Pdk-hok : — hee 
 
 " ko yiih, shih, keu fun! tang 
 " ho yM, shik, kuy fin I long 
 
 " yaou keen-shay, tsze tang kan- 
 " yew keen-shay, tszi tdng k6m- 
 
 " tlh e!" Le'Schay yue\ "joo 
 " tuk ee '." Leep-chay yuel, " yu 
 
 " suy pith tung taou, urh e 
 " suy p&l King tou, e ee 
 
 "juh ke tuy-cliung; 'gan ko 
 " yap ke tuy-chung ; dan ho 
 
 " meen tsuy ? " yii-she seili tsae 
 " meen tsuy ? " yii-she life tsoy 
 
 che! Joo she-jin, peih seu 
 che ! Yii shci-yun, peet-siiy 
 
 tsze-hing keen-teen ; jS yii 
 tsze-hing keem-teem ; yok yu 
 
 'gii jin tung-sze, tsih nan 
 ok-yiin tung-sze, tsiik nan 
 
 meen yii tsuy-le urh ! shin- 
 meen yu tsuy-hty ee ! shUn- 
 
 che! shin-che! 
 she ! shun-chc .' 
 
 Ya heaou Ying nang. 
 Ah haou Ying nang. 
 
Among all the Birds that fly, the masculine ^-., » . -Ap Fe-kin chung, wei heun^-Yin" 
 
 „-A-fim cJimf, u-ei hung- Ying 
 I lytng-birds among only male-Eagle * i ' »••• 
 
 e be J^ 14 ,1* k X, ifc 
 
 tsuy-keong: — shew y'au put fee 
 
 Among all the Birds that fly, the masculine _—> / ,. ,-^p Fe kin 
 
 EiglC U ,he M ffi %* ffi ^W JW- Fee-k* 
 
 1 lying-birds among only male-Eagle ™# ' •••»/ 
 
 -# /^" .ii- . \T] -tZ ke hae-chay! YTh jih, yii 
 
 X*» P* 'Tj | ■" » fee hoy-chay ! Yat ydt, yii 
 
 ~£ $k. li? j^ 3C- rjl Yan S" tu y- cllun S. yingkeu Yang- 
 
 ~Y t^y*) }it£ ~%*> *J Yaong-tuy.chung, ying-huy Yaong- 
 
 " a skilful flyer, r*£ Jl. .-- ..yjL ^ p-1? " Ying, yih puh-kw5 shen fe, 
 
 Eagle also not-more-than skilful lo-fiy I fC ij) % ' / j"» Ji^_ -f§" 7j^ " Ying, .?'* put-lcuo sheen fee, 
 
 '•' and yet can actually seize and carry off a 
 
 "Lamb! J^. fr*. >X ,-* 3? c; king, nang kin \lh seaou-Yang ! 
 
 iVi-Jine can clutch a small sheep "JSI fJCi'jVtT) »> " h "' n S> " a "S kum #"' sew- Yaong ! 
 
 " I then mayhap of all the Birds do'nt 
 " know how to fly eh ? " 
 
 and I alone not able to fly 
 
 strongest and fiercest; and few there be W i), "). -*r .-r- Zrh tsuy-keang:— shaou yew piih pe 
 who have not received 
 
 most fierce few are not receive 
 
 some damage at his hands ! One day 
 
 his evil those- who one day with 
 
 having carried off a small Lamb in his ta- 
 lons, from amidst -^lrt£ »-}?-[ -fc. -^ Yang-tuy-chong, ymg-keu Yang- 
 
 sheep-ranks midst carried-ojf sheep- 
 
 a flock of sheep, it so happened that a black 
 
 Daw [had black J£ _ »nfc -4^ & kaou yih kow:— shTh, yew woo- 
 
 lumb one mouth (anglice a head) a propos i»»» •% -*i52- rl • «? '"'" &"* ^' au ' — s '''^"> s' aa °°- 
 
 saw him ; when reflecting in her own mind 
 
 she said, -r& jT| X. J. y£7 .--j Ya keen-che ; tszi-sze, yne, 
 
 crow see him self-thinking said ^J^jf M i "^»- •■** Aii » ^h keen-che ; tsze-sze, yuel, 
 
 " The Ragle forsooth is nothing more than 
 
 " a skilful flyer, dff Jl- «j- k Yj7 J^ JTU " Ying, yih puh-kw5 shen fe, 
 
 -t _^J» '^ — -r- l>\^ ~*tr " urh wo, tuh piih nSng fe 
 WlXi )%l A^ ^L Jj\£ " e '"« 5 - l * k PHI nangfee 
 
 With that she endeavored to imitate what 
 
 the Eagle had -^s_ >T & ^ <Zr *S "hoo?" yii-she heaou Ying so 
 
 eh? there-upon imitated Eagte that-which ) ^'] k JK^'^T) i^-,)j\ "oo?" yu-she haou Yingsho 
 
 done, and descending among the flock of 
 
 sheep, opened wide tit rj^. _i7 _•£ -y? X? we " > tsrih, yu' Y"angtuy-chung, 
 
 did so with sheep ranks midst A^J V'y V* W*" \^\ ] w«' ,- tsik, yu Yaong- tuy-chuiig, 
 
 her claws, and proceeded to .. , ^ i-,.t,. 
 
 :,,, n-kae leang chaou, heang moo- 
 
 ■hoy hong chaou, hiong mou- 
 
 stretched-opened two claws towards mother- IH^ ftf I l/j/J jrV \p\ ~^J-~ 
 
 clutch the old Ewe ; when lo ! . . Yang shln . shaDg eh aoukeu:-keo ! 
 
 sheep body-upon clawed-away strange! ^^' X- j)>v ^ "£p r.Wff sAfin-sAeong < A a0U -A^ .— A-eo* .' 
 
 i 
 her claws got entangled in the sheep's wool . „ , 
 
 to such a degree. -J. ^ ^ ,|rf/ ^» /-, P e Y.ng-maou, tseang chaou chen- 
 
 r<-ceii-frf sheep wool take claws entangle- OX T "^^ Tf\ J*^ W$> pCe Yaov S- mou > Ueon S <=haou cheen. 
 
 that she could not escape ! Most oppor- 
 tunely the Shepherd .. , j^ - choo ; pull niing t3 ! shth ! miih- 
 detain not can escape opportunely herd- 'JX. /^ j'jju ]]r^ 'ffij Wj^ chii ; piit nltng lute! shik ! muk- 
 
 came bye, who seeing her, caught her ; . tung lae, keen urh chlh-che; 
 
 boy came saw and caught her ^y 3^ |;| Hyn ^+% -^^ lung toy, keen e chBp-che : 
 
 and having clipped her wings, gave her *^ -. ^_ ^-^ tseen ke leang yih, yii seaou 
 
 clipped her two wings lo little 113 xL yvj J^ faZi ) J > tseen ke leong yik, yu ti 
 
 to a number of young boys to serve for a- tung, hwin-che tsO he; yue. 
 
 musement, remarking, # ^ >^ )§& ^ ^, wan-chc tsU- hee ; yuet, 
 
 boys presented her make play saying J3> ^ ■» » ' ' '»>t\ « 
 
 " this Daw looked upon herself as an Eagle, ._ # a-i — *1 . " tsne-Ya, tsze-shr Joo >'ing ! 
 
 this crow views-herself as Eagle 3fii tftrj'p) fj&^VjM- " hay. Ah, tszi thee yfi Ying! 
 
 " and kn«w not alas ! that she was ^^. -^^ ^ 'urh piih rh.\ kStr Mi8h yTh 
 
 anrf no< A-hoic in-fine relales-lo a VW -^ x ~^' "j\^ sc&) """" " " e /■''' f * e '> '' ,<1U **"' ( • Vfl ' 
 
45 
 
 "a poor foolish Daw and nothing more!" />£ vt £, »„iin Ifi urh e!" Tseay-hoo! 
 
 Yes! indeed alas!" 7^ #J2 rfT? E{ fr *T „ ^ wW/ » rsflJ ,.«,„ / 
 stupid Daw that's- all! oh '.-alas! \ 
 
 the men of this world who do not rightly M)- 1 -%- fa )sSf 5-. shE-jin puh tsze leang lelh, 
 
 estimate their ability, *- '^ 'J ' N ^ //^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
 u>orM-men no* *«'/ me</s«;-e ffM«W 
 
 joo Ya- 
 Ah- 
 
 and who thereby overtask themselves like ._- *. u ^ ^ urh kwSn ke shin joo 
 
 our poor Daw:- ^) Y$ ^ % '%? %&) , kKU n ke sh&n yu 
 and exhaust their bodies as Daw 
 
 who pray can tell their number!! Jru _-*- *£ > >A £t> chay,— ko shing taou tsae ! 
 
 iA©s<-u>/!0 ; may surpass speak indeed!! /ft V»J /J^.le^Y^ chay,— ho shing tou tsoy 1 
 
 No. 38 
 The Old man, his Sons, and the Bundle of 
 
 The Old man, his Sons, and the Bunuie oi _ 
 
 Rods. j^/K^OT Shtih-muh pe-yu. 
 
 Bundle-slicks par-able. 'P- I ^ fjtj Chuk-muk peeyii. 
 
 Foo-chay, 'go 
 Foo-chay, 'ngo 
 
 In olden times lived the Father of a family ^fc il- ^v ^ J^tf} Seih, yew wei 
 
 Formerly had was Father p. d. p. reclining J^ "rj /tV>7 >^- -T j P^ 5iA", /a" «-ei 
 
 who was laid upon a bed of sickness ; and 
 
 being near his end, all jt£ jfc v^T A<?; L* fef ping tsae chwang; tseang-tseue", chung 
 
 sick was bed aboul-lo-die all ^ V "T"^ /^/|''J /"t— . 'I'y^- peng tsoy shong ; tseong-tseut, chung 
 
 his Sons stood around him, in order to re- 
 ceive his last commands. The ^T. -pgO a.^ t\ p/j. j+ Tsze hwan ting fun-foo:— Ke 
 
 Sons surrounded to-hear com-mands the J ^J< ^^ ^ \ X>* r * z " wdn ^"S f un f 00 '"~ Ke 
 Old man thus addressed 'hem, " 1 have got 
 
 • a something here which >>» v—") -"'" -P~ li-? V °° ^' " wo ° y ew y ' h whh ' 
 
 Fa/Aer jaj'd / Aat><? a thing -^- p/ -^j" /&, ~' — \ffi} Foo yuet, " 'ng y'au yut mill, 
 
 " I wish vou to try ! " and with that he . _ ,. , „, 
 
 threw down (before then.) Al ^^r> A ^ Jg„ " J 00 "'^ sheche! , W *g 
 
 a Bundle of Rods, and commanded Ins Sons J» /*jL ^h K -*4- Miih-teaou yih Shuh ; ling ke 
 
 wood-slips one bundle caused the /JV |yj^ -"" - 3"^- "^J -^C Mule-lew yat Ch&k ; ling ke 
 
 to break them, trying if thev could snap 
 
 them off ^7- -h' -> >V ^ 4*/ T«* chg-che, she ning twan, 
 
 Sons snap them try can break-off 4 A ! f -^^ C \)j^ ^f Tni cheet-che, shee ndng tune, 
 
 or not. The whole of his Sons did as they ^^ ' • , fow chime Tsze joo ming : chi- 
 liad been commanded, 
 
 or-nol. all Sons as commanded snapping 
 
 ""J _^- Jtft -? > A. 1/ ™ W ' ^ hUn g ,SZC J 00 ml "S ' Cne " 
 
 -«/. ^ y M^ v & ^^ •>''""• o,,i " ? *** *" mine '' iheH ~ 
 
 (and with all their efforts) to break them che> p^ h nang twan . p 00 hwuy- 
 
 found that they could not succeed : — _i- -7-" £>C %%£. Aj ■i'lj. ., p , ^„„„ 
 
 them not could break Father instructed ^— ) >>-* t-/ l^ v 
 
 the Father then told them, " do ye pull the ch6) yu6i ,<j 00 tseay c hfih-teaou 
 
 ^- E? )5Q S-jJiiLT?" f **' J/ " e/) "* fi *^* *' : ' i ' c '''"' 
 
 Rods out of the Bundle 
 them saying you therefore slip-bu-slip 
 
 " one by one, and snapping at them in sue- ,. chow c i lun> t>Z e-te fun che" ; 
 
 " CeSS ' 0n, 4^)^ -■tW^/rhMf "ch-au-chut, tne-teifUn chect ; 
 
 pull-out in-order separately snap Jl^ J-*"** ^* y ' -'/ rl 
 
 " try whether you can break them or not ' : , - ? n „ twan f6w . "_yu. s he 
 
 —and with that J-J^ /^fc «^/ -*- -i-1 ^ ° ' „ . , 
 
 ^A ^b i>/T ^? /^t ^l. " shee > " u " s liine ' ■ fau : -y u - ihe 
 
 hi- - »- - ^ £^> "m8 pith suy-show, urh twan! 
 
 try can break or-nol with-that 
 
 there was not one, which wa 
 asunder with the utmost ease ! 
 
 , ,,„ , , ■ ,. , X& A> \\n ~T '"/ ^ "mdk p&t tsuy-ih'au. t fftlM .' 
 
 nor «oi follow-hand and broken. 
 
 
46 
 
 The Father thus addressed them, " after 
 
 •' raj death, 
 
 father said my death-' s-nfter 
 
 •' it will nut be proper for you (oh ! my 
 '• ^on> !) to disperse i — 
 ; not proper divide-apart 
 
 ■' if united, then no man will dare to tram- 
 
 " pie on yon ; 
 
 united then not receive mini's- insult 
 
 " but if divided, you will then be snapped 
 
 " and broken, 
 
 divided then easy to snap-asunder 
 
 '• as 'his Bundle of Rods has just sufficient- 
 
 " Iv demonstrated to you ! " 
 
 t).e.,e sticks enough whereby make proof 
 
 The proverb saith, " the lips and front 
 
 " teeth depend 
 
 indeed! t'ulgarsaying sailh lips front-teeth 
 
 "mutually upon each other: — if united, 
 " then in ten thousand instances 
 mutuully-rely together then ten-thousand not 
 
 '• they will not be mce wrong ; but if 
 " divided, the lips die and then 
 one lose if divide.lhem lip< 
 
 " the teeth get cold, and there is not a sin- 
 
 '■ gle instance 
 
 dead then fronl-leeth eold not have 
 
 '• in which both are not losers ! " Be on 
 
 vour guard then ! 
 
 not hie indeed I beware-it I «« 
 
 Suppose we are discoursing in like manner 
 
 of a Country ; 
 
 towards a kingdom and speak every 
 
 cf all those who maintain their own places, 
 few will there be 
 ' keep a place thosewho, few are 
 
 wo'nt be routed : — on the contrary, 
 there is no plan 
 tut defeated conlrarily not- as together. 
 
 ■ .od as to join our strength, and unite 
 in a mutual effort 
 strength mutually-united is desirable 
 
 (for self defence)! 
 ted I 
 
 
 4»tt'7F4b«4lfc 
 
 ; dg ia -*? 
 
 i m *? y P, 
 
 No. 39. 
 
 The Mountain in Labour. 
 Large mountain preg-nnnl. 
 
 ,nd the outskirts of the City was a pro 
 digious Mountain ; it trai bigl* 
 
 r 
 
 kiktfi3 
 
 ■r 
 
 g'ious Mountain ; it wis Itigll - i »T? /A _*L. 1 ""■"""" — ~ 
 
 ;,tnl,y beyond large hill bigh a-hundrcd jC|> •/ P _7v UV J^J £} 
 ■veral hundred* of (Chinese) yards, and it 
 
 veral hundred* of (Chinese) miles in 
 circumferMte. {miles J- "♦)« 
 
 ten cubiti round-about several-! u-idred >» ^~ t " 
 
 Foo yue, " wo szi'-che-how, 
 Fno yuet, " 'ngo sze chc-h'nu, 
 
 " joo-tSng ])iih i fun-le ; — 
 " yuliing ]iil ce fun-lee ; — 
 
 " lifi, tslh piili show jSn ki ; ; 
 "l,bp,lsuk pet sh' mi yitn hee ; 
 
 " fun, tsth c yii chC-twan ,— 
 " fun, tsuk ee yii cheet-Hnte ; — 
 
 " tsze Miih, tsiili c wei ching 
 " Utt Muk, t*nk ee wei filing 
 
 " e ! " Siih-yii yun, " shun, ehe, 
 "ee!" Tsuk-i/ii wiin, " shun, chee, 
 
 "seange: — leen, tsth win woo 
 " stong-ee : — leen, tsuk miin mint 
 
 " y ih shih ; jo fun-che, shun 
 " ydt shut; yak fun che, shun 
 
 " wang, tsth die han ; woo yew 
 '' lining, Mtk chee honn .- mon y'uu 
 
 " piih slilh yay ! " shin-die ! Jno 
 " pit shdl yn ! " shiin-clte ! ) 
 
 e ylh Kwi; urh luu i — ko 
 ee ynt kwok e lun : — bote 
 
 keu y tli fang-chay. seen yew 
 Liy yat foiig-clmy, seen y'nii 
 
 pull pae : fan puh-joo hii- 
 piil pai : fun pul-yii hOp- 
 
 lelh seang-leen-che, wei mei 
 lik seong-leen-che, wei mee 
 
 ya\ ! 
 
 ytt ! 
 
 T.a Shan hwae-ying. 
 T'ii Shun nai-yitn. 
 
 Keaou-wae Ta Shan, ka<v 
 huou-'ngey Tui Shan, kou pul. 
 
 chang, chow-wei soo plh Ic. 
 cheong, ch'au-wei shcu pal; lee. 
 
One day a most tremendous noise (as if the 
 
 bills had been rent asunder), 
 
 one day "rattling! crackling's" sound 
 
 filled both those near and those afar off, 
 
 with fear and wonder ! All 
 
 nslonishcdf tightened distant near all thereby 
 
 looking upon it as something exceedingly 
 
 marvellous, one strove 
 
 made monstrous each self-contending went 
 
 with another to go to see what it was. 
 They quite surrounded the Mountain, 
 lonkal-it slood-in-circle hill-beyond 
 
 but in the end there was not much to cause 
 
 surprize, for nothing 
 
 finally no great different only a 
 
 but a Mouse came running out ! ! Upon 
 this, all the people gave a most 
 rat walbed-oul all-people noisi- 
 
 noisv expression to their surprize, and dis- 
 persed, saying with a laugh, 
 ly riispersed-away laughing said high- 
 
 " We certainly came with high expecta- 
 " tions, and now we go home sadly 
 spirits came-time, return step lazy. 
 
 " disappointed ! " The proverb speaks of 
 " the Tiger's head (joined to) the Snake's 
 Common say Tiger head Snake tail 
 
 " tail," and this is just what we have been 
 endeavoring to illustrate. 
 
 just this 's saying also! as 
 
 ^uch are those men, who when they begin 
 any thing, make use of 
 Korld-mcn often by great words 
 
 such grandiloquent language that they ex- 
 cite people's most ardent 
 make head cause men always have 
 
 expectations ; and all at once when we get 
 to the 
 
 great hopes and nol-expeet return- 
 end, we find to our utter astonishment that 
 it is as small as a 
 
 root (i. e. finish) in fine as hair-nfhead then 
 
 4P? /p* •"T mi y* ' o\ 
 4'K.Zt i& 3i %fc ft 
 
 hair ! and thus they wind up the matter ! 
 conclude the business indeed! 
 
 No. 40. 
 
 The Huntsman and Hound. 
 Hunts-man scolds Hound. 
 
 
 Ylh jTh, "hung! lcC ! "— die shing. 
 Vat yal, " laving '■ Icet !"—che shing, 
 
 king-hae yuen, firh ! keu E 
 king-hoy yiine, ee ! kiiy ee 
 
 wei kwae ! ktf tsze-tsang wang 
 ice/' kwai .' kok tsze. cluing u-ong 
 
 kwan-che; hwan-jaou Shan-wae. 
 koon-che ; wun-yew Shan-'ngoy, 
 
 tsiih ! woo ta e ; wei yTh 
 tsAt ! mou tai ee ; wei yal 
 
 Shoo tsow chuh ! chungkeae hang- 
 Shii ts'au-chiit ! chting-kai hung- 
 
 jen san-keu, seaou vug, " kaou- 
 ycen san-hi/y, sew yuel, " kou- 
 
 '■ hing lae-«he, kwei poo Ian ! " 
 " hing loy-she, kwei pou Ian ! " 
 
 Siih yun, " Hoo tow, Shay we;" 
 Tsuk wun, ,l Foo t'au. Shay mee ; " 
 
 ching tsze-che wei yay ! Joo 
 thing tsze-che wei ya ! J » 
 
 she-jin, mei f. ta hwa 
 shei-ytin, mooy ee tai ua 
 
 wei tow, sze jin ching yew 
 wei t'au, sze yun sheong y'au 
 
 ta wang ; urn puh-leaou kwei 
 tai jndng ; e pUt-lcw kwei 
 
 kan, king joo haou-fa ! tslli 
 kiin, king yil houfat ! tsuk 
 
 leaou ke sze £ ! 
 liw ke sze ee ! 
 
 Lce-choo tslh Keuen. 
 Leep-chi chdlc Hune. 
 
 Formerly there was a Hound, which con- ■ i r f 
 
 stantly followed 
 
 Before had Hunting-dog always followed 
 
 his Master to the field, to hem in the game 
 and take them. 
 
 •paster surrcund-httnling-grouni hunt. 
 
 & 
 
 •» i^* \ljz- Tsang. yew LeS-kow, cliang suy 
 °J fft Jl.fi, Tsdng y'au Lcep-k'au, shiong tsuy 
 
 •» ) »3*> Jt^ A-t~ X&> Choo jin wei 
 
 chang ta-Ie'e. 
 cheong ti-leep. 
 
48 
 
 As he was successful in taking game as 
 often as he made the trial, 
 
 hundred shots hundred hits master 
 
 his Master loved him dearly, and prized 
 him beyond all 
 
 very loved him Kent-out by pack- 
 
 
 dog's 's above because he hunted 
 
 chase (for.a long time), his teeth had be. Jj£ 
 come decayed, and his mouth 
 
 diligently led-lo teeth rotten lips 
 
 his other dogs. Because of his having been jr? J~ X. >TT| 4+ *<b 
 
 most ardent iir the 7^. *C- -T-, l~\ J?~ /iU 
 
 slippery ; and one day having caught a deer jA __ _ ^ »1 J/V: v. 
 
 slippery one day with hunting-ground-upon > H r-\ J}\ *^7 —~ 
 
 on the hunting-ground, the deer (after a 
 
 stru-le) 1-V j&» ^ jfe >£ .fcj. 
 
 s«'zfrf a ZJ«r received kis *■">' \"*T fftt. "1 '-V ^f 
 
 broke away from him ; upon which his 
 Master upbraided him as a 
 
 struggle-escape master scolded as 
 
 useless brute, and lashed him ! The Hound 
 at this could no 
 
 no use flogged him Hound not 
 
 longer repress his resentment, so he thus 
 addressed his Master, 
 
 subdue anger so towards master 
 
 "(I the Hound) did not intentionally, or 
 " for a bribe let him go ! 
 
 said Hound not intentionally sell- 
 
 " that which I erroneously depended on 
 
 " (and which deceived me) J-r. >» j^ j ) \ i. jy^ 
 
 let-go Hound's what clung that-which >/-?£ *^> ~<~- rft T \ "f 'p* 
 
 " are my teeth ! and the cause of this is 
 " that I have now hunted for a 
 
 teeth indeed ! nil because follow hunting 
 
 % *. £• is) ft ft 
 
 " great many years, and it is hardly possible 
 
 " to count the quantity of A? /«- >) \s* __- 
 
 many years those-which caught not may y "T\ lj] I\]\ ^i* »*J 
 
 " game that I have taken s — but now alas ! 
 " Iain old ! 
 
 overpast count now already old indeed! 
 
 " how can I now do as I was wont! I have 
 " exerted myself 
 
 how can as always I on-accounl-of 
 
 " in my Master's behalf until 
 master use strength leading- to 
 
 " my tech are decayed ; and my Master 
 
 '• remembers not my 
 
 teeth rotten matter not consider 
 
 " services, but on the contrary scolds and 
 " upbraids me ! 
 
 hit labour but contrary tcolds-upbraids 
 
 " Mv (the Hound's) spirt ^is'indeed willing, 
 " but 
 
 II Mind true-heart have turptut and 
 
 " the flesh is weak ! please then to excuse 
 strength not sufficient ! pleate pardon 
 
 % «*# f S- % 
 
 % ft!: & *•# 4. 
 
 Plh fa', plh chiing; Choo-jin 
 Pile fat, pdk chiing ; Chii-yiin 
 
 shin 'gae-che, chiih yii keun> 
 shtim oy-che, chut yii k&iin- 
 
 keuen-che shang. Yin ke Ice - 
 hiine-che sbeong. Yun ke lerp 
 
 kin, e-che ya koo, tsuy 
 lev, ee-chee 'ngd fon, tsuy 
 
 hwu ; yTh jlh. yii chang-shang 
 wdt ,• ynt ydt, yii chiong-sheong 
 
 poo-tih y ih Liih, pe ke 
 pou-tul; yat Luk, pee ke 
 
 tsang-to ; Choo-jin tsih e 
 chang-lute ; Chu-yun chdk ee 
 
 woo-yung, peen che! Keuen puh 
 mou-yung, peen che ! Hime put 
 
 fiili ke ; nae tuy Choo-jin 
 fook hee ; nai tuy Chii-y&n 
 
 yue\ " Keuen fe koo-e mae- 
 yuet, " HUne fee koo-ee mac- 
 
 " fang :— Keuen che so che-chay, 
 " fong : — Hune-che sho chee-chtry, 
 
 "ya yay ! keae, yin suy leg 
 "'ngd ya ! kai, yun tsuy leep 
 
 " to ne'en ; so poo, puh ko 
 " to neen ,- sho pou, put ho 
 
 '• shing soo! kin, e laou 8! 
 " shing shou ! kiim, ee lou ee ! 
 
 " ke nang joo chang? woo wei 
 " hee nang yu shiong .' 'ng n-ei 
 
 " Choo jin yung lelh, e-cbe 
 " Ch<i-ytin yung lik, ee-chee 
 
 " ya koo: — Choo-jin puh n'ven 
 " 'ngd foo t — Chii-ytin put ncem 
 
 " ke laou, urh fan tsih-ma ! 
 " ke lou, e fin chik-mi ! 
 
 " Keuen shlh-sin yew yii, urh 
 
 '■ It ne shal-snm y'au yi, r 
 
 " lelh piih tsiih yny ! tsing «hoo 
 " lik pOl ttuk y a ! tting »W 
 
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 •' me ! " This applies to those men of this 
 
 world, who, when their 
 
 it as world-men always when (or towards) 
 
 servants get old and frail, do yet continue 
 
 to cast in their teeth 
 
 eld slaves faded-old further-still upbraid 
 
 what they used to do in their younger 
 vears -.—such persons then 
 
 their youth lhat-which did are 
 
 do not consider aright the circumstances of 
 the case ! 
 not-consider-circumstances-persons-tru'y. 
 
 No. 41. 
 
 The Ass and War- Horse. 
 War-horse insults Ass. 
 
 V^ y»ju A- laou piih tuy-mae, yew tslh 
 ' 3J£) "En lou pook tuy-mai, y'au chak 
 
 i 
 
 "che!" Joo shr jin, roei e 
 shei yun, mooy ee 
 
 ke shaou-neen so wei:— she 
 shewncen sho wei :*— she 
 
 piih-loang-taing-chay-yay ! 
 put-leong-tsing-chay-ya ! 
 
 »>»!/ 
 
 afcjfll 
 
 Chin-Ma ke Leu. 
 Cheen.Ma hee Ifiy. 
 
 Of old was a War-Horse, who full of digni- 
 ty and self possession, 
 Formerly hod fVar-horse Majestic air 
 
 came prancing along in the most imposing 
 
 manner ; 
 
 self-confident pranccprnncing and came 
 
 and who seeing an Ass laden with a heavy 
 
 burden, and 
 
 seeing Jss back carry heavy thing 
 
 lamely crippling along the road, forthwith 
 
 [means of 
 trip-tripping and walk accordingly by- 
 
 kirked him with his hind leg. The Ass 
 
 then 
 
 hind-fool kicked him Jss then 
 
 admonished him, saying. " altho' the noble 
 
 " daring of Your Worship, 
 
 admonished him saying your- Honor heroic- 
 
 " is what I (a poor Ass) cannot at all come 
 
 " up to, 
 
 valor altho' not Ass — 's that-which 
 
 "nevertheless each of us has his journey 
 " before him, 
 
 arrive-at but each has before-road 
 
 "what occasion is there for us mutually 
 " to abuse each other ! can 
 
 how necessary mutually insult ! you can 
 
 " you guarantee that you will always pre- 
 •' rerve the same heroic appearance 
 
 secure eternally have this-day-'s 
 
 " that you now have pray ? " Having 
 finished'speaking, the Horse neighed 
 
 hero eh .' speaking done the 
 
 loudly to express his contempt, and went 
 away. Afterwards 
 
 Horse moclcing-laughed and went Horse 
 
 as the War Horse had while on the battle- 
 field lost an eye 
 
 after because field-of-battle since wounded 
 
 and been wounded in one of his feet, 
 the eye further damaged the foot 
 
 ■=» £»/*. 1- ee* > >> " y" n °' su y ^ Leu-clie so 
 
 Seih yew Chen-Ma, wei-fung 
 Sik y'au Cheen-Ma, wei-fung 
 
 tsze-jO, yang-yang urh lae : — 
 tsie-yok, yaong-yaong e loy : — 
 
 keen Leu, pei foo chung w8li, 
 keen Lay, pooyfoo chdng mil', 
 
 kwei keue urh hing; suy e 
 kwei-keut e hing ; suy ee 
 
 how-kefi teih-che ! Leu tsih 
 Kau-keok tek che '. L'iy tsuh. 
 
 keuen-che, yue, " Tr,uh-hea ying- 
 ktine-che, yuel, " Tsukha vin%- 
 
 Mi ? W^^i %,% 
 
 •- -_ ... ke mflh, yew hae ke tsiih, 
 3f )c] ^ ^ ^ &. ** **> *'"" *"* ke ' 4 "' ;, 
 
 " keih, tan ko yew tseen-ching; 
 " kiip, tan I. ill: y'au tseen-ching; 
 
 " ho peth seang-ke ! ne nang 
 " ho peel seong-hee ! nee nang 
 
 " paou yung yew kin-jih-che 
 " pou wing y'au kiim-yut-rhe 
 
 " ying-heung boo?'' Shw<3 peih, ke 
 " y'"g-h'"'»g 00 ■' " Shuet piil, ke 
 
 Ma chaou-scaou, urh keu. Ma 
 Ma chaou-sem, e hiiy. Ma 
 
 how, yin chen-chin, ke sliang 
 h'au, ySn cheen-chiin, kee sheong 
 
50 
 
 he was no longer fit for military service ; 
 not could again ascend battle-field 
 
 so his master sold him to a Trailer. 
 Mas-ter sold with (or to) Her chant 
 
 who made use of him to carry baggage for 
 his customers ! 
 
 Jot guests carry ling- gage one 
 
 One day happening to meet the Ass, he re- 
 pented of his previous rude- 
 
 day meeting Ass thin-indeed self-repented 
 
 ness, and exclaimed, " could I only have 
 '• known what I should be 
 
 saying early know this day what 
 
 " doing this day. bow could I ever have be- 
 " haved as I did then ! " 
 
 occasion be-ginning (or at-lhattime). 
 No. 42. 
 
 The Stag and his Horns. 
 Slag rcflectcd-in water. 
 
 ***** 
 
 « 
 
 vi f fy 4- f st 
 
 piih nSng fiih shang chen.chang ; 
 put nling fook shiong chccn-cheong ; 
 
 Choojin mae yii Shang-koo, 
 Chu-yun mae yii Shinng-koo, 
 
 wei klh to hing-le. Yih 
 wei hak to h&ng lee. Yat 
 
 jib yii Leu, nae tsze-hwuy, 
 ydl y<i lAy, nai tszt-fooy, 
 
 yue\ " tsaou die kin-jih, ho 
 yuet, " tsou chce kum-ydt, ho 
 
 '* peih tang-choo! " 
 " peel tong-chb ! " 
 
 Luh chaou sliwuy. 
 Luk chew shuy. 
 
 A long time ago was a Stag, which was 
 
 drinking 
 
 Of-old had Stag drinking by 
 
 by the side of a brook ; and his shadow 
 
 being reflected in the 
 
 stream side self-reflected water-shadow 
 
 water, he saw that his two Horns were 
 luxuriantly branching ; 
 
 seeing the two- Horns eminent-conspicuous 
 
 and this afforded him the liveliest satisfac- 
 tion. But he felt disgusted 
 very caused self. delight only hate I 
 
 that his four legs were so small and thin ; 
 
 they did not at all 
 
 Four-feel light-small little not 
 
 correspond (to the Horn'), and were far 
 from answering his expectations ! 
 
 mulually-balance very not filUidea 
 
 Just as he was sighing and giving expres- 
 sion to his disgust, suddenly 
 exactly sighing-hating-space suddenly heard 
 
 he heard the Huntsmen at a distance, com- 
 ing towards him and 
 llunt-er bring Dogs from far 
 
 bringing their Hounds with them ! Upon 
 this the Stag (in order to save himself) 
 and come the Stag hurriedly made 
 
 fled with the greatest precipitation. By 
 good luck bio limbs being slim 
 hastity-avoid happily ! had Four feel 
 
 and slender, when the Hounds followed 
 
 hard upon him, the Stag 
 
 light-nimble Hunling-do^sfolhwing.arrived 
 
 avoided them, and flying entered * bamboo 
 
 grove : — 
 
 Stag then abicondtd-tnlered bamboo-forest 
 
 w %. $1 -J * #| yf 
 
 Selh-chay yew Luh, yin yii 
 Sik-chay y'au Luk, y&m yii 
 
 ke peen ; tsze-chaou shwuyying, 
 kei peen; ttzt-ckew thuy-ytng, 
 
 keen ke !eang-ke8 ts£ng-yung ; 
 keen ke leong-kok ching-wing : 
 
 shin wei tsze 18 ! Wei hin 
 shum wei tszt-lok ! ff'ei hun 
 
 szetsfih king-seaou, po puh 
 Hi tsUk hing-scw, pd pat 
 
 seang-ching •, shin puh mwan 8! 
 seong-rhing ; shilm put moon ee .' 
 
 Thing tan-hin-keen, hwuh win 
 Citing tan-hiXn-knn, futt mvn 
 
 Lee* chay tae keuen, tszc yucn 
 l.eep chay tai hune, tszt yiine I 
 
 urh lae ! ke Luh kcTh wei 
 e toy I ke Luk ktipp »ri 
 
 piin-pp ! hing ! tih szc-tsuh 
 pan pee I hltng I tiik szt-tstk 
 
 king-lseC :— lei-keucn chuy-ch\ 
 htng-lscet :—teep.hune ehuy-ehit, 
 
 Lbh tsih taou jiih chbh-lin ; 
 Luk tt&k tou-yip ckuk-lUm } 
 

51 
 
 but alas! his Horns unfortunately pet en- „, »i. nae ! pc leang-kefi, tsoojaou 
 
 tabled l/ u,frf ZF- ^ \^ ^ P^ #£ „„ y , p( . e leong ., :6 k, cho-naou 
 
 but-alas ! received Two-horns impeded-con- ** 
 
 among the bamboos! he wished to enter, ^^ ^ chiihshang; yiih tsin, piih ning:— 
 
 but could not; ^7 Jl £>L J*, >j> lit-. chuk-sheong; yuk hUn, put ning .— 
 
 bamboos-above desired enter no could » 
 
 and finally he was caught by the Hounds! -V ^ ^ « >/ J>' tsuh-che, wei keuen so poo! 
 
 > n «w, ma rfe D» ff s itaNrtfc* «««*« -r ■<- ^7 7 ^ «* ™", ma^m. *l «»" «*• **'' 
 
 The Stag repenting said, " I was always . , v Luh hwuy yug, " wo shang ban 
 
 " wont to hate J& *j]5. p/ ^b fth '] {^ £u/.- /ooy j(uc<, " 'ngb shtong hiin 
 
 Slag repenting said I still hated ' > n 
 
 " my le«s because they were small, and to » ' ke keii seaou, urh kwa ke 
 
 "boast of. jjL tj£fl ) J ~» .-^ =!^». jj- " kc kiok tew, e kwa. ke 
 
 the Legs small and boasted the ^ J S * 
 
 <• my Horns because they were long ; alas ! " ke3 chang :— puh-che ! kew woo 
 
 " little did I know, that my -g _g_ -yr U^ 3>L :g_ •' kok chtong:—plil-chee ! k'au 'ng 
 
 Horns long not know deliver my sW J-*v ^* * " * **■ \3 
 
 "legs were those which would have saved ___ " ming-chay, keO yay ! sing woo 
 
 " my life, while those fatal Horns >*n. $h II in _^ 7F|- -2?- » m i„g. c hay, kiok ya ! song 'ng 
 
 life-lhose-which. Legs indeed .—die my » ' 'Fl ^ I » »^ V 
 
 " are the cause of my untimely death 5 - « ming-chay, kefi yay ! " Joo she- 
 
 Jus, so the men ^ «. ^ j£, ^ ^ « «**«».,, t« *./•• n ** 
 
 life-thosewhich. Horns indeed:— .1s world- r \ ^p\ y\\ ^-^ *» " - " 6 »' 
 
 of this world ! of those who fly to hug their .. - ■ 
 
 bane, A £L^& +Av &£- 4" ji "' me ' ,U *' 
 
 mm atoayj haste with that-which -hurt* ^^7^1^ ! ) \ J*/] -j§- y&n, mooy tsuk y* shohoy, 
 
 and shun that which is advantageous to 
 
 them.- -T1 1JL -U- ^L. <.-> i/, urh shay ke s5-le-chay,- 
 
 and put-away the what- adoantagetk- thing ; » T V 'J^ -*T\ >) I 3 J «^r| <r snoy ke sho lee.chay,- 
 
 there are indeed too many !" «^ __ 
 
 TTiany indeed! .' -fy _£J- 
 
 No. 43. 
 
 The Hen, the Snake's eggs and the Swal- 
 low. 
 Hen embraces Snake.eggt. 
 
 In olden times, a cackling Hen was sitting 
 
 over 
 
 Formerly was FowLmolher wi 
 
 to 1 
 
 3rh! 
 
 
 
 to 
 
 ee! 
 
 
 
 Ke 
 
 paou 
 
 Shay 
 
 tar 
 
 AW 
 
 pou 
 
 Shay- 
 
 fan. 
 
 &fc*fc& 
 
 i was sitting ^ . • 'j 
 
 -ttJfci I& ~£h >1>&r Se,h yew K£ " nrl00, yU S1 ' a> " 
 Hh Snake- PI 'I 7>r^ * , ' » **"• Sifc y'au hei-na, yii 5Aa^- 
 
 a Snake's nest, hatching the snake's spawn ; v^ . ill«**J.fjt* wo-shang, paou ke Shaychun ; 
 
 nut-upon embracing the Snake-eggs ifL J£~ ^iLi ~7\'^*'- i ^'Nh wo-sheong y pou ke Shay-chun : 
 
 and her labours were very near being sue- - tseang kin ching kung. Shih yew 
 
 eessfully completed. Just at that moment tj^ -C- V^T yf> -*j ^j , feonff . Mn rffcg /cunff . SAi*-. v «« 
 
 very. nearly complete merit apropos had S* * *• ^1 ' * il' j • j 
 
 * Swallow passed the place, and seeing what ., _^ ^ -, ^. ^ . Yen-trze kwo tsze ;, keen, urh 
 
 the other was about, jVfc -j- ^g^ jj^ fel )-fj^ rfem-Uae *it« <i«i ; A-een, r 
 
 Swal-low pass this saw and »►•' "» — 
 
 admonished her saying. " Sister Hen ! J* ^ -^/j. ,3& »^_ keuen-che, yu«, " Ke-s.iou ! no 
 
 admonished her saying If en-sister-in-law you jgjj -2^. ^ PJp-*o£lth kuneche, yuet, " Kei-sou! nee 
 
 " do not thus labour in vain ! these ( eggs ) -x. .j. »» v-w j> „ wJjh tQ0 ] aou I tsze fe shfn 
 
 "are not likely to prove virtuous ^ i^. ^T JPU 7 P ^ m»« /«» •' tszi fee sheet 
 
 iont vainly toil this not gentle ■'*-/'* V* 
 
32 
 
 " descendants! if you hring them to mi- 
 " turity, you are very likely 
 
 teed you if make them other 
 
 " some dav or other to receive damage at 
 
 " their hands ! " The Hen 
 
 day indetd-ought receive hurl lien 
 
 in course abandoned them. Just so is the 
 
 current saying among 
 
 consequently, put- away-them as world-men 
 
 the men of this world, " he who rears a 
 " Tiper, does so to his own 
 that-which say rear Tiger cause evil 
 
 " hurt ! " 'tis truly so ! but where again in 
 
 this world will you 
 
 is to. World-upon where-have- 
 
 find those, who recall foolish people to their 
 senses like the Swallow ; 
 got as Swal-low call-awaken 
 
 and where will you find those, who hearken 
 unto 
 foolish-man and follow admonition have 
 
 good counsel like the Hen ? of such alas ! 
 as Fowl-molher-those-who also not- 
 
 I have never yet seen any ! 
 '* teen indeed. 
 
 No. 41. 
 
 The Trumpeter (sinice Drummer ) taken 
 Prisoner. [ the P»«»'J 
 
 Drum-hand ditcusses-reason (angtice argues 
 
 % & j&. i- wm 
 
 " e ! ne jB wei-che, ta- 
 "yuy.'nee yok wei-che, ta- 
 
 " jTh tsze-tang show hae!" Ke 
 " yat tsze-lSng sh'au hoy ! " Kei 
 
 yin shay-che. Joo shejin 
 yOn shay-che. y& shei-yun 
 
 so shwo, " yang Hoo, wei hwan, 
 shd shuet, ''yaong Foo, wei wan," 
 
 she yay ! s!i<--shang, pan-tlh- 
 sliec ya! shri-shcong, ban-lUk- 
 
 yew joo Yt-ntsze, hwan-sing 
 y'au yu Yeem-tsze, foon sing 
 
 che-jin ; urli tsiing keuen, yew 
 chee-yiin ; e tsung hune, y'au 
 
 joo Ke-moc- 'Imy ; — ylh wo. 
 yu Kei-nu-chay ; — yik met- 
 
 che keen yay ! 
 che keen ya .' 
 
 Koo-sliow peen-le. 
 Koo-tKau peen-lee. 
 
 Suppose two armies opposed to each other 
 
 in hostile array ; when 
 
 Two armies opposite-piled-up hear Drum- 
 
 they hear the sound of the Drum they cause 
 
 their troops to advance ; 
 
 sound then advance- soldiers Gong-sound 
 
 if it be the sound of the Gong, they then 
 make them retire :— such 
 then draw-in- soldiers this battle-field- 
 is the regulation on the field of battle. One 
 day the army (to which he belonged) 
 
 '« law indeed one day the 
 
 having sustained a dreadful defeat, the 
 Drummer was so unfortunate 
 
 army great defeat Drum-hand was 
 
 as to be taken Prisoner; and being about to 
 be put to death, 
 
 caught about-near punishment Drummer 
 
 he pleaded hard for his life, saying " I am 
 " not one of those who take 
 
 begged life saying I not gratp 
 
 " up military weapons with which to slay 
 " people] I was only standing 
 
 weapon! kill-men-those who not more-then 
 
 
 Leang keun tuy-luy: — wan Koo- 
 Leong kuun tuy-luy: — mOn A'oo- 
 
 shing. tsih Sin-ping ; Lo-shing, 
 sheng, ttHk tstin-ping; Li-sheng, 
 
 tsTh show-ping ; tsze chen-chin- 
 tsuk sh'au-ping; tsze cheen-chOn- 
 
 che fa yay. Ylh jlh ke 
 che fat ya, Yat yat ke 
 
 keun ta pae, Koo-show pe 
 kuun tai pai, Koo-sh'au pee 
 
 kin; tseang-lin-hing, Koo-show 
 kim; tseong-lum-ying, Koo-sh'au 
 
 kelh ming, yue\ " wo fe chG 
 hat ming, yuet, " 'ngb fee chee 
 
 " heae. slia.jin chay ! pdh kwo 
 " hai, shdt-yOn-chay ! pat kwi 
 
u as-on arena strike drum that's.all. 
 
 " I therefore ought not to suffer the punish- ^ 
 " ment meted out to those 
 
 b3 
 
 "on the field beating a drum ! and nothing Jf+^ l£ && -^l- •**!_ Vf " t8ae cliaiig, lwlh koo utb -i ! 
 '• more! 
 
 '■4fl S& $»-^W V'w *— • " tsoy rheong, kit: koo e-ee .' 
 
 jfljC ^v. *"^_ "Mt y( F ^Y " slia jin-ehe tsuy, fe wo 
 
 kill man 's crime not I * ^ " shat yiin-rhe Uuyjee 'igo 
 
 " who kill men ! '' The enemy replied, ''it ~» » _ >^ •» v 
 
 " is because you are of f) | t\£ $\? JL ^7 &*? " 30 ,:,ng ! " TeIn -J in vuf '- " » 5 
 
 that-which ought-sustain en-emy said j/ou ^ t " sho long!" Tik-yiin yuet, 'nee 
 
 " a cowardly disposition, that yon ilare not ^%^* ,„J> , ^. ., i - ., ,. 
 
 "advance gallantly ' ™" [lianlly ## M / k ~T 2k & ke WnSea ° U ' P" h kto >" n S 
 
 '• advance gallantly [liantly R M^ ftfe- J ] A ~jT ~&li 
 
 tince gall-little ( i.e. cowardly) not dare va- ,<X ^^n^s-^f " l.ee Idm-scw, pM kdm yitng 
 
 " to ensage the enemy yourself; and yet . y v j. » 
 
 "(you stand here) urging on 4*2~\<l] jSpC l?7? %^^\^ " wang heangteih ; uth yew Imiv- 
 
 go lowards-enemy and further urge- »J If* " it«nj» heong-tlk ; ee y'au tsiiu- 
 
 " others, madly to seek death amid the op- 
 " posing ranks ; 
 
 hurry other-men in-conlcmpt-of -death enter ' v "-" 4 '^ "^ pj "JF\A W "*** " tstik la-y&n, mou-sze yap 
 
 for this crime then vou deserve to die 
 
 tang sha ! " yii-she 
 
 tbng shdt ! " yii-she 
 
 thereupon they killed hi n ! Thus among 
 
 the men of this world, there ^5v^jf -^7 -*&■»"? -Vt?* JL > ^>^* s ^ c ' le ' ^ 00 sn ^"j' n > ynh 
 
 killed him as world-men desire ^-~^ "»** ^'H'» shot che ! Yu shei-yun, yule 
 
 are some, who, when they lay any kind of 
 (doubtful) plot, 
 
 consult-plol a business first regarding 
 
 '*i "VI* ""T-^ thau-m'au yat sze: seen ee 
 
 take early precautions that any danger there- 
 
 with connected, shall /£ - * » ^, _ , wei-heen tsze-leu, pith kin 
 
 dan-ger selves- anxious not dare J\L> Q^ 7*] J^ j\Vft$i 'ngei-heem tsze-lf.y, put kum 
 
 ^> not affect them ; and forasmuch, they d > not 
 
 allow their own persons to appear ' 3£j ^ »- j^£ ^» -r? tsin-shin leih-wei ; yew fan 
 
 own-person strongly perform and conlrnrily W-" >4 '» >6"7 --'>» />V t sun- shun lik-wei; y'au fan 
 
 in the matter; but on the contrary, they «r5t 
 
 spur on and excite other people, to / i^T*"- ji& 1. /J? / -"-"-V -"H sung-tung ta-jin she ke 
 
 VUIVI-, iiniiiiy iu i*»GGI\ 'HT.li.Ll BUI1U UlC uP" ' V> 
 
 " posing ranks ; ^*T /Ay > /S-* ->t K " siih ta-jin, maou sze juh 
 
 er i4 -M'Vli>'N. ^) ^C ^^ 
 
 / 
 '• for this crime then vou deserve to die -iku -c, \U_ j u Ik »^-. 
 " still more than they ! " and Y^L W f£L? &$~ JK^. Jfc " chin ; k5ng 
 
 (hostile) ranks still-more ought kill with-thal \ "** ^ y )'--*»■ »"\ ^^'V " chtin ; king 
 
 ^» '^"'Wl . ~t& -SC \^*y chow-mow yih sze ; seen 5 
 
 '*i *VJ' w^ ^^ ' ' ch'au-m'au yat sze: seen ee 
 
 slir-up-excile other-men to-try the "" I ^'/ < ** -^ V* " ^» sung-Mng td-yiln shee ke 
 
 make the experiment if good or evil is likely -.»—.« — ,- , , . - 
 
 to result from it; while they ^|l^l/r| 3 fa\$§$ le, hae, tsze-ke taou tih 
 
 beneficial banefat themselves however obtain * "& •""• *— * l*i / l t T /e "- Afl y. '***-*« '"" ''U- 
 
 themselves keep looking about them ! such v^^. x» . v 4 . , ., , 
 
 men like the Drummer causing H^^'ll ^C^ kwan-wang;— joo Eoo-show-che 
 
 look-hope as Drum-hand-' s T^U^->S ^W kS ** koon-mOng —yu Koo-sKau-che 
 
 others to be killed, ought to be awarded •"-.-• v ^ v sha jin, kae tlh fS-hing, 
 
 lingerni!' an-' ■ 
 
 t//i men ok 
 
 ml ignominious death, [ishmenl )&^ > -^ A- V ^ >» V -fT.^ 
 jAr oA/«m n«J (/. e. beyond) pan- *V&. ^ X*y^ \*\ A P /• ' J 
 
 sftfl/ i/uff, Ao^ ffi/i fee-ying. 
 
 without hope of pardon ! ^^ woo shay yay ! 
 
 no jardo* jnrfeerf. ^t- %M )b »'"" «*«* i"> ■' 
 
 No. 45. 
 
 The Ass and Lap-dog, _ k^ i > , -» Leu, Keuen, too chiing. 
 
 Ass Dog envy ng^lion. ^^l'/V^4 J ^ Z '" i ' , ff "" f ' '"'• '*""?• 
 
 It is a custom among all foreign countries, r. , - /. u 
 
 without reference jt »1 ,5-0 y-rf >y»- 2jr Pan wae-kwo funp-suh, woo. 
 
 Every foreign-country cus-tom not J^ S V W\ AW ^ Fan '"Soyk^okfung l,uh, mou 
 
:>i 
 
 to whether they be men ot women, that 
 they like to play with [little 
 
 discourse mule female pleased by-means-of 
 
 Lap-clops by way of amusement; — they I* ^5. ^£c- jj£„ \3? \+tl> 
 continually place them on their [knee- ^S*.*7l^ &^ *£?7 ~^f )J5ij>L. 
 
 ring play idea (1. e. diversion) always place 
 
 knee, and pet and fondle them ; liking them 
 in short as if they were boys or 
 
 upon stroke p'ay affection with son 
 
 pills. One day an Ass saw this and got 
 envious of him (i. e. the Dog) ; 
 
 daughter one day jtss taw and 
 
 he reflected within himself and said, " why, 
 " this Dog 
 
 envied him self-thought saying Dag 
 
 " like myself merely belongs to the brute 
 '• species : — 
 
 HUh me together make beast-tribe 
 
 " he however has obtained favor with Mas 
 " ter, [with Matte 
 
 he obtains ager-up-wb.cedling (*'. e. getsf, 
 
 " and perchance 7 alone cannot do the satne 
 - eh ? " 
 
 and I alone not run eh > 
 
 With that he put his two forehoofs up a- 
 gainst the person 
 
 There-upon fore-hoof pressed with 
 
 of his Master's mother, and wished to 
 engage her favor by an air 
 
 .Master 's-mothcr-body-upon wished make 
 
 of the utmost delicacy and tenderness ; hut 
 the Master [Master 
 
 scalier-delicate (i e. to rooj;)-'s fashion 
 
 at this angrily expressed his surprise, and 
 shouted to the hostler [httt-ler 
 
 scoided-sltange immediately cuUed-ungxily 
 
 that he should give him ■ flogging ; and the 
 simple cause of all this 
 
 lash him was Ass-'* nut 
 
 was. that the Ass had formed verj trron- 
 eous ideas concerning himself. 
 
 self-measure reason indeed a> worli- 
 
 Thus it is in this world ! if a man can really 
 
 depend upon his high rank 
 
 men truly rely appearance high position may 
 
 in nociety, altiio' he may commit certain 
 faux pat, 
 
 cling-lo-lhote-who ; allho' have little fault 
 
 >et these are overlooked as mere matter for 
 jest:— 
 
 also may make-cause amusement 
 
 but if it be a poor wretch who is so unlucky 
 a^ to tin in the same way, 
 
 \i low-mean.' s-class violate 
 
 tlien liis crime cm on no account he par- 
 d -lied ! thin therefme 1. intended 
 1* 1 rime not may 1 reuse indeed! 
 
 M a hint to the men of this world, that they 
 may form a correct idea of themselves! 
 y*r men telvei-metture may! 
 
 1 % 
 
 »ias- v 
 
 #*«*;?; ft 4- 
 
 »2 
 
 
 WLX-SMiLT* 
 
 1 
 
 lun nan, neu ; he c seaou 
 tun v&m, nuy ; hee ee sew 
 
 kenen wiin-e : — chang chc se Ih- 
 hfine oon-ee : — sleong chee siSt- 
 
 shang mo-lung ; cliiing tunp iirh, 
 shcong viii-lung ; (hung lung ee, 
 
 neu. Yih j"!h, Leu keen, urh 
 niiy. Vat yat, JA<y keen, e 
 
 too-che. Tsze-szc yufi. " Kenen 
 too che. Tsze sze yuel, " Hime 
 
 " yii Wb, icing wei Showluy :— 
 " yu 'nGo, lung wci Sh'uu-luy : — 
 
 " pc". ttll hcYn-mei jii (,'hoo ; 
 " pee, tuk heemmti yu (h„; 
 
 " urh wo, tfih pi:h nang I100? " 
 " e 'ngb, tuk put nang 00!" 
 
 > ij-slie tseen-tc. ya j ii 
 yii-she l.seen-tti, tilt yu 
 
 Choo rnoo shin-bhang: vuh tsfi 
 Chu-moo sl.ijn-nheong ; yuk l-dk 
 
 sa-keaou che chwanp : — Olioo-jin 
 sdt-l,en-che clung 1 — Ck6 u,,, 
 
 cliin-kuae! tscih, chili Ma Too 
 ilu'tn-I.Kui ! Isik, cl.ik A/o-foo 
 
 pcen-che; she Leu. che piili 
 pern- chc; sie l.vy-che put 
 
 tsze-leang koo jay ! Joo she" 
 tszeleong koo yn ! }'u shri- 
 
 jin. k«T> f she-wci ko 
 j.im. Into ei shri-wei ho 
 
 t'lif-cliay : suy jew seaou kwo, 
 1 hce-ihiiy, suy t/au site kuo. 
 
 j lb ko tsii-wei v:in-i" : — 
 /,//, he l.iuk-ttei oor.ee : — 
 
 j6 hea-iscen-chf-pei An- 
 i.i'l; l.a-lsecn-ihepooy fati- 
 
 chc, tsuv woo ko llti ciih ' 
 the, tsuy niou ho lt:e 1 
 
 wei jin tsze-leang ko \%\ ' 
 irri yin ttti-leung hi y* ! 
 
55 
 
 No - ip - $a tf\ <£f Paou 'gSn Shoo. 
 
 Tlie Lion and the Mouse. i\ \\. fcK j^ p ou yiin Sha . 
 
 Reciprocate goodness (i. e. the grateful) Rat. 
 
 A Lion was soundly sleeping somewhere /t< . . .. 
 
 beyond the City, XSA 5?- %& £&, -R_ *C>1 ZzvHze shoh-shwuy jru keaou- 
 
 •C*3-&!ft **•£(« £ 
 
 £'« soundly slept by outskirts '*' » ' > "H "*"» .M*.»»mr yfl haou- 
 
 when a little Mouse commenced frisking .". . 
 
 and skipping beside him ; 4 U ,) ^ &> ;g- ■«. ^S. w « e i scaou-Shoo tsae pang wa 
 
 Aryonrf ttffe fi«< «•«* «/* p'ay- <i ^* ^ ^ ^U 'ngoy ; sew-SkU tsoy pong oon 
 
 and having wakened the Lion with a start, 
 
 began to play with him. ^11 'fyf* t&& ^r\ ^-t* >f teanu, king-sing urh he-che. 
 
 leap fright-awakened and played him. \ »»*V rl:fc" / 'J*--^ ~*"»«» /£ u , t Ling-sing e hee-che. 
 
 [ft/m rf%pfm y i% j^Jre ^ Pz, "'• suy s chaou f6w-che; 
 
 T.ion successively by means-of talon covered ' ^* ^ "1.^^. ^^T* , c zr, /swy ?e chaou f'auche; 
 
 the Mouse could not make his escape, and >»» 
 
 moaned most piteously CX j?~ <jt p|V» -^ ^7gL Sho ° > ,ilh na " g ' a ! S ae - min S 
 
 Rat not couldes, ape sorrowful-sound $** T* * "^ '<\-^»- *^V Mi 7>«< n^ff <«e.' oy-ming 
 
 beneath the monster's paw. The Lion con- » ..,,-,- 
 
 sidered that the person iNw "T»" ^jf) / ^" > ) > ^ chaou-hea ! bze neen, seaou-Sh 
 
 talons-behw. r.ion remembered little Rat '' \ ' ^* "^ rhaou.ha ! Szt neem, sew-Sh* 
 
 of the Mouse was so uselessly small that it "^ ^^ . 
 
 would not he of the slightest ' lg >J^ ,_.£/ p^ JUL. ^f keu-keu-che t5; shS-che 
 
 small-small-' i body hit I him K - " *" - * fi I?, n'j\. ~~-~*~ kiiy-kiiy-che lei ; shdt-the 
 
 advantage to kill him, and that it would be 
 
 better to let him go. -$Ji» ~j&* ""5~" jL-» \fe+- -V wo ° y' n ' P"''"J 00 shay cite! 
 
 no profit nol-as (i. e. belter to) let-go him. *" * J**- /J "* Snr 1 - *% X3 —^^ mou ^j^ put-yii shay che I 
 
 The Mouse having thus obtained pardon, it 
 
 so happened that afterwards [meeting Li- t& /\£ to /n ^ga ytAXL Shoo ''" m ^ en < how yii Szc- 
 
 Mouse obtained dispense-wilh nflerwards Jiy\ \ *\ E\ lf . l?5>fc.V2- *•*>}' Shii ISh meen, h'au yii 5ze- 
 
 l.e met the Lion, who had by mistake fal- 
 len into the Hunters" toils, and J2- A if yjL SOL Jfe. xf tsze, woo-tow Loe-chay-fhe 
 on erroneously entered Hunts man s '"* '' » >■>*>- ij&^Z^ ~~^^ /.,-. fj 'ng-l'au Leep-chay-chr 
 
 l/einjr so situated could not pos-ibly set out 
 
 again :— he then remembered JrfA dflg -jt* /££. ^j)L i& „ang ; she piih nang to ! Rhoo 
 
 net appearances not could escape Ral >»r^ ^7] S\ "• fy£l I \\^ J*\± „,ong; shei piit nang H'te .' Sh„ 
 
 the generosity of the" Royal Brute to him 
 
 when under his paw, and setting [>»gly- />v vC —r- yf Yf] ,^>»* ncen chaou-hea-che 'giin, suv 
 
 remembered talon below 's goodnest accord /")£-k /I I — <•— /nIj? *4». vtem chaou-ha-che yiin, suv 
 
 to work, took the net and gnawetl it to pie- 
 ces, when lh« Lion at length y>,<» i jrt ^. - V, «, ^ tscang wang yaou po :- Sze-tsze 
 
 /»<-/,- net gnawed-broke Lion Tllj i^l^J l^< WwI'lP ~^T lseo "S m0 "S ' n S il P« :— Sze-tsze 
 
 succeeded in makinz his escape ! This an- , .. ., „ ,. . T .- 
 
 plies to what we say » A /tf v > J*. > v> C,H ' " h t "- s1 "" ! J°°^ 
 
 began gel cynpe-body as ffortd %? ^ )'1>L ^j if 1 AB." > hee «* < "' e ' S '"'" '' W •** 
 
 in this world, "of a dozen of beams (of 
 
 "wood). ■» > \^gj ^ »^ so wei, •* shih-urh teaou leang. 
 
 thut-which says twelve lengths of beams f'\ \tf\ ' ^SY>~ JV* *''""'"' " sh "l' ee ,iK ,en "S- 
 
 " we know not which is the strongest ! " 
 
 no know „hich length has strength tt& HyJ S% AtA&±, " ** ° h5 h5 tea ° U ^ Mh ! 
 
 ^3 ^» u ^ 'V^'y^ Jl " '"' ' «'«e v«» 'ew tok life! " 
 
 and it further says, " when you have an ^ 
 
 '• opportunity of letting people so, ^t . • »v« ^ l<.<< r- ■ i 
 
 . , ' et t r . ^ _-— .yj . . ,. ew y U1K . Mln fangshow-she, 
 
 further says have let-go hand-time ->N- w^> /"rf V^ Z$~ Xi^C . - „,-, ^> 
 
 ■% • J />^. <| VI > I .v '«u u'un, "■ luk fong-shauthe. 
 
 " you should let them go ; when it is in 
 
 " your power to spare men, ygj- j^. ^ „ seu fang show . ul) j a o U .ji„. 
 
 "*" l^'-eohand have spare man ^9K A/** Zf ^ \%\ /^ /^ ,. s ,} fong sh < au , UJfc |«».jr*,. 
 
 " spare them ! do not on any account 
 
 e\revmilnnces then spire men do.notupon 
 
 [anyaccount -f£ VT /.'# > >rj>^, " choc, tseay jaou jin ! " tse«-wul. 
 do.notupon- J/A^. J^~ Pflu '^ 'V/J £// ' : chu, ihay 7,ewy6n!" IseetmiU 
 
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 treat a single individual with contempt ! It 
 may possibly happen, 
 
 despise man as-liltlc sincerely fear 
 
 that the man who appears so poor and mean 
 
 to day, may 
 
 to-day's mean-man is 
 
 nevertheless be your benefactor on some 
 future occasion ; and no 
 
 after-ward's goodness-man also 
 
 one can be certain that it may not be so ! 
 not may certain truly. 
 
 No. 47. 
 
 The Frogs beg Jupiter for a Kin?. 
 
 Frogs beg Pth-Te (or Northern Emperor, 
 a great god among the Chinese.) 
 
 
 E-/^ 
 
 jF~n 
 
 £.4. 
 
 %£}h$. 
 
 kin-jlh-che seaou-jin, she 
 ni-yat-che scu-yun, she 
 
 tseanglae-che 'gan-jin : — yih 
 tseong-loy-ciie yiinnyun : — yil; 
 
 w? ko ting yay ! 
 mee ho ting yu .' 
 
 Ke lew Tib Tf. 
 
 Hop k'nu Pdk-Ici. 
 
 The Frog species had lived for a long time 
 in peace and quietness, and 
 
 Frog-species tranquil-rest days~long 
 
 each looked after his own business : — still 
 in their hearts they were 
 
 each maintained each estate heart always 
 
 not contented ; they were pleased to be stir- 
 ring, they disliked to be at 
 
 not enough liked stirring not liked 
 
 rest, because that they had not yet a King ! 
 tranquillity considered-it-so not have country 
 
 With that they besought the great god 
 Pih Te, 
 
 King. There-upon beggedprayed Pih- 
 
 that he would select and confer upon them 
 a King; for the purpose 
 
 Te chouse-grant a King in- order-to 
 
 of superintending the whole community of 
 Frogs. Pih Te rebuked them, 
 
 rule. all Frogs. Fik-Te scolding 
 
 saying, " ye dwell in tranquillity, and each 
 '• takes care of himself ; 
 
 said ye peacefully-dwill selves- 
 
 " your sources of happiness are quite inex- 
 " haustible ! and yet, 
 
 defend pleasure not exhaust stilt 
 
 " not to feel contented, but to wish to beg 
 not to-knou> sufficient and desire to beg 
 
 " a King to constrain you ! is not this 
 a King thereby selves-restrain how 
 
 " the very acme of folly !" But the Frogs 
 persisted in begging again, 
 
 not-ttisdom's utmost! Frogs begged 
 
 and a third time ; upon which Pih Te flung 
 thein down 
 
 again thrice Te then by-meansof wood- 
 
 a block of wood. The pond being suddenly 
 apiece pelted them the pond tudden'y 
 
 'frill Jft-£vx 
 
 i 
 
 Kii-kc.ic pan-Uing jih-kew :— 
 Hop kai tian-Utng yut-k'au: — 
 
 ko show ko nee', sin Bhang 
 16k sh.au 1,6k yeep, turn sheong 
 
 pub. tsiih ; he tung piih he 
 p&t IsAIc i hee lu>g put hec 
 
 tsing, e wei we-yew Kwo- 
 tstng, ee-wei mee-y'au Kwok- 
 
 Wang! Yii-she kar.-kew Plh- 
 Jr'ong ! Yu-she hiin-k'tiu Pal;- 
 
 Te, seuen-sze yih Wang ; e 
 Tei, si'ne-tsii yal Wong ; ee 
 
 kwan chung-Ka, PII:-Te chili ! 
 koon chting-IJSp. Pek-Tei chtlc! 
 
 yue, "joo-tang 'gan-keu tsze- 
 yuet, "yft-tltng oan-kvy tsze- 
 
 " show, kwae-lo woo keung ; shanp 
 " sh'ou, fai-lok mou kiing ; sheong 
 
 " piih die tsiih, urh yiih ki : w 
 "pHt chee tsUk, e yuk k'an 
 
 "yih Wang e tsze-shiih: — ho 
 "yal Wong ee tsie chuk :—ho 
 
 " puli-che-che shin!*' K."i ki ; w 
 " plit-chee-chc shum .'" Hip k'au 
 
 tsae san, To, tslh I miih- 
 tsoy sam, Tei, Isttk ee muh- 
 
 kwae diTh-che! Ke tang, hwnli 
 fai chdk-che .' Ke ling, full 
 
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 . fc? h/ »-> kim " h£a "8 ! tung! " cliung Ki5 hae- 
 
 '» » ^ight [fear- g)^ y?j<J ^ )& jg/^. ffjf ];em „ Aeong . , /fJ)lff , „ Mng mp hoj/ _ 
 
 tea ' *. ' * 
 
 put in motion by the plump, all the Frogs 
 in a fright [ftar- 
 
 seeing (i. e. feeling) plump! stir ! all Frogs 
 
 exclaimed, " the Great King is come ! ! " 
 fully saiil Great King arrived indeed 
 
 Each faster than the other, then dived down 
 
 to avoid him ! but in a 
 
 every striving dived-shunncd little-lime 
 
 brief space of time, seeing that there was 
 
 nothing extraordinary, they 
 
 seeing not great difference little-by-little 
 
 gradually came to the surface again when 
 each made his respectful 
 
 again ascended each did respect-fully 
 
 obeisance, and privately spied what he was 
 
 about : — (they found him 
 
 and sub-rosd examined he thal-which did 
 
 to be) absolutely good for nothing ! so they 
 
 slighted him, so much so 
 
 one nothing lhat-which use ! so slighted 
 
 as to get upon his back (i e. upon the wood) 
 Aim assembled with wood upon and 
 
 and to make quite a fool of him ! They 
 then again begged 
 played-lrifted-him and-again begged 
 
 Pih Te, saying, " we have to feel grateful 
 " for the Great King you 
 from Te toying grateful confer Great 
 
 " have granted us ; but he is weak and 
 " useless, there is no action about 
 
 King weak-feeble not excite we 
 
 " him ; we constantly wish to change him, 
 
 " and we pray that 
 
 always wish lochange him beg 
 
 " you, oh ! Pih Te, will be pleased to 
 •« comply ! " Pih Te could not have 
 Te see-grant (i. c. to grant) Te not pa- 
 
 patience with them any longer, so he ac- 
 cordingly let a great Snake 
 
 tience so let-go long Snake fall 
 
 drop into the pool ; which upon it's arrival, 
 
 instantly devoured 
 
 stream on-arrival then ale-up 
 
 several of their number ! The community 
 df Frogs, upon this uttered a cry of 
 several Frogs all Frogs, " oh .' " manner 
 
 surprise and horror ! and in a great hurry 
 ran to lay their complaint before 
 hurriedly stated to Supreme Te saying 
 
 the supreme god, saying, " the Snake-King 
 " does us much evil ! better have 
 Snake-King does harm ! nol-as (i. e. belter) 
 
 " no King at all ! please send him away ! " 
 Pih Te replied, 
 
 no King please take-away him ! Te 
 
 " at first you begged me for a King, and 
 " now 
 
 said beginning begged a King nam 
 
 & 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 jen, yue", " Ta Wang che e ! ! " 
 yeen, yuet, " Tai IVong chee ee ! t '' 
 
 ko tsang tseenpc ; shaou-kih, 
 leak cluing tseem-pee ; shew-lidk, 
 
 keen woo ta e, tseen-tseen 
 keen mou tai ee, tseem-tseem 
 
 fiih shang; kd wei kung-king, 
 foolc sheong; l;6k wei kUng-king, 
 
 urh yin cha ke so wei :— 
 e yUm chat ke sho wei: — 
 
 yih woo so yung ! nae man- 
 yal mou sho yung ! nai vidn- 
 
 che ; tseih yii Miih-shang, urh 
 che ; tsap yu Muk-sheong, e 
 
 he lung-che! Yew-fiih kew 
 hee-lungche ! Y'au-fook k'au 
 
 yii Te, yue, " mung sze Ta 
 yii Tei, yuel, " mdng Isie Tai 
 
 " Wang, no-jO pith-chin ! woo- 
 " Wong, no-yok piil-ch&n ! 'ng- 
 
 " tang mei yDh hwan che ! keih 
 " tang mooy yuk woon-che ! hat 
 
 " Te keen-heu ! " Te pith nae- 
 " Tei keen-huy ! " Tei put noy- 
 
 fan ! suy fang chang Shay 18 
 
 '»A i^i. 5>L -Ik. ^*£ ps- Jin •' svy f0 " s chions Shoy m 
 
 > 
 
 keang: — yih-taou, tsih shih-keu 
 kong : — yul-lou, tittle shik-huy 
 
 soo Ko ! chung Ko " wa ! "-jen, 
 shou Hop .' chiing Hop " aaa •' "-yeen 
 
 piin kaou yii Shang Te, yuS, 
 piin l;ou yii Sheong Tei, yuM, 
 
 " Shay- Wang wei hae! piih-joo 
 "Shuy.FFong wei hoy! put-yd. 
 
 " woo Wang ! tsing keu-che ! " Te 
 "mou Ji'dng ! tsing huy-che ! " Tei 
 
 yue, " che, kew yih Wang ; kin 
 yuet, " chee, k'au yal Wong ,- Mm 
 
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 " that I have given you one, how can you 
 
 tincf gave him how by what again -"* * ' * * ^ 
 
 " request me to send him away ! be he good, 
 " or be he bad, 
 
 beg request go. His good bud 
 
 " it is only yon who have brought (the evil) 
 
 any more of your requests ! " J-L. j^=^ >fe. » A ^i-^. J* 
 oi wait requett indeed. & -ffi\ Ijr^ ■& f\ <Lj 
 
 upon yourselves ! 
 ** y saurselves-lrought-it-upon 
 
 " I had already warned and commanded 
 " you to remain [, 
 
 indeed I already modr-known-commanded 
 
 " as you were ; and you must 
 at usual and (or but) yr 
 
 " still beg for change ! you ought then just 
 
 " to suffer this evil 
 
 mutt beg aller-change ought receive 
 
 J£" patiently, and need not w.iit to trouble 
 '• me with 
 
 this hurt n 
 
 Thug the men of this world ! of those 
 whose properties (or professions) 
 jts world-men original estate quiel- 
 
 yield them the greatest comfort and hap- 
 piness, and who, from being 
 pleatanl self- possessed Hill not fill 
 
 still dissatisfied, proceed to try experiments, 
 
 which in the end make 
 
 expectations leading-to play-skilful contrary 
 
 them look exceedingly foolish ;— I have 
 indeed seen but too many! 
 
 stupid thosewho I many see indeed! 
 No. 48. 
 
 The Viper and the File. 
 Poisonous Snake bites File. 
 
 " ke yii-che, ho e yew 
 *' kee yii-che, ho eefy'au 
 
 " kcw tsin/f keu ? ke haou, tae, 
 " k'au tsing h"y ? ke hou, toi, 
 
 ■ she nc-tang tszc-tscu-ehe 
 " she nee-tang tne-tsiiy.che 
 
 " yay ! woo 6 kaou-keae ne- 
 " ya ! 'ng ee kou-kai nee- 
 
 '■ tang joo-chanp, urh nc-tang 
 " tang yit-slieung, e nee-ldng 
 
 " peih kcw kang-kae ! ying show 
 " peel k'au kang-koy ! ying sh'au 
 
 " tsze hae, woo sze tsing yay ! " 
 " Isze hoy, mou ts'ii tsing ya ■' " 
 
 Joo she jin, piin.nee gan- 
 Vu shci-yiin, poon-yeep oan- 
 
 16 tsze-joo; hwan, piih mwar- 
 lok tsziyu ; wan, pat moon- 
 
 e ; e-che lung-keaou, fan 
 ce ; ee-chee lut g-haon, fun 
 
 chuS-chay, woo to keen i ! 
 chuel-choy,-'ng to keen ec .' 
 
 Tiih-SliSy yaou Tsi. 
 Tiik-Shay 'ngaou Tso. 
 
 In olden times was a poisonous Viper; 
 which having crawled into \eniered 
 
 Formerly had poisonous-Snake circuitously- 
 
 a Blacksmith's shop, immediately commenced 
 gnawing everything he met there. 
 
 iron-shop meeting things immediately bile 
 
 A aharp File lay most opportunely before 
 him ; 
 
 apropos had sharp File was before 
 
 and the Viper having coiled himself round 
 it, »et to work to bite it. 
 
 Snakt then wrapped-round and bit it 
 
 Hit mouth coming in contact with the teeth 
 of the File, curtain dtops of blood 
 
 mouth meeting File teeth blood drops 
 
 appeared ; and judging by these that he had 
 a* bitten the File 
 
 might ice taking-it-for hite-wtund 
 
 
 
 Pci'h yew Tiili-Shiy, yuen-juh 
 51ft y'nu Tuk-Shuy, yiinc-ydp 
 
 ti : e-poo ; yu with, tseih yaou! 
 tcet-pou i pu miit, tsik 'ngaou.' 
 
 ShTh, yew 15-Tso tsae tsecn ; 
 Shik, y'au lee-Tsb tsoy tseen ; 
 
 Shay tsih chfn, uih yaou-che. 
 ShSy tsiik cheen, e 'ngaouche.] 
 
 Kow chiih Tso ch<\ heug-teTh 
 Il'au chtik Tso chee, heul-ttk 
 
 ko keen ; 6-wei yaon-shang 
 ho kern ; ec-wei 'ngtou-shtong 
 
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 U to wound him, he further proceeded to » /&>,/&; rC ^Jr V tsze Ts5, fuh-tsae yaou-che! 
 bite him more. 
 
 this File after- again bit him. 
 
 File said your heart too venomous 
 
 " you cannot harm others, and on the other 
 
 
 ttze Tso, fook-lsoy 'ngaou-che ! 
 
 But the File said, " your heart is too poi- a.U, — > ». >>!-/£. Tso yue\ "joo sin tae tdh ! 
 " sonous by far ! 
 
 Tso yuct, " yu sUm tai till;' 
 
 " you cannot Harm otners, ana on trie otlier ^-- » v w*_, » .. ... _„ _ . , .. ,, , „ 
 
 „ j; wid ^T £V ££ > £ ^ " P"h "*ng hae j.n, fan hae 
 
 not can hurt men conlrarily hurl " W A> ^ P* "** "*»ff A ^ **»■ /** *"* 
 
 "you harm yourself!" Just so in this - . fc „ . . - .„ T ,- ., 
 
 world there is a class of wolfish. /£| 2 1& $X- ■£" *h "^ze-ke!" Joo she, yew I.ng. 
 
 yourself. J, world have wolf- " ^ * ?* *T\ ? &• "**■*»!» Yu shei, y'au long- 
 
 hearted individuals, who constantly make , . ., 
 
 use of language, j'O-^'^' ^ fl^iW sin-chay ; chang tsae gan-le, 
 
 hearted persons always are dark.fnidsl ' ^W^ T\i A*" flff T^" sttm-chay ; sheong tsoy im-luy, 
 
 whereby to traduce people in the dark ; ^ , ^- X^^.n > -c 5 yen-y'u hwuy jin ; urh 
 by-means-of language vilify men and 
 
 Mti&iS.AzTfb 
 
 ce yeen-yu wet yun ; e 
 
 and these know not. that in reality they 
 
 only vilify themselves ! ^-- JL. ^ > JjS. i, ^.>j ^V pub che, shih tsze-hwuy yay ! 
 
 not know truly selves vilify indeed .Si^ 7+r g\ fcj & X* Ay 1 
 
 Beware of such .' 
 careful-of-thcm 
 
 ■tJK 
 
 viil chee, that tsze-wei ya 
 
 shin-che ! 
 shdn-che ! 
 
 No. 49. 
 
 The Treaty of the Wolves and Sheep. ^L >£, >Ok vjfl Yang, yu Lang rning. 
 
 Sheep with Wolves engage.by.oath. -^ j&L ^j^. jj^£ Yaong, yu Long rning. 
 
 From days of old, the Wolves and the Sheep •_*■'■ - •• 
 
 have been bitter enemies, L. i- >> v? > 1 » » sze ko0 ' Lan S> Yang, keg-chow 
 
 i *&#£**. 
 
 Fnni oW Jffl/uej 5Aeep bound-enmity H t* ^pC -^f" $2» 1AJ rx ** ko0 ' L6 "S> Yaong, keet-ch'au 
 
 for long indeed ! The reason why the 
 
 Sheep did not receive hurt yj y» j2 ^^ >; .. . 
 
 long-lime ! Sheep's wlierc-by S\ 7^ -"J - ~^«- f/ I K ^ 
 
 at the hands of the others, was that the 
 Shepherds had always 
 
 not receive their evil was Shep- 
 
 
 kcw 
 
 e ! Yang-che so-e 
 
 k'au 
 
 ee ! Yaong-che sho-ec 
 
 pilh 
 
 show ke hae, nae miih. 
 
 pill 
 
 sh'au ke hoy, nai muk 
 
 fierce hunting Dogs to protect them : » . i 1 1.- - i-x v 1, 
 
 [tecting & /&> .% > A& \> *k Cha y chan S e leg - Keuen h °0- 
 
 herd always by-means.of hunting-Dogs pro. ^ rf? K A 4^ T^ft chay sheong ee leep-Hune oo- 
 
 the Wolves knew the valour of the Dogs ; 
 
 and reflecting within themselves, ^ Xg fc 7 JL> 3 /fcl clic :— Lan g cn5 Keuen yung, tsze- 
 
 them fTolves knew Dogs valor selves- ~~^ ^? pi. "7*1* Z^>*. -^J^ J— f che :—L6ng chee Hune yUng, tsze- 
 
 judged that they were not fit to be the 
 
 Dogs' antagonists: and further, lL1 J*. >*- _t> ^ _ .-, tsun fe ke telh-show ; urh- 
 
 thoughl not their antagonists and ' '-J ^ p " f s 1 I^jA. -nF" 17*7 ' S1 '" f ee * e Hk sh'au; ec- 
 
 as these Sheep long ago had not sufficed ^- N ^. ^g .^3 yew, 5 tsze Yang, pith Oil 
 
 /urMer by these Sheep not obtained >V ^A \^ ^L, ^ ^^fa y au> (e isz . Yaong ^ ^ m 
 
 to fill their bellies, they were thereat most -^ 
 
 indignant ! Thereupon ^h W>fr $A yL« -^ ^ ^""g fiih ; wei han ! Yii-she, 
 
 fill belly made hatred upon-which '^* $&* Aft}) I ^*^V ^^, chtlng fook ; wei h&n ! Yu-she, 
 
 they threw out sundry insinuations to the 
 
 Sheep, urging, '• We were Ijg JIX iil ^— ^ 4*. mei y u YaD gJ y ug . " Wo-ttnj 
 
 insinuated to Sheep saying Wo ^« ''-'* "^ •-»''j ^\J "g 8 * n "' e * 4 Yaong-; yuet, "'nGi.ling 
 
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 " iJ2zm&£SZ&S* ! our $L % 41 &$l * " p " n - ,ae seang - haou ! f0 ° keaou - 
 
 .... . , . . „ .. ,, . . y -\ Sp- \^-\ -Aj -^^-->Sfc '< poon-loy seong-hou .' foo kaou, 
 
 originally good-friends fathers blended > 
 
 ' tsze wang ; keae yin kwang K( 
 ' <*ze uung ; kai y&n kwong Hime, 
 
 "and so did their children! it is all the y? sA. t*-*\~*\ )£■£ J^ "tsze wang; keae yin kwang Keuen, 
 
 " fault of these mad Dogs, -j~ f if- ^ l£ I ^ ^ 7\^ 
 
 Sons went all because mad Dogs • 
 
 :: &ctipss&:?* f,om & «■ m. * & *, : .-**• ■* r r r : 
 
 we allho' receive their anger * "^ > 
 
 " who cause us to look on each other as /-fc _A> ;££• , f\ A " sze wo-pei joo chow ! kin, 
 
 - enemies ! now, 43C «\ T" ^ ^ "» " sz * '»*5-JM>«V *> <*'<•« ' «t«. 
 
 mnAe as as enemies now 
 
 " yet you yourselves, Gentlemen, are -j- y* ^- >-. ^ vj£» " urh Tsuh-hea, yih we-chang 
 
 and Gentlemen also nol-yet • "/>">*. J i/l^-^^*"^" " e Tsul.-ha, yik mee-cheong 
 
 " continually being constrained by them ! 
 
 " why then — -y rji, .i-l- A»t J7 V - "!" "I 1 "' 1 s ' 10w ke c '>^ >' av •' n ° 
 
 no/ receive their government ! how S\ ~* ijA^. ^/T' f" 1 *-—* t -} " put sh'au Ice chei ya ! ho 
 
 " not lay a representation before your Mas- h „ „, ,,-,.. 
 
 " ter, and cause him ^- >£. /- i > /v P tth kaou " che choo-jin, ling 
 
 noi slate-inform Master cause S\^ V* ^M 3- ^S*'? ^ " *»*" *oa-f*ee chii-yiin, ling 
 
 " to send them awav ? we then should be 
 
 " be a most excellent plan ? '' Jk-*^* -* & —5~ -%£ A> 
 
 as beginning how not wise indeed .' I 3s" -T^/ J2— SV* ~^L V*^i 
 
 The Sheep believed them, and ever after- * 
 
 wards would not consent \> >V. _ ,», Yang sin-che ; chow puh 
 
 " the same good friends £- ■& ^€ ^--J'fclJtS- " keu " che? w "- ,an 8 seang-haou 
 
 send-away- them. fVe mutually-well *&* ~^T *\ vf" A^l %4 " hiiy-che ? 'ngo-l&ng seong-hou 
 
 " that we were at first ! and would not this 
 : be a most excellent plan ? " Jk-»^^-» & —3" -^ A> "^°° cho ° ' k5 P " h sh5n tsae ! ! " 
 
 ' ,yu cho ; hee pUl sheen tsoy ! ! " 
 
 %feZ-vMkX-> 
 
 Sheep believed them afterwards not -^f" 'j^f -^^ V-^* y (%^^^ Yaong siin-che ; ee-h'au put 
 
 to remain in the same place as (or beside) 
 
 the Dogs i the Wolves »fc« y^ ^g. >-, »X ^ \ yii Keuen tung-choo :— Lang tslh 
 
 with Dogs together-remain Wolves then i?\ y\^$\ )^/W^v\ 3* Hiine " in ?- cA " :— Li "S (s " /> " 
 
 then in the time of a drum-beat seized ylh koo kin-che ! Yanghwuy 
 
 them ! and the repentance of 3-J, l/Sw » _i^ itAi 
 
 ., ,, C1 „„, -*«-" S* ^Wi ~^"^F- rJi' vat koo Iciim-che ! Yaong fooy 
 
 one drum caughl-them. Sheep repentance 5F\* 'nj ^ ^^ I57" * 
 
 the Sheep was of no avail ! This applies woo kelh ! Joo shE-jin, mei 
 
 to those men who are always ArtL ^7 > _ nVL > >-i 
 
 . ,. ,. 3RV />L -«V? -V? S^Z/fl. mou kup! Yu shetyun, mooy 
 
 not come-up-to. As world-men often 7»» k X>^w ^ ** U— -^ ^- Ty, r 
 
 grumbling at the wholesome restraints , H v. yuen Kwan-foo kwan-shi.h ; pi.h 
 
 imposed upon them by the magistrates: A£. jt5^ >>ti- -O^i -?tf — T - 
 
 ff rL ge i^r, rI« S / nl not £* & Iff *$ ^^ »*• «^>« ***«*« m 
 
 little do they know, that if there were no . • . rt 
 
 magistrates (to resiruin them), »> i^. .Ju, i- v» che ! yih woo Kwan-foo, tseih 
 
 *»-*slr^Br» 
 
 fcnoic one no Mandarin immediately -j^* ' ^Fl p /jCJ" f>(' efcw .' yat mou Koonfoo, tsik 
 
 they would then be constrained by thieves 
 
 and robbers, J*Z qTU . \*f* >t > 3? WC ' ts,h *J in s0 ch 6 
 
 iecome rooAers that-which govern more 4^7\^/^%.Y)\\fl\^*- wei tsAk 'i' tin sn0 tMl ,:d " s 
 
 which would be infinitely worse ! ^^ ^, ^* shin yen ; j 
 
 which wuuiu uv iiiiiuiiciy nuiac. ^^ . » 
 
 have extreme indeed.' ^if d£ "^ 
 
 yau i/i/ini .V"'" 
 
 No. 60. 
 
 The Axe in want of a Handle. -^v — IT L> > -- Foo-t6w kcw Ping, 
 
 ^t^\h 
 
 Axe begs Handle. J} %.£] JK^. 3 j« Foo-t'au k'au Ping. 
 
 
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 was yet good for nothing ; so he bethought «j- Jaf. OT X-i VS >/>. 
 
 himself, "1 must have *UJ ^/Tj^J A22 ^ 
 yet no use self-reflected must 
 
 "a Handle; and then I may make myself fjflg. ^ T 4jgj -^- -gT* \[) 
 
 (■Main a A/mrf/ir (Aen may see- 
 
 '•in my day and generation:— so he begged vj% J-4 Vil- -yr. >- Jti- 
 
 use (7. e. be useful) with age (or world) so 
 
 of a Tree, saying, " My Master ! would you 
 
 " be so kind as 
 
 Tree saying Mas-ter confer-upon me 
 
 " to give me a bit of wood ! I only want 
 " what will be just enough [make 
 
 one wood nol-more-lhan hardly-enough to- 
 
 " to make me a Handle and no more ! (grant 
 
 " me but this) and at 
 
 a handle sufficient', other-day 
 
 "■ some future time I shall certainlv endea- 
 
 " vor to repay you 
 
 The Tree 
 
 surely-ought to-aim-at recompense the Tree 
 
 looking at herself, and seeing her branches 
 most luxuriantly abundant, 
 self-regarding bran-ches many-abundant 
 
 (thought within herself) " why should I 
 " grudge him a handle, " and so 
 why grudge a handle ! generous-ly 
 
 most generously gave it him. The Axe 
 
 having now obtained a Handle, ,>£a j^ ,A^ /£» >3- L-tl 
 
 gave-il Axe having-obtained the handle JS^Z * ^" f\ J <jT ^v" J»^J 
 
 there was not a Tree in the whole forest 
 that was not 
 what was Tree forest utterly receit 
 
 hewn down by him ! and what monstrous 
 slupidity was not this 
 cut-away ! how the Tree—'s 
 
 on the part of the Tree ! ! This reminds 
 
 us of the current saying 
 
 stupidity ? .' as world-men that-which 
 
 in this world, about " assisting a Tiger by 
 
 ** adding wings to hiin ! " 
 
 say help Tiger add wings further 
 
 le forest .. * _. „ 
 
 Jfe % &» i£ A.js/r 
 
 and there is another saying of " presenting 
 
 " a knife (to a man) and theu beggiug your -» S.1&* M^ jl vj. 
 
 say offer-up knife beg life is- so "3?. V^ ?J Z-K 'V$ m S^L, 
 
 " life of him, " which is quite in point ! 
 Every man then ought strenuously 
 truly I every-man must-necessarily 
 
 to defend his own ! do not for any sake yield 
 
 an inch (of what is ^-j, SX> 
 
 keep his portion do-nol-for- any-sake cubit -\} jfc 
 
 your right) to others ! or it is really much 
 
 to be feared, that it may end 
 
 inch give (other )-men sincerely fear have 
 
 like our story of the Axe and the Handle ; 
 
 when your repentance 
 
 M Axe Handle Hen repent it 
 
 will be late indeed ! 
 late indeed! 
 
 each ^fa^*^^ 
 
 urh woo yung ; tszu-sze, " peih 
 e mou yung ; tsze-izi, " pcet 
 
 " till yih Ping, fang ko keen- 
 '' tuk yat Ping, fong ho keen- 
 
 " yung yii she ! " nae keTh ke 
 "■yung yii shei ! " nai hat ke 
 
 Shoo, yiitf, " scen-sSng ! sze wo 
 iSTiu, yuet, " seen-shang ■' tsze 'ngo 
 
 <l yih miih, puh-kwo kirk wei 
 " yat muk, ptil-kwo fan wei 
 
 •' yih Ping, tsiih c ! ta-jih 
 •' yat Ping, tsuk ee ! la-yat 
 
 " tsze-tang too-paou ! " Ke Shoo, 
 " tsze-long too-pou ■' " Ke Shu, 
 
 tsze-koo che-ko fan-shing : — 
 tsze-koo chee-o fan-shing: — 
 
 •• ho seih yih ping ! " kae-jen 
 " ho sik yat ping .'" koy-yeen 
 
 yii-che! Foo, tih ke Ping; 
 yu-che ! Foo, ink ke Ping ; 
 
 so yew Shoo-lin, tsin pc 
 shoy'au Shu-lum, tsdn pee 
 
 fa-keu! ho ke Shoo-che 
 faLhuy ! hit ke ShU-che 
 
 yii tsae ! ! Joo shejin so 
 yu fsoy ! ! 1" sheiyun sho 
 
 wei, " tsoo Hoo, teen Yih *' ; yew 
 ten, " cho Foo, teem Yik " ; y'au 
 
 ynn, " te Kaou, keih ming, " she 
 trun, " tei tou, hat ming, " «kec 
 
 yay ! Fan-jin peih-seu kS 
 ya '■ Fan yun peet-suy kik 
 
 show ke fun ! tse?-wuh chili, 
 sh'au kc fan I tscet-mitl chik, 
 
 tsun, yii jin ; chmg kung yew 
 tsun, yu yiin; shing hung y'au 
 
 joo Foo, Ping, tsih hwuy-che 
 yu Foo, Ping, ts»k fooy.chr. 
 
 wan-e ! 
 m&n-ee I 
 
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 No.51. 
 The Stag, the Oxen, and their Master. 
 
 Stag implores Oxen-deliver. 
 
 Of old there was a Stag -which being pur 
 sued [i. e. was driven 
 
 &W«t 
 
 Formerly had Stag received-driving from H *\ ^Q ^^J^C^/J^ 
 
 \ 
 
 * P T, M Jt ^ 
 
 V»u therefore compose-heart il-only-is />C J'- -/5>C ^^^ *{%-£- "tm 
 
 by the Huntsmen, was running about skulk- 
 ing hither and thither to [ningfor-life 
 
 Huntsmen four-{direclions)-sneaked-offrun- 
 
 save his life ; when he by mistake, entered a 
 lane where there was no thorough- [pressed 
 erroneous/!/ rushed into cul-de-sac being- 
 fire ; and being hard-pressed, went into a 
 stall where were Oxen, [teously begged 
 
 hurried entered Oxen-railed-enclosure 
 
 and implored them all, saying, " oh ! Gen- 
 '• tlemen ! save my life! " 
 
 all Oxen saying Mas-ters > deliver- 
 
 The Oxen asked him what the matter was, 
 and the Stag said 
 
 life Oxen questioned him Stag said 
 
 "the Hunters alas! are pursuing me!" 
 The Oxen observed, 
 Hunts-men drive me Oxen said 
 
 " the Hunters will never come to this place ! 
 Hunts-men not arrive thit place 
 
 •' you may therefore be at ease on that score, 
 : only should 
 
 1 our Master come, then indeed it would 
 " be difficult to secure you ! 
 
 Master come then not can 
 
 The Stag next begged them to show him 
 
 some way of protecting himself, !■& Ot ._ v ._— _>> jf ) 
 
 secure Stag then again begged protect- ''♦i <WLk /■! J "|J" ^j^*- «§ 
 
 and the Oxen answered, " do you then hide 
 " yourself among 
 
 plan Oxen said you therefore conceal 
 
 "the whole group of us. " Just as they 
 were speaking, 
 
 Kith ranks-amidsl. Just speaking-space 
 
 the Cowherd came to give the animals their 
 pasture ; he only took 
 
 Cow-herd came to-feed only took 
 
 the provender and put it down, when he 
 wheeled round 
 
 grain-food put-down turned-body 
 
 
 Loh kew 'New-ke'w. 
 Luk k'au 'nGau-k'au. 
 
 Seih yew Lhh, p6-chfih yii 
 Sik y'au Luk, pee-chok yU 
 
 Lee-hoo; sze-tswan taou-mlng, 
 Lcep-oo ; sze-chine tou-ming, 
 
 woo-tow keung-heang; peih-tlh, 
 'ng-t'au kUng-hong; pik-tuk, 
 
 pun jiih 'New-Ian; gac-kan 
 pun yap 'nGau-lan ; oy-hiin 
 
 chung-'New, yue, " Seen-sSng ! kew 
 chung-'nGau, yuel, " Seen-shang .' k'au 
 
 "ming!" 'New kee-che. Loh yue\ 
 " ming ! " 'nGau keet-ehe. Luk yuel, 
 
 '• Lee'-hoo chiih wo ! " 'New yue", 
 " Leep-oo chok 'ngo ! " 'nGau yuel, 
 
 " Le'g-hoo puh taou tsze-choo ! 
 "Leep-oo piit tou tsze-chu ! 
 
 '•joo tseay fang-sin j wei-she 
 " ^u chay fong-sHm ; wei-she 
 
 " Choo-jin lae, tsih puh-nSng 
 " Chu-yin toy, tstk p&t-nSng 
 
 " paou ! " Luh, tsih tsae kew hoc 
 "pout" Luk, tsiik tsoy k'au oo- 
 
 fl ; 'New yue\ ' joo tseay tsSng 
 fat ; 'nGau yuet, " yu chay tsung 
 
 "yii tuy-chung!" Ching yen-keen, 
 "yii tuy-chung!" Chlng yeen-kan, 
 
 Rluhtung- lae sze ; che, tseang 
 Muk-tung toy tsze ; chee, tscong 
 
 leang'chTh fang-hea; hwuy-shin 
 leong-shik fong-ha ; ooy-shOn 
 
 peen keu ! Luh suy tlh-meen. 
 
 and went away. The Stag accordingly 
 
 (thought that he had) got over it, >gj \. ofc y /& m 
 
 then went Stag accordingly obtained escape )>^. "^" If&A ^fe^ ^r $j peen huy / Luk suy tHk-meen. 
 
 but the Oxen said, " Master has not yet 
 " come, 
 
 Oxen laid Mat-lcr not come 
 
 X 
 
 ^0,1 ^^^ 
 
 'New yue*, " Choo-jin we lae, 
 'nGau yuet, " Chri-yiin mee toy. 
 
 "so do'nt you be so glad! we fear that 
 
 " when Muttr really *,£- fa -* ^_ jja j- 
 
 you d-onl gladsome we fear Mai* y * "P, P A* ' a - 
 
 •• doe* come, you will find \\ very hard 
 Ut come-llmt you muil-iurtly not 
 
 ^&8$j**&:?: 
 
 "joo wHh he! woo kung Choo- 
 «• y u mil heel 'ng hung CAu- 
 
 "jin lae-she, joo pelh pfih 
 " jUn loy-the, jru peel pill 
 
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 " indeed to make your escape ! " In a brief > 'g£ $£ ^.'])?ttf 5" "nang t» yay!" Shaou-king, Choo- 
 
 space of time, the Master 
 
 can escape ! brief-space-of-time Mas- 
 
 a oner \£& $£ VU 'Jf* 1^1 "fr " n ^ n 8 ' 8 y a y ' '* Shaou-king, 
 space of time, the Master :JjU fpU ^J *S V]j\ ^- „ nang . tiie ya , » s^*,. Wnff) 
 
 actually came ! the first thing he did, was ;» ,« .* O. «fr) vX _ .. 
 
 to count over >^-3^ ^., 7U K&. 3r£ J in kw ° che ! Seen ' S °° ke 
 
 Mr tnrfcerf arrived first counted the ' yUn kwo chee < seen, thou ke 
 
 his Oxen ; afterwards he examined them iv *»\ ^, v« -^ ^ ,...,. 
 
 all over. ^f" fX»|fc' B^ 3%L IP 5 **" I >cel, - shin :_ 
 
 Oxen afterwards examined their whole-body * "* ^ 'nGau ; A'au, ^eem fce ;wn-iAM>i :— 
 
 there was not one that he did not inspect 
 
 most thoroughly ; and .^Sfc. __ -JT >)^ j^ 3- woo yih pub. chow ! yu-she, 
 
 not one not around-complete thereupon * * '' ^ "* "**i mou yal put ch'au ! yu-she, 
 
 with that seeing that there was a Stag a- 
 
 mong them, he dragged JPl ~£T _^_ Jgg Vl yb keen yew yih Lfih ; chay-chuh, 
 
 saw had a Stag dragged-out *^~^ "V A"- » >^ Aeen y cu ya* Luk ; chdy-chut, 
 
 him out and killed him ! Thus it is in the 
 
 affairs of *S >, JL^. v^- ^£1 >^ tsae-che ! Joo ahe-keen-che- 
 
 killed him. M world-midsfs H "~^J^ "^ fp-] ^* tsoy-rhe ! Yu shei-kan-che. 
 
 this world ! there is no one who looks so -^ 
 
 minutely ^ ,^j > -L J- .-*» «rf; Choo-jin we yew pub. 
 
 business Master not have not ^\ "^ // ^- ^V- ^r\ -^ sze ; Chu-yUn mee y'au put 
 
 into matters, as the Master does himself! ^ ^- j. >- tsuy-kwan-tsefe'-chay yay ! 
 
 veryregard-minutely-those-who indeed. B>L. Jflftl ^' ■"■xl a!— i 
 
 tsuy-kwan-tseet-chay ya ■' 
 
 No. 52. 
 
 The Lion and the Stag. Jgg >_ tftfii $-* L " n J"* 1 Sze-heuS. 
 
 5/a^ enters Lion-den. /p£j->^»^p[*y^W £«* yop Sze-yucl. 
 
 $& \£[ £? -4- N ^i t& Lfih ' ym Woo-sz6 chuy-P' h .— 
 tpZl V-\ V\ -*- !J^./*i, /, w fc, ^u« Afoa-sze chuy-pdk,— 
 
 A Stag was once hotly pursued by a War- 
 rior, so much so 
 
 Stag because military-man followed-pressed 
 
 that he had no way of escape : when most r, > v - fc «. „_ , < u . „ . „, . ... 
 
 opportunely he saw -0 ^f At fl$ n^S « l"ih, puh nSng to; shih! keen 
 
 urgently not could escape apropos saw J ** ^ r^Lk /J^U WBI»>0 kupp, put nang lutes shik ! keen 
 
 a cave just before him, and bounced into it v » „ ^ ^ ^. , . v ., « 
 
 in a great hurry ! ^gj ^T ^. fcip* i^fe meen-tseen yih heu«, tseih-manj 
 
 face-before a cave quickly-hurriedly *^ "M ' "^ O^ ^* * mfen-iseen yat yuet, tsil-mong 
 
 But who would have thought it! within . . .,,,,, 
 
 that cave jr*L y. ±jk &?* ^JT ^ tow-juh:— shoo-leaou! ke chung, 
 
 rushed-in ever-anticipate I ? the midst ^- ^\ 7%£+-'T''J jr? "^ fau-ydp .— shii-Iew ! ke chung, 
 
 was a fierce Lion ! The Lion's heart was 
 
 right well-pleased ju. . . v. ^ ^^ yew Sze tsae yen ! Sze sin 
 
 had Lion was indeed ! Lion heart ^r\ gPfw ^ft- .g^ QWfi f**^ y'au Sze tsoy yeen ! Sze sum 
 
 
 at the adventure, and he laid hold of him 
 
 without any effort ! JO- ^ ^ jvjL »« shin he ! puh laou, urh tih- 
 
 very glad no trouble and obtained -flj£? ■§" ^|-» .^^ jfrt ^j-T in ^ m Aee .' put /oa, t t&k- 
 
 The Stag being now at the point of death, i " , 
 
 said, repenting of it ^ ^. ^^ ^ ^^. che. Luh lin sze, hwuy-che 
 
 Aim &a ? near rfeatA repenJerf it -3^ ^ ^ yti , )^ ^- e,ie - Zufc /fim szi ' f°^- che 
 
 most bitterly, "before me there is a Lion yu g .. t seen, yew Sze-tsz6 chih 
 
 " about to devour me, 
 saying before have\Lion eat 
 
 ^iftfim^fe 
 
 yuet, " tseen, y'au Sze-lsze shik 
 
 •J and behind me is a Warrior in pursuit of ^ ^ « w 5 . hoW) yew Woo-sze cfcuy 
 
 me ' , ... ^P^ 45L ^R «PV "3- ^ " 'ngo ; h'au, y'au Mou-sze ehuy 
 
 me after have military-man follow \ n ^* ' tl: »- ' * 
 
 " sr «' such ! is my unhappy fate! ..**>, a.,^J_*- ■> * »>>> " wo :— ming kae joo tsze'! tang 
 
 wi#/ate ought as-thus if jfit^ ^j3|7 "ja^-^jZ ^U^Jp) «>ngQ:—meng koy yu, tsze I ling 
 
it tne v» amor hail caught me, perhaps -*» •> K4 ^ -^.v « m - .-, . t 
 
 he might not -rAi ^ 2 §f ^_ #V "S* " °°- szt; «'«-che, hwS puh 
 
 Hilary-man had me perhaps not ^N ~^ W \>T* " Mouszc tUkche, wdk pit 
 
 " have killed me; on the contrary, he might Jt.}? -- ife ^. .v>. •» „ 
 
 " have reared mc ! this is fr%. )fQ Aft- ^f^ffl jfc^ 
 kilt but rear me further not ** ^"%» R » ^ 
 
 " however what no one can ascertain ; but — t- v», » » > 
 
 " now that I am being devoured >*J -^Pf A^l >-r*- %fr jf&ffi " ko leaou y a ? ! kln ' P S Sz£ 
 
 »n/i» conjecture! now received Lion ""» ' -^ Vr*_ J « l. ,g „ . ,. fi ryi 
 
 sb&, urh yang-che; yew we 
 further not *^ "^ T, "» ^ "~ " shut, e yaong.che ; y'au mee 
 
 " however what no one can ascertain ; but 
 
 " now that I am being devoured 
 
 may conjecture! now received Lion * ' '■"*-'«" j» „ ^ /few ^ fl , j-jim, pee g z £ 
 
 " by the Lion, of what avail is my repeut- » 
 
 " ance! " ^SZjmJtf -ft ^i "chlh-che; hwuy ho kelh yay !' 
 eat me repent what come.up-to ! ^ ^S l*T 1*4 <^^ « shik-the ; fooy ho kup »«."' 
 
 This is just like those, who being pinched > y 
 
 by poverty and want, are [eously- fa ]*] gV vng ^- A.J|_ Jo0i yln keung-kwan, urh woo- 
 
 As because of poverty-distress and erron- '7*1 rH l"y J^>J r<i, yiin kiingkwun, e 'ng- 
 
 mistakenly induced to violate the laws; thus >J> . « ^ 
 
 leading to their being bound ^U X& 7±- -j>> ^^ Jjl, wei fan-fa ; c-che shin 
 
 cause violate.laws leading-to body • * A**- T^j wei fan-fat; ee-chee sh&n 
 
 hand and foot, and cast into prison ; and i/Jr ,. 
 
 alas ! these know not that this Pg" *^r \i? 07^ "j7* JfcvJ k5 ySchung:— urh puh che, 
 
 bound prison-midst and not know ' * 1^ ' » «*|w7* hei yok.chung : — e pfii chee, 
 
 is much worse than even poverty or dis- . 
 
 tress! 'S/ Ha" ^hl h*>* Vp\ \1* kSng shin yii keung-kwan yay! 
 
 £ &&$ m % 
 
 slill-more extreme with poverty-distress ! ^** V 'J-* yJ5 **"' ^T^ /lOng- s/iiim j/ii kiing-kwdn ya i 
 
 No. 53. 
 
 The contention of the Sun and the Wind. VI \^t J^j a**. J'h. Fung, seang-too. 
 
 Sun Wind mutually wager. H /3*\''] > CJ y£\ Yat, FUng, seong-tou. 
 
 The Sun and the Wind were always con- ■;— .\ _, j+ .._- 
 
 tending which was the H J9 JS1, "75 45 *|& Jlh - y" Fung, hoo-ts&ng keang, 
 
 Sun with Wind mutually-wrangled strong ^* '"'^ T '^ ^0', y» ^nff, oo-ch&ng keong. 
 
 I 
 
 stronger, and which the weaker ; the one a t* --. __, i . >i( ^x 
 
 would on no account give way 5a WQ 'j( A>e\ r ^^ ZSL. j3; ang p£l " scang-jing. «•>*» 
 
 weai- io/A nni ,n,,i,.„iu.-,.i»u ..i.._.i. * ^^ Tj2» »(»*•' fconc »fi< seons-tiaonsr. shiin 
 
 weak both not mutually-yicld extremely * *^* ^^ J** •' fco "? P^' seong-yaong, shim 
 
 totheother;andthey longed to make trial VL> ^j. - . , yuh yTh keaou kaou hea , Hwiih ; 
 
 of their respective pretensions. XnT. ■—** xft? fL Y\ 4f3 
 
 wished one compare high low unexpectedly '**» » ''*• 
 
 Suddenly they saw a traveller on the road, „- 
 
 who had wrapped himself V] V?^. 1- ><-*l » ^? lc " en '°<>-shang hing-jin, chuen- 
 
 saw road-upon travelling-man put-on- 7Ui i» Jl •«• -f!j -^^ ^" Arfen loo-sheong hing-y&n, chitne- 
 
 up in his cloak, and was coming along in a ^ • 
 
 great hurry. ^£. >\ -fej \>,» ^r — - ch» wae-taou ; mangpiiii urh 
 
 had a-cloak hurriedly -hastily and ^p) * I ^&I i^ - " xt ^"Iv c ** ofc 'ngoy-tou; mong-piin e 
 
 The Sun exclaimed, " how wonderful ! ,, v , , __ 
 
 " how marvellous this is ! ;& ■& <^zy l&% Jl> JljK - vue ' " racaou ,sae ! tv 
 
 coming Sun said wonderful!! wonderful ~$^ *4 ^*/ ^i V lu H ■' Ydt yuel, " mew tsoy ■' mtw 
 
 " you and 1 have each of us been speaking 
 
 " of our great power, J£- >£» ^. i* t^ ^j* " tsae ! ne, wo, kO tn6.cb.ing 
 
 extreme • I you I each self-call *®Cj 1 *)* ^\l 'w* *\ ^tT " '"•'' ! nee ' ' n S 5 ' k6k int-ching 
 
 " and we have not yet been able to dis. 
 
 ' tinguish (which is the greater); now JU X. £\j *>. y5M ». " "• wc na "g ">n-pc<! ; km, 
 
 great not can divide now V^ s£s~ ft Q J sV\ ^Y* " '<"> m< " e "^b? fan-pert; kum, 
 
 " however there is a roan coming hither- 
 
 '. who has got on a cloak ; ^K > ^p ^.J%\ *£<* ' he 'i ,n s,1,a c,luen Wac^iou : 
 
 coming-map body pulon outsidecloak -*T*- V^V ^ j ^* ^J >y ^* «' loy.yun shUn chunc 'ngovlou; 
 
 .nd myself each make a trial of 
 
 "•kin. Jtk & ^-ifo ^tel* " n£ ' w5 - krt *' ftshbh. 
 
 yuu I each pul-inforce magical.art T/-h>*3\ -^fl /}KL V^» JTj •' nee, 'ngS, kok thee fat ti 
 
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 " and he who can make the traveller part 
 
 ■' with his garment, 
 
 t-an cause travell-er put-off-clothes 
 
 " is the conqueror !" With that, by mutual 
 
 agreement 
 
 hewho does gain with-that mutually 
 
 they adjusted the wager. As it belonged to 
 
 the Wind 10 give his trial 
 
 wagered the Wind then first put-in. 
 
 of skill first, all of a sudden a furious hur- 
 ricane arose ! 
 force plans great whirlwind suddenly rose 
 
 which very nearly took the traveller's cloak, £& 
 nearly-took travcl-er outside garment "7\ 
 
 and blew it away from him. The traveller 
 
 however held on firmly 
 
 blew -fell. Travel-er by-means-of hand 
 
 with his hands, and thus avoided (losing 
 it) ; and the Wind being ex- 
 defended-held obtained-etcape Wind plans 
 
 hausted, or being unable to do more, it now 
 
 remained to the Sun, 
 
 since not could do and came.to 
 
 to 'show what he could do. Amid a sky 
 unshadowed by a single cloud, 
 Sun make plans cloud-clear sky- 
 he threw out his beams so fiercely radiant, 
 that the perspiration in 
 empty {i.e. mid-air) shining- 
 streams ran down the traveller's cheeks ; the 
 hot air 
 er sweat flowed-dvwn two jaws hol- 
 
 became insufferable, and the traveller had 
 no resource 
 
 air difficult lo-suslain only-could put- 
 but to lay aside his cloak ; and so it was 
 off outer- garment there-fore Sun 
 
 ft&fhjfc 
 
 [bright travel- fr g> ». ? >£ 3 % . 
 splendour fierce- Jt- ,^T» A&. 'Jtfl* >>>» 4"X 
 
 that the Sun became the conqueror ! Thus 
 
 it is among the men of this 
 
 was gainer truly ! ! As world-men 
 
 world who vainly rely on mere brute force 
 (the fortiter in re) for success, 
 
 in-vain cling-to blood-temper's valor 
 
 and thus it is that too many of them are 
 losers ; mnch better on the other 
 
 many lead-to have loss contrary not 
 
 hand is it to measure one's strength by * 
 
 mildness (the suaviter in modo) thro' [begin j ^^ ^^ ^_ _±4 hi* 
 
 as (i. e. belter) soft-gentle measure strength y& ^SSCL ^\ }f? sj ~Us \3 
 
 which men may be spared unlooked-for 
 calamities! /?Sr 
 
 obtain no unlooked-for-evil. 
 
 
 #M 
 
 No. 54. 
 
 The Old man at the point of death and his 
 Sons. 
 
 Husband-man's bequeathed-instructions. 
 
 &*.&*! 
 
 " nang sze hing-jin tfl-e- 
 " ning sze hdng-yun tiiteee- 
 
 " chay, wei shing ! " yii-she seang- 
 " chny, wei shing .' " yii-she seoug* 
 
 too ; ke Fung, tsth 6een hing- 
 tou ; ke Fung, IsUk seen hang. 
 
 ts8 fa. Ta keu tuh ke ! 
 
 Isokfut. Tai levy lute hee ! 
 
 ke-fseang hing-jin wae-taou 
 kee-tseong hdng-yun 'ngoy-tou 
 
 chuy-10 : — hing-jin e show 
 chuy-lok: — hdng-yun ee sh'au 
 
 hoo-che, tlh-meen! Fung fa, 
 oo-chee, lUk-meen ! Fung fat, 
 
 ke woo ko she ; keih che 
 kee mou ho shee ,- ktip chee 
 
 Jih tsS fa, Yun-tsing teen- 
 l'at tsok fat. fVun-lsing teen- 
 
 kung, chaou-yaou mSng-led ! hing- 
 hung, chew-yew mdng-teet ! hang. 
 
 jin, han lew leang keg; j£- 
 yun, hoan Vau leong kdp ; ye el- 
 
 ke nan tang ! chih-tih to- 
 hee nan t6ng ! thik-t-Ck lute. 
 
 hea wae-taou; she-e Jih 
 ha 'ngoy-tou ; she-ee fat 
 
 wei shing urh ! Joo she-jin 
 wei shing ee ! Yu shti-yim 
 
 too che heue"ke-che yung, 
 ton chee heul-hce-che yung, 
 
 to che yew shih; fan, puh- 
 to chee y'au that ; fan, put- 
 
 joo wanjow leang lelh ; che 
 yu w&n-y'au leong lik ; chee 
 
 tlh woo yii ! 
 
 tiik mou yu ! 
 
 Nung foo e-heun. 
 Nung-foo wei-fvji. 
 
f*» 
 
 A long time ago was a Farmer, who being 
 at the point of death. 
 
 Of -old had a Husband man about- to 
 
 all his Sons knelt around him, begging to 
 hear his dying commands. 
 
 die all-sons in-u-circle knell begged 
 
 The Farmer said, U I have tilled the ground 
 " during 
 
 wards Husbandman said I a lifetime 
 
 "my whole life; and in the centre of my 
 " fields. 
 
 *#9Mr£4 
 
 p/oug-A p/an( concealed have gold-hole * ' * \ < rj -U^- cZ 
 
 " is a golden hoard buried somewhere 
 with fields-acres- smidst I 
 
 " after my death, ye must instantly go and 
 " dig it up ; 
 
 fctV ». 
 
 die after ye must speedily *^- wLi^ * } J^ i^. 
 
 M do not upon any account, let this treasure 
 go dig- up do' nl make other-man 
 
 " be appropriated by other people ! bevond 
 " this, I have no further commands ! '■ 
 
 thal-which-obtain may ! ■' besides no 
 
 (Having thus spoken) in a brief spaqe of 
 time he resigned bis breath ! 
 
 other commands little-time returned- 
 
 The whole of the Sons, each striving who 
 would be foremost, 
 
 all sons slrivingwent each every 
 
 now cheerfully lent a hand ; they took every- 
 thing in the shape of a field 
 
 slirred-hand look what had's 
 
 and turned it over entirely in their anxious 
 search ! 
 
 field utterly did dig- over searih- 
 
 behold ! they found no golden hoard what- 
 ever ! 
 
 ft fMf jfrg A 
 
 look-far to! no gold cavern and 
 
 and knew not that in the meantime 
 
 not know their strength already saw yC tf-^Z ^T ~f) &, )f| 
 
 their exertions had had a wonderful effect 
 on their grounds ! The [space indeed! Ua,r- 
 
 -jh ^ <& m M y£ 
 
 merit i. e. produced good effects with fields- Ji -\ I C N ^> » T» 
 
 Harvest was a most ample and abundant 
 
 one ! and what difference between >j- yv ^JU., ^ »___ ^g 
 
 rest plentiful-abundant and what difference q&\ )3c Wt)' -^V. I a J *^ 
 
 this and a hoard of gold ! the intention of 
 the old Farmer 
 
 with gold-cavern I ? Husband-man 
 
 was now completely explained ! 
 
 's idea already had explanation .' ! yZi' "ST *&k /3- bRe jap. 
 
 Just so it is, that our Oracious Emperor "* 
 
 has sealed and prohibited all the ■», -^ \ ■- »». , 
 
 At our Emptwor seal-forbid alt ^> ffiL - 3= $-T ^p $/& 
 
 po!d and silver mines (in the country) ; in 
 
 order that his people .* ^ ».jkg ^» 
 
 *«/</ silver hills exactly cause people ^& ^fS^^ J£ lR P*^ 
 
 Seth, yew yth Nung-foo tseanp- 
 5i/r, J('au ,ya£ J\"ung-foo tseong- 
 
 sze ; chung-Tsze hwan-kwei, keiih- 
 sz£ ; chung-Tsze wdn-kvuei, hut- 
 
 yen ; Nung yuS, " y it yih-sing 
 yeen ; JVung yuet, '" yii yut-ahitng 
 
 " kang, chung ; tsang yew kin-keaon, 
 " kang, chung ; tsong y'au klim-kaou, 
 
 " yii teen-mow che chung ; wo 
 " yu teenm'au-chechung ; 'ngi 
 
 " sze how, ne-tang seu Riih 
 " »ze h'au, nee-ltiitg soy tstijc 
 
 " wing wa :— with wei ta-jin 
 " woag mat :— mitt wei ta yu.n 
 
 " so tih, ko yay ! yii woo 
 " shu-l&k, hii yu ! yu mau. 
 
 " pcfi cliiih ! " s'laou-king kwei-shi-. 
 " peel chuk ! '' shew-kitig kwei-shri- 
 
 Chung-Tsze tsing-wang, kS k5 
 Chung-Tsze chSng-wong, i.uk kiik 
 
 tiing-show ; tseang soyew-che- 
 tiing-sh'au ; tseong shoy'au-che- 
 
 teen, tsin hing keu£-kwd chaou- 
 teen, Isiin hing kwBt-kivii chaou- 
 
 tsin: — shoo! woo kin-keaou ! urh 
 tsum : — shu ! mou kiim-kaou ! t 
 
 pub. che, ke leih «; ki-en- 
 put chee, ke lik ee keen- 
 
 kung yii teen -keen ? ! ken- 
 kung yii tern-Ida ee ! kii- 
 
 slh mow-shing i — yew ho 5 
 shih. m' a u- thing .— y'au ho et 
 
 yii kin-keaou tsae ! ! Nung-foo- 
 yu kum-haou tsoy .' .' *\'ung-foo- 
 
 che-e, i tlh keae e ! 
 che-ee, ee ink kai ee ! 
 
 Joo wo Hwang, fling-kin choo 
 l'u "»gu Wong, fung kum rh.. 
 
 kin yin shan ; chiug sze niin. 
 kum 'ngtin shun ; chtug szi vnm. 
 
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 may not beoome slothful and lovers of ease, 
 not slothful-lazy telvct-indulge so-that 
 
 which would cause them in the course of 
 time to be utterly useless ! 
 
 complete no use's men indeed. 
 
 his idea of the subject is wise, and moreover 
 most profound ! 
 
 Hit intention wise further deep truly .' 
 
 The proverb saith. " it is better for a ma i 
 
 " to live by his active 
 
 Common toying may-rather self-acting eat 
 
 •' exertions, than idly to sit down and cop- 
 
 " sume 
 
 his strength mny-nol silting eat 
 
 " his wealth : — there is no limit or term to 
 " a man's industry, 
 
 his gold eat strength not final- 
 
 " but the day may come when his gold is 
 •' utterly exhausted ! ; ' 
 
 time, eat gold ought have txhuutt. 
 
 No. 55. 
 
 The'Fox and the Stork. 
 
 Fox Stork mutual-intercourse- 
 
 
 *M$ft 
 
 '*: 
 
 woo tae-to tsze-yih ; e 
 mou toy- to ttzi-yal ; ee 
 
 ching woo-yung-che jin yay ! 
 thing mou-yung-che yun ya! 
 
 ke c shen, tseay shin e ! 
 ke ee theen, chay shiim ee .' 
 
 Still yun, " nang-ko tsze chili 
 Tsuk wiin, " nSng-ho tsze shik 
 
 " ke leTh, puh-ko tso chih 
 " ke lik, piil-ho ltd shik 
 
 " ke kin: — chih lelh, woo e- 
 
 " kc k-um : — shik lik, mou ee- 
 
 " she; chih kin, ting yew tsin!" 
 "she; thik kum, long y'au lsu.nl" 
 
 Hoo, Hd, seang-keaou. 
 Oo, Hok, seong-kaou. 
 
 There once lived a Fox, who had formed a 
 
 reciprocal 
 
 Before had Fox with JFhile- 
 
 and very intimate friendship with a Stork. 
 ttorlc mutual-intercourse very thick one 
 
 One day the Fox spread a banquet, and 
 sent an invitation (to his 
 
 day Fox prepared feost muln ilfy-inviled 
 
 friend) ; and the Stork very gUdly went to 
 partake of his entertainment. 
 
 Stork then gladly ascended-to banquet. 
 
 The viands which were there served up, 
 consisted entirely of [pieces 
 
 fVhal handed-up alt shallow-plates broken- 
 
 broken meats and thin soups in very shallow 
 
 dishes: — the Stork because 
 
 victuals thin-soap Stork because beak 
 
 of her bill being sharp, found her plan of 
 pecking by no means 
 
 sharp-pointed not profit by pecking and 
 
 advantageous; while the Fox on the other 
 hand lapped and licked, so that 
 
 Fox then used licking-plan eye- 
 in the twinkling of an eye, meats and fruits 
 were exhausted; and a multitude of 
 
 twinkling-tpace meats fruits already done 
 
 empty "lasses and platters, all in the utmost 
 confusion, (betokened the end of the feast.) 
 cups platters abundant-disorderly Stork then 
 
 The Stork then announced her departure, 
 and returned home extremely [angry 
 
 announced-leave-taking and returned very 
 
 % mm e* i 
 
 # 
 
 >- afr j-*-" 
 
 
 Tsang yew Hoo-le, yii P'th- 
 Tsdng y'au Oo-lee, yii Pdk- 
 
 ho, seang-keaou shin meih. Yih 
 hok. seong-kaou shtim mult. Yat 
 
 jib, Hoo shS-selh, seang--tsing : — 
 yat, Oo cheet-tsik, seong-tting :— 
 
 HO, tsih hin-jen foo-selh. 
 Hok, tsiilc y&n-yeen feotsik. 
 
 So chir 3 keae tteen-teC, suy- 
 Shb chiin, kai tteen-teep, suy- 
 
 chuen, he-tang ; Ho, yin tsuy 
 than, hee-tong ; Hok, y&n tsuy 
 
 tscen, piih le yii cho : urh 
 tnem, piit lee yu tiok ; e 
 
 Hoo, tsih yung she-fa ; shiin- 
 Oo, ts&k yung thai-fat ; shun- 
 
 seih-keen, heaou, lilh, ke tsin ; 
 sik-kdn, 'ngaou, wal, kee tsiln ; 
 
 pei, pwan, lang-tseih ! Ho, tsih 
 pooy, poon, Ung-tsik I Hok, tsuk 
 
 kaou-tsze urh fan ; shin han 
 kou-lszi e fan ; shiim hun 
 
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 indignant at tin uncourteous manner in 
 
 which the Fox had treated her. 
 
 Fox's unfeelingly-lreat herself indeed! 
 
 Next day by way of returning his compli- 
 ment, she also gave a banquet ; [means of 
 
 next-day responded banquet entirely by- 
 
 and had her wines and victuals put in 
 nothing else than a glass bottle : — 
 
 glass cannister- stored food 
 
 the Stork thereupon found her bill most 
 
 apposite, 
 
 Stork then very well-timed her bill 
 
 while the Fox could only hug the bottle 
 
 and lick it, 
 
 and Fox then embraced cannister licked- 
 
 without a single atom of food reaching his 
 
 belly ! 
 
 it finally not one-thing arrived 
 
 This retribution, whether of glory or dis- 
 grace, 
 belly glory disgrace's recompense was 
 
 was what the Fox had brought upon him. 
 
 self ! and therefore 
 
 Fox self took-up-it indeed therefore 
 
 we now admonish the men of this world, 
 that they do not 
 
 admonish world-men net may self- 
 
 cherish in their hearts any intention to 
 insult others ! moreover it is 
 
 harbor insult-man's heart further 
 
 to be feared, that he who does so, will on 
 the contrary get others to insult him ! 
 
 fear contrarily receive man insult what 
 
 what occasion is there to say more ! ! The 
 proverb saith, " the wicked 
 
 may speak '■ ? Common saying wicked- 
 
 " man has always got another more wicked 
 " than himself to torment him," 
 
 man indeed has wicked-man grind 
 
 which is just the moral of the fable. 
 this's say truly ! 
 
 No. 56. 
 
 The Waggoner and Hercules. 
 Waggoner begs Fd. 
 
 
 Hoo-che pS-tae ke yay ! 
 Oo-che p6k-toy kee ya ! 
 
 Yih-jih, chow seTh ; tsin e 
 Yik-ydl, ch'au /si/,- ,- tstin ee 
 
 po-le kwan, choo tsew-shlh : — 
 po-lee koon, chu ts'au-Mk .— 
 
 Ho, tsTh shin shlh ke tsuy ; 
 Hole, tsiik shum shik ke tsuy ,- 
 
 urh Hoo, tsth paou kwan she- 
 e Oo, tsiik pou koon shai- 
 
 che; chflng, woo yih-wiih taou 
 rhe i chUngs mou yat-mfil teu 
 
 too! yung, jiih-che paou, she 
 too ! wing, yiik-che pou, she 
 
 Hoo tsze-tseu-che yay ! Koo 
 Oo tszi-tsiiy-che ya ! Koo 
 
 keuen she- jin. piih-ko tsze- 
 hune shei-yiin, piit-ho tsze- 
 
 tsun ke-jin-che sin ; yewi 
 tsiin hee-yUn-che siim ; y'au 
 
 kung, fan pe jin ke! ho 
 hung, fan pee yiin hee ! hi 
 
 ko shwo tsae ! ! Siih yun, "'gS- 
 ho shuet tsoy .' .' Tsuk wun, " ok- 
 
 " jin, tsze yew 'gC-jin mo,'' 
 " yiin, tsze y'au ok-y&n mo," 
 
 tsze-che wei yay ! 
 tsze-che wei ya ! 
 
 Chiy-foo kew Fuh. 
 Chiy-foo kau Full. 
 
 One day a Waggoner was so unfortunate, 
 as to have 
 
 One day Waggoner task carriage- 
 
 the wheel of his waggon sink into a rut or 
 hole, 
 
 wheel sink into little pit not 
 
 when he could not get it out again ; and so 
 he began to implore 
 
 could raise Waggoner begged deliverance 
 awittanee from Ome-to Fi (aliai Amida »> 
 
 from O-mi-to Fa. Fi 
 
 -9 *MH 
 
 » * 
 
 Yih jih, Chiy-foo tseang cha>- 
 Yat vat, Chay-foo tseong chay- 
 
 lun, been yii seaou kang. piih 
 tun, him yii sew hang, pat 
 
 nang kg; Chay-foo kew kew 
 ning hee i Chiy-foo kau k'mi 
 
 yii O-m.-to Fuh. Fiih 
 ya O-mee-li Fiitt. Full 
 
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 Ko (it is said) in very deed descended (from 
 
 the sky), and asked him, 
 
 really descended- approached asked saying you 
 
 saying, " what is the matter that you are 
 •• thns begging me to assist you ? " 
 have what business mutually beg ? man 
 
 The Waggoner said, " the wheel of my 
 " waggon lias got into a hole, 
 said my waggon fell pit beg 
 
 •' and therefore I implore the power of the 
 
 " great god Fo, to pull it out for 
 
 Fo 's strength pi.l -up-deliver Fo said 
 
 " me again ! " Fo replied, " you ought to 
 " put your si o ilder against the waggon, 
 
 yju ought shoulder bear-up the waggon 
 
 '• and flog your horses soundly ; and then 
 " without doubt, 
 
 and lash the horses then-indeed 
 
 " you will quickly start it out of this hole: — 
 ascend oul-of Ihis pit if yon 
 
 " but if you hang down your hands and 
 " wait, I really have no power 
 
 let-fall-hands and wail I also 
 
 "to do anything for you!" Thus it is 
 with the men of this world ! 
 
 no cap-ability indeed! as world- 
 
 in times of difficulty and danger they call 
 on Fo, when they ought 
 
 men pressing-time beg Pii, also 
 
 in the first instance to exert their strength 
 to the uttermost ; 
 
 ought before exhaust their strength then 
 
 for granting you to call on the name of Fo 
 ten thousand times, 
 
 may ; allow you chaunt Fo myriad 
 
 it is not nearly so efficacious, as the simple 
 putting forth 
 
 sounds nol-as self-act exerl- 
 
 of your own exertions. 
 strength. 
 
 No. 57. 
 
 The honest Dog and the Thieves. 
 Faithful-Dog barlcs-ut Thieves. 
 
 A certain rich old fellow had brought up a 
 Dog in his house. 
 
 Certain-rich-old-fellow house-fed a 
 
 One night a great number of Thieves en- 
 tered the dwelling-house, 
 
 Dog. One night pack-thieves entered 
 
 with intent to steal the valuables of small 
 bulk; 
 
 inner-house stole-took small-delicale the- 
 
 but the Dog heard them, and loudly barked 
 at them. 
 
 Dog heard and loudly-barked-at them parcel- 
 
 
 kwo kcang-lin ! wan, yuC, " ni 
 kwii k6ng-lttin ! man, yuel, " nee 
 
 " yew ho szo seang-kew ? " Foo 
 " y'au ho sze seong-k'au ? " Foo 
 
 yuS, " wo chay Id kang ! kew 
 yuel, " 'ngo chay 16k h&ng ! k'uu 
 
 " Fuh-leih pa-ke'w ! " Fiih yu<\ 
 " Futt-Iik pUt-k'au!" F&tt yuel, 
 
 "joo ting keen-king ke chay, 
 " yu long keen-kong ke chay, 
 
 " urh peen ke ma, tsze-jen 
 " e peen ke ma, tsze-yetn 
 
 •' tang-chuh tsze kang ! ju joo 
 " liing-chiit tsze h&ng ! yolc yu 
 
 " chuy-show urh tae, wo yih 
 " shuy-sh'au e toy, 'ngo yik 
 
 " woo nang-wei e ! " Joo she- 
 *' mou nang-wei ee '. " Yu shei- 
 
 jin, keihshe kew FCih ; yih 
 y&n, kiip-she k'au F&tt ; yik 
 
 tang seen tsin ke leih, nae 
 lung seen tsiin ke lik, rial 
 
 ko : — jin urh sung Full wan 
 ho : — yum ee Isting Full mun 
 
 shing, piih-joo tsze-hing mcen- 
 shing, put-yii tsze-hiing meen- 
 
 leih ! 
 
 lik ! 
 
 E-Keuen fe Taou. 
 Ee- Plane fei Tou. 
 
 Mow-foo-ung, kea chiih yih 
 M'ait-foo-yiing, kd-ehuk yut 
 
 Keuen. Yih yay, keun-taou jiih 
 Hine. Yut yay, kwiin-tou yap 
 
 shih, tsee-tseu se-juen ; ke 
 shiill, tseet-lsuy sei-yune ; ke 
 
 Keuen wan, urh tsuh-che. Keun 
 Plane mun, e tsiik-clit. Kvtttn 
 
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 The whole of the Tldeyes upon this got . _ Taou hwinp . roillg tsdh ch , h .,, 
 
 into a sad flutter, and forthwith fAoii t 'ff- rtfc. Hy - H|J 3??U 'bB. 
 
 ,. .., ' ... ..,,,,. J22 1/7U )*- F>|' ISM* n*T r<m fong-mong, tslkchak 'nee, 
 thieiesjrightenedhumed immediate y threw ' 
 
 threw him a bait to stop his mouth ; hoping y A-« jy A.i. -fc}- Jg.il 
 
 that he would attend to the \J~, yp\ -2^__ W_ J^j- ^L£J e sze-chs ; ke ke koo 
 
 in-order to feed him hoping he take-care * ^* ec tsze-che ; kee ke koo 
 
 meat, and not care about barking any more. A .-— _— J"i-£f "L* ^ 
 
 <•.;/ and not take-care barking .' f\ '"' , T * ff-y\. - / V ^1-* • 
 
 ■» xhik. e vUl koo fei va ! 
 
 shik, e pUt koo fei ya ! 
 
 But lo ! the Dos declined it. saying, " I . - 
 
 " (the Dog) have now got a '^K. 7v tf\% -^L_ ^1 7\^ Sho ° •' Keuen tsze-che, yuc\ " Keuet 
 
 Behold! Dog refused-it saying Dog ' » Shu! Hum tsze-che, yuet, •' Hime 
 
 " watchman's duty intrusted to me, _i— wj, -i v, _»r 
 
 . , ,. ■ -..,., Jf[ &3. C? ^ -#T "XT "yew keen-show-che tsih : piih 
 
 has watch-man- s responsibility not 'f-J rp? XT ^-^ m . g] yr* J ' ' 
 
 4 y\. » <■' y'au kam-sh'au-chc chdk ; jihi 
 
 " and I dare not therefore lnok after my 
 
 " eating and drinking at present ; &L- \S\ C^t Vi^ >f? -b& " ka " t0 ° poo-chuc yay ! joo- 
 
 dare aim-after tasting-feeding ! if- *' ^ IS*! fW AS*- ■» "^ •' kAm ton poo-chuei ya\ yii- 
 
 " and if T were to do this (that you want . .^ . 
 
 '• me to do), it would amount to L^ CL. jk }§£ *5fr .*£ " tsze so-wei, she mae Choo 
 
 Ihh (or thus) that which- do is sdl Matter *-*/)' f^V S***- 0[ "-*"" «• i iZC gho-wei, she mae Ch> 
 
 " selling my Master, but would not at the 
 
 " same time benefit myself j> ,>V Jh~ i£ j*£%.$0 " £! fE y ew >' Th f" wG 
 
 indeed ! not have advantage to me '^C ' *~ r\ JS^ 'f\ * 'Ai " ce! fee y'au yik yu 'ngo 
 
 " one jot ! I really fear, that my Master 
 
 " would thus become a loser ; Jy -£.¥ ■£& >- ) ^^ " y a y ! chin S kl '"% Choojin ylii 
 
 nho! sincerely fear Mas-trr once » ^^ /Vil "3^- '^ S " "*"•' shin g hung, Chu-yun ynl 
 
 " and then, whom have I (his Dog) got to 
 
 " rely upon pray ? 
 
 lose then I alone what depend upon '?\7Vl 1\ / )'&} \Vj -Jfe ''shut, huh 'ngo Ibk ho kaou 
 
 " rely upon pray ? j£- pM ^U /f^, J—f- J& "»»• »»» wo tub ho kaou 
 
 " (in one word) I never never can consent «» s »>. /t „■.,.' . , .. 
 
 "to do anything of the kind!- M 3^"X. &) sLhB- f " m ^V^" P '^ J '" " ' '."' 
 
 ^Ai "f*y| ^J Tvr* /TW vL* Isoy ! t Hint put yun uei f»ze 
 
 .' .♦ assuredly not patiently do this 
 
 Thus when the men of this world would by -^ . "yay!" Joo shejir, yew liwnv- 
 
 mear.s of a bribe. 
 
 indeed ! as world-men have bribe 
 
 1 ya ! " Yu shei-yiin, y'au keoy. 
 
 tempt slaves or servants to betrat their < * n, ■, v ^. v> |j nft ^ piih pei <.ho.i-chav.— 
 
 Master; [thoseuho A-Ul? ^fcl ~% jfc , , . 
 
 <Z -fr |#C. pj -^ ^3 ""ff ke P"<> k pooy-Chu.chny,— 
 
 cause the slaves turn-backs upon Masters- S « r"^ 
 
 do not upon any account believe such ! vou „ v . , , 
 
 will thereby first ruin l-rf -*- — T /•> >k lit. tse?-puh ko s.n ! seen, hwae 
 
 W%f{\%x±t 
 
 on-no account-may believe before destroy <S''i* ^ H* 7L«>^. he, t- r «t.l,5 sun! seen, wti 
 
 vour Master, but afterwards the evil will 
 
 spread to your own persons:— xj- * ./£ -*t -*+ £f ' W ' shin: — 
 
 £±fi«| 
 
 /Ac i»fa«(cr» «/^r fx/enrf-/o their bodies J?? ^_ j^ /^^ j£%- ^ ke Chi* : ISou. kup ke shun — 
 
 ■» 
 
 and in reason itoiiaht to be so! According- ir.ian" jen ViV ! jlnttpuh- 
 
 ly, let us never think -n A' » >» 1 >--. - . "" ^ 
 
 reason-ought thus indeed' a« «-(/or<r no/ >;£. ^7 W'^ <l 7 j \/} >J> ' ' v * 
 
 of taking our good name and expectations ko tieang mi yTh sang-che 
 
 for life - -T5T ^^T ^V ' & 2 h * '»<•""» '"S" H'tl-shdngcle 
 
 may take my a-Hfe-tim.i 1 '' V ^A. «»--*-*- 
 
 to ihrow thorn aw.1v for the contemp 
 
 olject of ndod-li»iii); : — 
 
 giaj name-hopes throw away all drinking 
 
 ■mptihle £)' j.fi v. j,\) »-), yk <-hing-wang. wei choo yin- 
 rinking- -^T - J— » -^ ' * 
 
 tbii i* most important! ^ -^ j) ^ c))e ktell ._ wei jaou ! 
 
 •« mirf/i. 1* important. — •— - [Sj ^ 5^ ^ /,i„ ,._„.,., 
 
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 NY. 58. 
 The Treaty of the Birds and Fishes. 
 Birds erroneously depend-upon Fishes. 
 
 M& 
 
 Neaou, woo Itaou Yii. 
 •Veit', 'ng kaou Yu. 
 
 Before thnt the Great Emperor Yu had" 
 drained off the Waters of the 
 
 Great Y>i not yet drained-off water's 
 
 Deluse. the Birds of the air, and Beasts of 
 
 the field, were 
 
 before Flying- Birds Walking- Beasts both 
 
 not on j(eod terms with each other ; and 
 they fought and wrangled 
 
 not mutually-harmonize contended not vain- 
 
 dav without em'. But the Birds were so 
 unfortunate, as to be defeated 
 
 day only Flying-Birds hundred bailies 
 
 in everv encasement ; they could plan no 
 
 method by which to siain 
 
 hundred defeats ever-not oblain-conquer- 
 
 a victory, and passed their days and nights 
 atnid the utmost anxiety and vexation. 
 '., plan day night vexation-fierce 
 
 One day most unexpectedly forth stepped a 
 Crow, and pioposed a 
 
 suddenly one day Crow offered-iip 
 
 plan, saying. " I have just heard, that the 
 
 " Fishes ha<e also received 
 
 scheme saying I hear Fishes receive 
 
 " insult or injury at the hands of the 
 " Beasts ; and have harboured resentment 
 
 Blasts insult treasured-up grudge in heart 
 
 " in their bosoms for a long time ! Why 
 " then not dispatch one of our 
 
 />«"• indeed! how not send a 
 
 " number, gifted with the power of eloqueu- 
 " ce-, to propose to them a solemn 
 
 can speak' s-scholur speak they 
 
 "treaty? We and ihey thus combining 
 " our strength, and [assisting-strength 
 
 bind-by-tath those (i. e. they) these (i. e. we) 
 
 " bd ig of one mind, the Beasts cannot but 
 " be utterly cut to pieces ! " 
 
 together-heart then break Beasts must 
 
 The whole of the Birds perfectly coincided 
 with the Crow in opinion ; 
 
 indeed! Flying. Birds followed his words 
 
 and thereupon thev sent a public dispatch 
 to the King of the Pishes. 
 
 with-thal informed by-letter Fish-King. 
 
 His briny Majesty had long cherished a 
 
 thirst for revenge: but whenever 
 
 King because heaprd-up haired in heart 
 
 he reflected on the subject, he found that it 
 would be difficult to gain his [to-grasp 
 
 always remembered single-strength difficult 
 
 ends with his single efforts ; now however 
 seeing the Birds' dispatch, he gladly 
 
 now seeing written-doaurnenl gladly 
 
 
 Ta-Yii we che shwuy-che 
 Tai-Yu mee chee shuy-che 
 
 seen. Fe-kin, Tsow-show, leang 
 seen, Fee-k&m, Ts'au-sh'au, leong 
 
 pun seang-ho ; tow woo heu- 
 p&t seong-wo : I'au mou h'ty- 
 
 jih! Wei, Fe-kin pih chen, 
 yat I TVei, Fee-hum pdk cheen, 
 
 pih pae ; rseue'-woo tseu-shing- 
 pdk pai ; tseuel-mou tsiiy-shing- 
 
 che fa! jih, yay, tseaou-tsaou ! 
 che fiil ! yat, yay, tsew-tsou! 
 
 Hwiih! ylh jih laou-Ya heen 
 FUtt ! yat yat lou-Ah heen 
 
 tsih, yuS, " woo waY, Yii, show 
 chile, yuet, " 'ng mun, Y'', shau 
 
 " Show ke" ; chuh yuen yii sin 
 " Sh'au hee ; chill: yi'me yii sUm 
 
 " kew e ! ho puh keen yth 
 " k'au ee ■' ho put heen yat 
 
 " rSng-yen-che sze, shwu ke 
 " ning-yeen-che sze, shuet ke 
 
 'keYming? pe, tsze', hcY-lelh 
 " keet-ming? pee, tsze, heep-lik 
 
 " tung-sin, tsih po Show peTh 
 * ting-sum, tstik po Sh'au peet 
 
 ! " Fe-kin tsung ke yen ; 
 ' !" Fee-hum tsdng ke yeen ; 
 
 yii-she tsze-hwuy Yii-Wang. 
 yii-she Uzeooy Yu-lVong. 
 
 Wang, yin tstih hau yii sin ; 
 Wong, yiin MS hiin yii sOm ; 
 
 mei ne'en, tuh-lelh nan che: — 
 mooy neem, ISk-lik ndn chee :— 
 
 kin, keen tsze-waY, hin-jen 
 kiim, keen tr.t-mbv, .yWn-ycen i 
 
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 consented; and forthwith settled the day, 
 for giving effect to their joint 
 
 agreed-consented fixed-date begin-business 
 
 enterprize. The two parties now levied 
 great numbers of troops : — 
 
 those these accordingly raised great forces 
 
 but when their armies were about to co- 
 operate, they discovered for 
 
 ttco armies mutually-met suddenly saw 
 
 the first time. th«t the Fish soldiers either 
 wambled like reptiles. 
 
 Fish- soldiers viper-wamble ant-step 
 
 or crept like ants; and as they could neither 
 fly in the air, not yet march 
 
 since not can fly and not 
 
 on shore, thev were in one word absolutely 
 pood for nothing ! 
 
 ran walk finally was stupid-thing 
 
 how could they for a moment be opposed 
 in battle to fierce and savage 
 
 how can with fierce Beasts opposite- 
 
 Wild Beasts! there only remained to them, 
 to dissolve their league, [treaty 
 
 antagonist eh ? only-could lurn-back-upon. 
 
 and disperse ! I have often seen the men 
 of this world, when 
 
 and disperse. I see world-men 
 
 about to undertake some affair or other, not 
 pay sufficient attention 
 
 plan-business often often not calculate 
 
 as to whether thoss who are to assist them, 
 are capable or not, and thus 
 
 their helping-hand can or-not foolishly 
 
 foolishly place reliance upon them ; but 
 when the time comes for per- 
 
 acl may-rely andcome near-to 
 
 formins their part, they discover them to 
 be unfit for anything of 
 
 business hair not can do! may 
 
 the kind : — let such people therefore look 
 at the Fish soldiers, as a beacon'! 
 
 look-at Fish-soldiers make warning. 
 
 No. 59. 
 
 The Horse and the Ass. 
 All Horse same-road. 
 
 
 ying-yun ; yo ke keu-sze ! 
 ying-wiin ; j,6k-kee kiiy-sze .' 
 
 Pe, tsze, suy liing ta sze ! 
 Pee, tsze. suy hing tai sze ! 
 
 leang keun seang-hwuy ; hwiih keen, 
 leong kwun seong-ooy ; full keen, 
 
 Yii-ping chung-yuen e-poo !- 
 Yit-ping chAng-yttne 'ngeipoo .'- 
 
 ke piih nang fe, yew piih 
 kee p&t niing fee, y'uu yul 
 
 n&ng tsow ; king she chun-wuh! 
 nang Is'nu; king she chAn-miil '■ 
 
 'gi'm niing yii mling-Show tny- 
 oan niing yii manc-Sh'au tuy- 
 
 teih hoo? chTli-tth pei-ming, 
 til: oo ? chik-ltik pooy-mdng, 
 
 I 
 urh san ! Woo keen she-jin 
 e sii'i .' 'A"g keen shci-yiin 
 
 mow-sze, mei mei piih ke 
 ■ni'au-sz.e, mooy mooy put kei 
 
 ke pang-show nang, fow, wang- 
 ke pung-sh'au nang, f'au, nwng- 
 
 wei ko-kaou ; keili-che I'm. 
 wei ho-kaou ; kiip-chce liim- 
 
 sze, haou piih niing wei ! ko 
 sz6, liou put nSng wei ! ho 
 
 kwan Yii-ping, wei keae ! 
 koon Yii-ping, wei kai ! 
 
 Leu, Ma, tung-too. 
 Liiy, Ma, tUng-tou. 
 
 ^S&-tjM 
 
 A certain Trader while journeying, made 
 use of a Horse, and an 
 
 Merchantman road-upon used Ait 
 
 Ass, for carrying his baggage; and daily 
 
 travelled a prodigious « «>„ y* g. j f p 
 
 Horse carryon-back saddle-bags daily ,n 7 tf\. .H E£i -fl'V H 
 
 distance. One day the Ass being by far 
 travelled thousand miles one day the 
 
 *J1r S^— T9 % 
 
 ioo heavily laden, found much difficulty 
 An back-burdened over-heavy, difficult 
 
 Koo-jin, loo-shang yung Leu, 
 h'oo-yiin, loo-shcong yung CAjf, 
 
 Ml, ta-foo paou-fiih ; jlh 
 Ma, tu-foo paou-fook ; ydt 
 
 hing tse'en IS, Ylli jlh, ke 
 hung tsren lee. Yat ydt, kr 
 
 «$■**«#■ s 
 
 Leu, pci-foo kwo-chung ; nfln 
 pooy-foo kvd'Chting ; nitn 
 
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 in petting along quickly ; so he besought 
 
 his companion the Horse, 
 
 whereby quickly walk begged the Horse 
 
 saying, " your Worship has taken the road 
 
 " with a compar- 
 
 saying your- Honor lighl-body took 
 
 •' atively light burden ! you will no doubt 
 " then have pity upon me, 
 
 road also ought to-pily me back- 
 
 " who am thus dreadfully overladen ! 
 " would you kindly lend 
 
 loaded sinkingly heavy! willing for me 
 
 " me a helping hand pray ? " Now the 
 Horse by nature views the [pisingly- 
 
 divide-strenglh eh ? Horse originally des. 
 
 A?s with contempt, and his ideas concern- 
 ing him, are only that he 
 looks upon Ass always have contempt- 
 
 is a most despicable brute ; so he angrily 
 
 scolded him in reply, 
 
 uous-'s idea accordingly scolded him 
 
 saying, " as for carrying a heavy load, why, 
 " that is neither more 
 
 said back-carry heavy thing is 
 
 " not- less than what you were made for ! 
 " sodo'nt be indulging 
 
 your duty (or natural sphere) d'ont have 
 
 " in any of your foolish extravagant no- 
 " tions ! " The Ass hearing this, 
 
 foolish thoughts Ass therefore nngry-hale 
 
 burned with indignation ; and as the heavy 
 
 burden he carried was a 
 
 and because carry-heavy lhal-which-misery 
 
 hardship more than he could bear, he died 
 when about half-way ! 
 
 accordingly died with half road mer- 
 
 The Trader thereupon flayed the Ass ; and 
 taking his skin, 
 
 chant flayed the skin togelher-wilh Ass 
 
 as well as the baggage which he previously 
 carried, 
 
 what carried- s saddle-bags one- 
 
 bound the whole upon the Horse's back ; 
 and flogging him soundly, 
 
 whole bound Horse body-upon lashed 
 
 compelled him to proceed with it. The 
 Horse repenting said. 
 
 Aim made walk Horse repented said 
 
 " had I only known that it was to end thus, 
 " how much better 
 
 early know as-thus not-as (i. e. better) 
 
 " had I divided his load with him ! in that 
 " case, I should not have 
 
 with him divide-office not arrive-at 
 
 " had to suffer the misery that I now 
 " endure ! " 
 
 to-day- s misery indeed! as 
 
 Just so the men of this world ! these are 
 continually niggardly of 
 
 world-men often often stingy-strength 
 
 
 5M£# 
 
 
 «" 
 
 
 e sith hing; kew ke Ma, 
 ee tsuk hdng ; k'au ke Ma, 
 
 yue\ " Tsiih-hea king-shin tseu 
 yuet, " TsAk-ha hing-shUn /itiy 
 
 " loo ; yih ting leen wo, pei- 
 " lou ; yik long leen 'ngo, pooy- 
 
 " foo chin chflng ! kang, wei wo 
 " J 'oo chum chAng ! hing, wei 'ngo 
 
 " fun-leTh, boo ? '' Ma, pun seaou. 
 " fun-lik, oo?'' Ma, poon sew- 
 
 she yii Leu ; mei, yew king- 
 shee yu Lfty ; mooy, y'au hing- 
 
 tseen-che e ; suy chih-che, 
 Iseen che ee ; suy chik che, 
 
 yue', " tu-foo chung-wuh, she 
 yuet, " lo-foo chAng-miit, she 
 
 " flrh-che pun-fun ! yew tih 
 " ee che poonfAn ! y'au tUk 
 
 " wangseang ! " Leu, koo fun-han ; 
 " mong-seong ! " Lfty, koo fun-hAn ; 
 
 yew, wei foo-chflng so-koo, 
 y'au, wei foo-chiing sho-foo, 
 
 suy sze yii pwan-too! Koo- 
 suy sze yu poon-tou ! Koo- 
 
 chay, p5 ke pe; ping, Leu 
 chay, mok ke pee ; ping, Lay 
 
 so-foo-che paou-fuh, ylh- 
 sho-foo-che paou-Jook, yat- 
 
 kae, ke M4 shin-shang ; peen- 
 koy, hei Ma shun-sheong ; peen- 
 
 che, sze hing ! Ma hwuy, yv£, 
 che, szi hing! Ma fooy, yuet, 
 
 " tsaou che joo-tsze, piih-joo 
 " tsou chee yii-tsxi, put-yti. 
 
 '* yii ke fun-jin ; puh che 
 "yii keefun-yum; put chee 
 
 " kin-jih-che koo yay ! " Joo 
 " kum-ydt-che foo ya ! " Yu. 
 
 she-jin, roei mei lin-lelh, 
 shei-yun, mooy mooy lun-lik, 
 
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 their exertions, when they are required to 
 
 give assistance to others ; 
 
 not willing for people help-assist 
 
 and when the consequences (of their dis- 
 obliging conduct) extend to 
 
 and arrived own-person repent-it 
 
 themselves, they repent when it is too late! 
 late indeed ! 
 
 No. 60. 
 
 The Ass and the Image. 
 Ass not self-estimate. 
 
 A^i 
 
 
 m 
 
 #$ 
 
 puh kang wei jin pang-tsoo ; 
 put hSng wei yiin pong-cho ; 
 
 keih 
 
 che 
 
 ke-shin, hwuy 
 
 -che 
 
 kiip 
 
 rhee 
 
 kee-shun, fooy- 
 
 che 
 
 wan- 
 
 e! 
 
 
 
 m&n- 
 
 ee! 
 
 
 
 Leu, 
 
 piih 
 
 tsze-leang. 
 
 
 L"y 
 
 , pat 
 
 tszi-leong. 
 
 
 In olden times, an Ass was once carrying a 
 Sacred Image 
 
 Of -old was Ass back-carrying god- 
 on his back ; and as he passed along the 
 roid, all those who 
 image was road passing-bye observ- 
 
 saw him, made deep obeisance and wor- 
 shipped : — 
 ert not not bow-worship was 
 
 they were of course worshipping the god, 
 
 and not worshipping 
 
 worship the god not worship the 
 
 the Ass. But strange to say ! the Ass is 
 
 by nature a most 
 
 Ass truly no-help! Ass of-old 
 
 stupid animal ! and took it into his head, 
 
 that the people were all 
 
 doltish- stupid judging-to-be men-all 
 
 paying their respects to him ! so he declined 
 
 the honor, and said, 
 
 worshipped himself! so declined it 
 
 " Gentlemen ! I am most unworthy ! really, 
 
 " Gentlemen, this is more than 
 
 i lying, not dare sustain ! not dare 
 
 '■ I can bear ! " There was one among the 
 crowd, who could not have patience 
 sustain ! had not-coutd-patience-those-wha 
 
 any longer ; so he abused the Ass, saying, 
 u abused him saying men-all 
 
 " the people are all worshipping the linage 
 " that is upon your back, 
 worship you body-upon-'s god 
 
 " and not worshipping you ! how can you 
 
 " be stupid 
 
 not worship you indeed .' how not- 
 
 " to such an extent as this ! " I have seen 
 
 a great many men of 
 
 under stand-ryes to this I see 
 
 this world, who form a mo3t erroneous es- 
 timate of themselves ! 
 world-men too-many have not self- 
 
 these perhaps rely on the dignified air of 
 friends or relations, [friends 
 
 tstimala persons perhaps-borrow relations 
 
 
 Seth yew Leu, pei-foo Shin- 
 Sik y'au Luy, pooy-foo Shun- 
 
 seang; tsae too king-kwo, keen- 
 tseong ; tsoy tou king-kwo, keen- 
 
 chay woo-puh yih-pae: — she 
 chny mou-piit yup-pni : — she 
 
 pae ke Shin, fe pae ke 
 pai he Shun, fee pai ke 
 
 Leu yay ! Woo-joo ! Leu, koo 
 Liiy ya ! Mou-yu ! Luy, koo 
 
 yii-chun ; e-wei jin-keae 
 yiichun ; eewei yunkai 
 
 pae ke yay ! nae tsze-che, 
 pni kee ya ! nai tste-cht, 
 
 yu£, "piih k&n tang! piih kin 
 yuet, " put kAm t6ng ! put kum 
 
 " tang ! " Yew piih-nang-jin-cbay, 
 •' l6ng ! " Y'au put-ning-yiin-chity, 
 
 suy ma-che, yuC, "jin-keae 
 suy md-che, yuet, " ySn-kai 
 
 " pae urh shin-shang-che Shin ! 
 " pai ee sh&n-sheong-che Shun ! 
 
 " fe pae firh yay ! ho piih- 
 " fee pai ei ya! ho put- 
 
 " tung-yen che tste ! " Woo keen 
 " tung.'gdn chee trie I " W'g keen\ 
 
 she-jin, to-yew piih-tsxi- 
 shri-yun, to y'au put-tsic- 
 
 leang-chay ; hw8-tselh tselb, yew, 
 letng-chay ; wik-tslk tsik, y'au, 
 
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 or perhaps they depend on their purses 
 
 being long, and well-lined ; 
 
 dignified-nir perhaps depend-on purse-midsl 
 
 and forasmuch, bye-standers are content to 
 
 award to them a certain 
 
 still strong bye-slanders lillle add 
 
 measure of respectability, which these at 
 once put down to account 
 handsome-face those must self whereby 
 
 of their own competency : — this shows an 
 
 ignorance of mankind and 
 
 make ability is not-understanding-eyes- 
 
 of the world, which is truly despicable ! 
 's may vile indeed ■' 
 
 No. 61. 
 
 The House-Dog and the WoK. 
 Tame- Do* Savage- IVolf. 
 
 
 wei-fung ; hw8 tselh iiang-chung 
 wei-fung ; wdk tstk nong-chung 
 
 shang chwang, pang-jin lefi-kea 
 sheong ch6ng, pdng-yun leok-ka 
 
 te-meen, pi peih tsze e 
 leimeen, pee peet tsze ee 
 
 wei nang ! — she piih-tung-ye n- 
 wei ndng.—she pUt-tdng-'gin- 
 
 che, ko pe 'yay ! 
 che, ho pee ya I 
 
 Feun-Keuen, Yay-Lang. 
 Tsun Hune, Yay- Ling. 
 
 One day as a House-Dog was taking a 
 
 ramble beyond the outskirts 
 
 One day Tame-Dag rambled-walked 
 
 of the City, he most opportunely met a 
 
 Wolf from the Forest ; 
 
 ontskirts-beyond apropos met Savage- IVolf 
 
 and it so happened that the two were old 
 
 friends. 
 
 and-were old friends', wilh-that 
 
 Thereupon they first enquired after each 
 other's health, and next discussed the 
 first spoke cold- hot next conversed 
 
 novelties of the day. The Wolf addressing 
 the other, said in a tone of com- [ Your- 
 prospecls-further Wolf complimenting-said 
 
 pliment. "why. Your Honor has certainly 
 " been very happy (or well) of [ed with 
 Honor a certainty enlered-happiness compar- 
 
 " late ! you are so much fatter than you 
 " used to be ! and moreover, 
 before fat- stout very much! more- 
 
 " an air of cheerfulness and contentment 
 " reigns over your whole visage! 
 tver spring-wind full-face may 
 
 " surely then you must pity me ( your 
 " younger brother), whose person is so lean, 
 
 pity young-brother lean-thin hair-long 
 
 " and whose hair is so lank and long ! I 
 " cannot even look at myself without 
 self-form shame-ruffled your-Honor 
 
 " shame ! in one word, what is Your Hon- 
 " or's secret by which you have got 
 
 finally uses what plan tend- rear 
 " yourself into such beautiful condition? " 
 The Dog replied, •' my Master 
 to this? Dog said my Mis- 
 
 " always feeds me with the very daintiest 
 " of food, 
 
 2 
 
 ter always has fat-sweet feed 
 
 3 |)i] Ato 
 5. -<%;£. -S3, $£ 
 
 Yih jih, Seun-Keuen yew-hing 
 Yat ydt, Tsun-Hiine y'au-hing 
 
 keaou-wae, shih ! yii Yay-Lang :— 
 kaou-'ngny, shik! yu Yay-LSng : — 
 
 nae koo yew yay ! Yii-she, 
 tiai koo y'au ya I Ya-she, 
 
 seen, seu han-heuen ; tsze, tan 
 seen, tsxty hoan-hune ; tsze, tim 
 
 king-hwang :— Lang ching-yue 1 , "Tsuh- 
 lung-fbng : — Long ching-yuet, " Tsitk- 
 
 " hea, yih-ting na-fiih ! keaou 
 " ha, yat-ting ndp-fook I kaou 
 
 tseen, fei-pang heu to ! urh 
 tseen, feepdng huy to I 
 
 if 
 
 " tseay, chun-fung mwan-nieen ! ko 
 " eh ay, chun-fung moonmeen! hi 
 
 " lcen tE ! tseih-show maou-chang ! 
 " leen tei .' tstk- ill alt mou-cheong ■' 
 
 " tsze-hing sew-sih ! Tsiih-hea, 
 " tszi-ying s'au-shikl Ts'tk-ha, 
 
 '■ kew yung ho fa, teaou-jang 
 " k'au yung ho fat, leu-yaong 
 
 " che tsze ?" Keuen yue\ " wo Choo- 
 " chee ttziT' Hune yuet, "'ngo Chu- 
 
 " jin, chang yew fe-kan, sze 
 " y&n, shiong y'au fee-kttm, Uzt 
 
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 " and forasmuch I am now much fatter 
 
 " than I was ; 
 
 me naturally more-fat than 
 
 " were you only willing to accompany me, 
 before you if willing with me 
 
 " there is little question that you would be 
 " both well-fed, and 
 
 come surely-ought abundant-clothes enough- 
 
 " superbly clad ; in one word, there should 
 " be no difference between us !" 
 
 food with me no difference IVolf 
 
 The Wolf upon this gladly followed him, 
 
 saying, 
 
 then gladly followed him saying 
 
 " when I get there, everything will be so 
 " strange and awkward to me ! 
 
 / arrive lhat-ptace all-business 
 
 " [ must depend upon you, old brother, to 
 '' point out to me how I am to behave !"' 
 
 strange-distant beg old-brother point-dot. 
 
 With this they set off, and talked as they 
 journeyed along ; 
 
 Thereupon face-walked face-spoke 
 
 when unexpectedly, a scar or cicatrice was 
 discovered 
 
 suddenly saw Tame-Dog neck-upon 
 
 on the House-Dog's neck ! the Wolf most 
 pressingly asked 
 
 expose-lo-view cica-trice Wolf hurriedly 
 
 the reason of it; "why,'' said the Dog, 
 " my natural disposition 
 
 asked cause Dog said my original- 
 
 " is fierce and impetuous, so that my Mas- 
 " ter was in habit of 
 
 temper violent already received Master 
 
 " chaining me up ; and it is for this reason 
 " that a scar is now 
 
 chain-lock therefore remain have 
 
 " left behind !*' The Wolf hereupon de- 
 clined the invitation, saying, 
 
 scar-mark Wolf to declined saying 
 
 " indeed, if this is the case, I have really 
 " no stomach 
 
 if thus I also not 
 
 " for following you any further ! as for my 
 " part, 
 
 dare follow you go really I rather 
 
 " I would prefer poverty and want, the re- 
 *' suit of my own 
 
 may self-sweet watery-thin rather- 
 
 "free-will, rather than suffer restraint at 
 " the hands of Man .' what ! 
 
 than receive govern by Men how 
 
 " have you never heard the saying, * I'd 
 " ' rather be a Fowl's beak 
 
 not hear eht may make Fowl 
 
 " ' than a Cow's hind-quarter ! ' " 
 mouth not make Cote behind! jutt 
 
 
 " wo, tszc-jen keaou-pang y Li 
 " 'ngo, tsze-yeen kaou-pong yu 
 
 " tse'en ! joo, jo king tung wo 
 " tseen ! yii, yd/c hang tung 'ngo 
 
 " lae, tsze-tang fung-e, tsuh- 
 " lay, tsze long fCtng-ec, tstik- 
 
 " chTh : — yii wo woo e!" Lang, 
 " shik : — yii 'ngo mou ee !" Lung, 
 
 " tslh hin-jen tsung-che; yue\ 
 " tsiik yiin-yeen tsung-che ; yuel, 
 
 " wo taou pe-choo, choo-sze 
 " 'ngo tou pee-chft, chu-sze 
 
 " sang-soo ; kew heung che-teen ! " 
 " shdng-sho ; k'au hing chee-teem f" 
 
 Yii-she, meen-hing mcen-shwii : — 
 ya-she, meen-hing meen-shuel : — 
 
 hwiih! keen Seun-Keuen king-shang, 
 fait ■' keen Tsun-Hune keng-sheong, 
 
 loo-chuh pr-han ! Lang, keih 
 loo-chut pa-hUn ! Long, kUpp 
 
 wan koo ! Keuen yuS, " wo pun- 
 m&n koo ! Hune yuct, " 'ngo poon- 
 
 " sing keih, tsang pe Choo-jin 
 " sing kiipp, tsdng pee Chu-yUn 
 
 "so-yo; koo-tsze lew-yew 
 " so-yS ; koo-tsze I'auy'au 
 
 "pahan." Lang suy tsz£, yue\ 
 " pa-hun.'' Long suy tsze, yuet, 
 
 "j3 joo-tsze, woo yih piih 
 " ydk yii-tszi, 'ng yik put 
 
 " k4n tsung Qrh wang yay ! ning- 
 " kum tsung ee wong ya ! ning- 
 
 " ko tszc-kan tan-pd, kcang- 
 " ho tsze-kum tdm-pok, keong- 
 
 "joo show-che yii jin ! ke 
 " yu sh'au-chei yii yikn ! hee 
 
 "piih win hoo? 'nang wei Kc 
 
 "put miin oo? ' ndng wri A>i 
 
 " ' ki>w, woo wei 'New how ! ' " ching 
 " ' h'aH, mou wri 'tid'uu h'tti i ' " ching 
 
r i*[ 
 
 fact just the moral of our Fable ! ^|^ "^ )jfa 
 
 which is in 
 
 this saying indeed 
 
 No. 62. 
 The Sow and the She- Wolf. 
 Wolf -plan not act (i. e. not succeed) 
 
 tsze wei yay ! 
 tszt wei ya ! 
 
 Lang-ke piih hing. 
 L6ng-kei pit hing. 
 
 Once upon a time, a Sow had brought into . 
 
 ,he world fffAii; 
 
 Formerly hod Sow-molher broughl-forlh -I ' ■*"* -~~ • 
 
 a litter of little Pigs ; and the only fear 
 was lest si e might not be 
 
 Sow-children one jinck support feed 
 
 adequate to the task of rearing the whole. 
 In happy time came bye 
 
 on y fear not sufficient apropos came 
 
 a she-Wolf; who paid the Sow the com- 
 pliments and good wishes suited 
 
 « Wolf-mother towards Sow mother 
 
 to the occasion, and said. ''I do most heart- 
 " ily wish you joy, good 
 
 wish-joy said congrn-tulale Sister in- 
 
 " lister ! only, in rearing so many children, 
 •' you cannot but huve 
 
 law feed-ing many sons not 
 
 " a great deal of trouble ! and moreover, it 
 •' is very much to be 
 
 avoid busy-trouble further fear your 
 
 " feared that your milk may not be enough 
 " for them all ! now, if I [help 
 
 mill: not sufficient ! I (lit. Concubine) will. 
 
 " might only be peimitt d to assist you in 
 " suckling your young ones : — 
 
 yiu divide-suckle (ill- son. how 
 
 " would not this be an excellent plan in- 
 
 "deed!" The Sow sifting the 
 
 not beautiful eh .' Sow-mother examined 
 
 reason of her coining, (found) that tho' 
 her words were sweet 
 
 her coming-intention words sweet as 
 
 as honey, yet her intentions were far from 
 being good, and 
 
 honey her heart not-good so 
 
 so declined her offer, saying, •' as for my 
 •' brood of little Pigs, 
 
 declined it saying all little sons 
 
 " how should they ever merit such rare 
 '* good fortune ! 
 
 how have this happiness '. not dare 
 
 * I really dare not give my honoured sister- 
 " in-law so much trouble ! [distant 
 
 have trouble honorable Sister-in-law 
 
 " please therefore speedily to leave this 
 " place; and the further off you go, you will 
 
 this place more far more 
 
 " be the more agreeable ! " The She- Wolf 
 found, that there was no chance 
 
 Wolf knew her scheme not succeed. 
 
 e this 
 , beautiful ^U $ji ^ ^J*, ^l. j^L 
 
 Seiih yew Choo-moo, siing-hea 
 Sik y'au Chu-na, shdng-ha 
 
 Choo-tsze yih-keun ; foo, yiih, 
 Chu-tsei yat-knun ; foo, yuk, 
 
 wei kung puh tsiih : — shih lae 
 wei hung p&t tsiik : — shik loy 
 
 ylh Lang-moo, heang Choo-moo 
 yal L6ng-na, heong Chu-na 
 
 ching-ho, yue\ " kung-he Saou- 
 ching-ho, yuet, " kunghee Sou- 
 
 "tsze! yuh-tih to urh! we 
 "tsze! yuk-t&k to eel mce 
 
 " meen mang-luh ! yew kung, urh 
 " meen mong-luk ! y'au hung, ee 
 
 "joo puh tsuh ! tsee\ tseang-tsoo 
 " yu p&t tsuk ! tseep, tseong-rho 
 
 "urh, fun-wei choo-urh:— ke 
 " ee, fun-wei chu-ee : — hee 
 
 " piih mei hoo? " Choo-moo cha 
 " put mee oo ? '' Chu-na chat 
 
 ke lae-e : — yen, teen joo 
 ke loy-ee : — yeen, teem ya 
 
 meih ; ke sin, piih-leang : — nat 
 matt; ke sum, pUt-leong: — not 
 
 tsze-che, yuS, •' choo seaou urh, 
 tsze-che, yuet, " chu sew ei, 
 
 " na yew tsze fiih ? puh kin 
 " nd y'au tsze fook ! pal kiim 
 
 " yew laon tsun Saou ! tsing le 
 " y'au lou Isun Sou ■' tsing he 
 
 "tsze-choo; yii yuen, y Li keae ! " 
 " tsze-chu ; yii yvne, yu kai .' " 
 
 Lang che, ke ke piih hing. 
 Long chee, ke kei put hing. 
 
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 of her trick succeeding ; and accordingly 
 went away. Thus among the men of 
 accordingly went. As world men perhaps 
 
 this world, when you meet any whose 
 mouths are sweet, whose lips are buttered, 
 meet moulhsweel tongue-slippery limit- 
 
 and whose (apparent) intentions are kind 
 more than the occasion requires, depend 
 beyond fine-intention-persons must hive 
 
 upon it, that such persons must have sime 
 other object in view ! fall not 
 other cause not may Jall-inlo their 
 
 therefore into the snare of their craftiness ! 
 Beware ! Beware ! 
 aorcery-midst. Care-il. Care it ■' 
 
 No. 63. 
 
 The Wolf, the Dog, the Eagle, the Kite, 
 
 and the Sheep. 
 
 Wolf decides Sheep-case. 
 
 In days of old there lived a fierce Dog, who 
 
 duly memorialized a Wolf, 
 
 Ancienl'y had cruel Dog duly-petitioned 
 
 stating, that " a certain Sheep owed him 
 " (the Dog) so many measures 
 It Wolf saying Sheep owes him 
 
 " of corn, which lie would on no account 
 " consent to repay : and forasmuch the 
 grain several measures altogether not- 
 
 " Dog now prayed the Wolf to act as Judge. 
 
 " (and decide the case). " 
 
 willing return begged Wolf make master. 
 
 The Wolf thereupon dispatched his bailiffs 
 •who apprehended the Sheep, and took 
 Wolf then issued bailiffs took sheep 
 
 him into custody ; when the Wolf thus 
 interrogated him, " it appears 
 teized-caught examined said you owe 
 
 " that you have been owine so much corn 
 " to such a Dog for a long time. 
 turn Dog grain days-long 
 
 
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 suy keu. Joo sliejin, bw» 
 suy hvy. Yu shei-y&n, irafc 
 
 yu kow-teen, shS hwb, kih- 
 yii h'auteem, sheet- wit, leak- 
 
 wa<-mei-e-chay, — peih yew 
 'ngoy-mee-eechuy,—peet y'vu 
 
 pi-g-koo ; puhko to ke 
 peelkoo : pUllio to ke 
 
 shiih-chung ! shin-che ! shin-che ! 
 shit chung ! shUn-che! shUn-che! 
 
 Lang, twan Yang-'gan. 
 l-6ng, tune Yaong-ban. 
 
 ^Jl *&± 
 
 4,1 and which you will not repay him :— what 
 " strange unprincipled conduct is this Sir I 
 not return is what reason-principle t 
 
 The Sheep replied, " there is not a word 
 
 '■ oftruth in the matter ! it is 
 
 Sheep said altogether not this affair' 
 
 • neither more nor >e-s, than a false arensa- 
 •• tion on the part of ihat mad \1og ! " 
 it-it mad- Dog false- accuse indeed! 
 The Wolf then asked the Doc, sayi.ig, "the 
 " Mheep is unwilling to confess ! 
 Wolf asked Dog saying Sheep not 
 
 " have you got any eridence to support 
 
 '• your charge or not ? " 
 
 milling confess you have proof 
 
 The Dog renlted, "the Eagle and the Kite, 
 
 •• can both give evidence 
 
 $r not. Dig said Eagle Kilt all 
 
 
 Koo, yew heung-Keuen, keu-pin 
 h'oo, y'au hung-Hune, kiiy-pun 
 
 vi Lang, wei, "Yang, fooe 
 yu LSng, uei. " Ynong,foo ie 
 
 " kiih-leang soo bo ; tsfing piih- 
 '• k«k-leong sloii liSp : hu>g pHt- 
 
 " kang hwan :— kew Lang ts5 choo!" 
 " hitng nin ■• — Ic'au Long t>Sk rh* 
 
 Lang, tslh cbiih cbae; tseang Yang, 
 long , tsUk chut chai ; tseong J'n»np. 
 
 na-lnvO ; sin. yue\ " flrh, hi'en 
 
 t d-wol: : ■•An, yuel, " Be, -herm 
 
 " mow Keuen laih-leang ; jih-kew 
 " tn'au Dune kiik leong : yal-l:'nu 
 
 " piih hwan! she ho taou-le?" 
 " put tidn ! she ho tnulee ? " 
 
 Yang yu?, •• ping woo tsar S2c ; 
 Ytsoug yuet, 'ping ynou /•*<!' 'te : 
 
 " nse kwang- Keuen wookaou ya> ! " 
 '■ nai ku&ngllvne moukou ya'" 
 
 I.aig wan Keuen. yue\ " Yang piih 
 t.6ng n<0n Fine, .turf, " Yoonp ju' 
 
 f kang chsou ! firh yew ping keu. 
 •• King chew! U y'tu ping-k< y, 
 
 ' four r " Keuen yuf, " Ying. Keuh, keae 
 ■'/»» ' " ncne }*ct, " Yfirg, Watt, Lai 
 

" (as to the truth of my allegation') ! " The 
 Wolf forthwith summoned [moned 
 
 can make witness Wolf immediately sum- 
 
 the Eagle and the Kite, that they might be 
 confronted wilt) the accused 
 
 came. E<iglc Kile face-to-face mutually - 
 
 party, f;ice to face. These witnesses at 
 once exclaimed, " the charge is 
 
 confronted Eagle Kile said true business .' 
 
 " perfectly true ! that the Sheep owes the 
 *■ Dog so much corn, is what we 
 
 Sheep owes Dog groin our own 
 
 " have seen with our own eyes, and no false 
 " accusation on the part of [accuse 
 
 eyes knocked (i. e we saw) also not false- 
 
 " the Dog ! we therefore heg, that your 
 " Worship will he pleased to take the 
 
 beg favor take Sheep according to statute 
 
 " Sheep, and punish his crime according to 
 '• Law ! " The Wolf then addressing the 
 
 punish crime Wo'f to Sheep said 
 
 Sheep, said, " now ! there is proof afforded, 
 " strong as iron itself ! will you still persist 
 
 now have iron-proof you stilt 
 
 I " in telling a manifest falsehood ! " and 
 thereupon he killed him J 
 
 persist eh ? accordingly killed him with- 
 
 and with that, the Dog who was plaintiff, 
 coupled with 
 
 that plainlijf-'s Do? with 
 
 the Wolf who had played Ju lge on the 
 occasion, and upon a 
 
 judge-business-' s IVolf-mandurin al > 
 
 perfect understanding with the Eagle and 
 Kite, whose evidence had lietn 
 
 involve-evidence-'s Eagle Kite Serpents 
 
 so well timed, (being in fact so many birds 
 of a feather), made a general 
 
 Scorpions one nest all-together divided the 
 
 division of the poor Sheep's carcase ! Tnus 
 it is in this world! if a man 
 
 Skeep as world-man if have 
 
 chance to possess wealth, it is continually 
 drawing down evils and 
 
 properly-weallh often invite cross-woes 
 
 calamities upon his head ! and should he 
 meet a greedy magistrate like 
 
 and meet covetous. Wolf-' s Mandarin 
 
 the Wolf, a plaintiff like our fierce Dog, 
 and witnesses like the Eagle 
 ptain-liff as Dog give-evidence 
 
 and Kite of our story, then indeed he may 
 not hope for 
 
 as Eaile Kite then not must 
 
 any affair (he may get involved in), being 
 decided with the smallest 
 hope their justly settle aff,ir 
 
 attention to justice ! the proverb saith, "the 
 Elephant has got Ivory tusks, 
 
 indeed .' proverb says Elephant has teeth 
 
 
 79 
 
 " ko ts8 ching !*' Lftn", tselh chuen- 
 " ho tsBk ching!" Lung, Ink chime- 
 
 lae Ying, Keiih ; meen meen setng- 
 loy Ting, Watt ; meen meen seong- 
 
 clilh : Ying, Keiih, ching " chin sz£ ! 
 chiit i ying, fTait, thing " cMin $xi I 
 
 " Yang heen Keuen leang, wo-tang 
 " Yoong heem Hune leong, 'ngo-t&ng 
 
 " miih keiih; ping fe UTo.kaou ! 
 " muk kik ; ping fee mou-kou '. 
 
 " keih 'giin tseang Ying, 'gfln leiih 
 " hat y&nn tseong Yaong, dan leut 
 
 " che tsuy !" Ling tuy Yang, yue\ 
 " chee tsuy!" Long tuy Yaong, yuet, 
 
 " heen yew teg-ching ! firh shang 
 " een y'au teel-chlng ! ee sheong 
 
 " lae hoo?'' suy sha-che! Yii- 
 " lai oo?" suy shdt-che '. Yu. 
 
 she yuen-kaou-che Keuen, yii 
 she yiinc-kou che Hune, yu 
 
 shin-^ze-che Ling- k wan, ping 
 shtlm-sze che L6ng-koon, ping 
 
 kin-ching-che Ying, Keuh, " Shay, 
 koan-chtng-che Ying, Willi, "Shay, 
 
 " HeC, ylh wo," knng fun ke 
 " Kcet* gat wo," kUng fun ke 
 
 Yang! Joo she-jin, j6 yew 
 Yaong I Yu shci-yiln, yik y'au 
 
 tsze-tsae, mei chaou hfing-ho ! 
 moey chew wing-wit '. 
 
 .Aj)3 13, 4\/C~<*m. jet *'«*. yu t&m-L6ng-che koon, 
 
 \C, \X* > y« j£s -t ->y4 y»en-kaou joo Keuen, kin-ching 
 
 /^J "^Z ~y¥ -*^ \ $}£- yunekou yu Hune, koan-chtag 
 
 lv* ife Vh vl 1 _t- • >,>, J 00 Yinp< Keuh : ^h. punpeih 
 
 ^~ ?\ SV* ^* "^T ^F m6 * s ke P ln e-kung tune tzt 
 
 /* ,Jjte — #1 -jr* }X?. 5! Y « n y un « "Seang, yew che ; 
 
 *?X*y; ~Z*^Zp* / ft pa), "' ^«» ^", "T»iMg, y'au chee; 
 
" and for that reason is his budy burned !" 
 
 and is it not 
 
 burn his body how not indeed-so 
 
 indeed so? 
 ,h> 
 
 No. 6-t. 
 
 The Foolish Swain and his Cat. 
 Stupid-man foolish-love. 
 
 -*fc & &, ^ -*- zP " f6n ke s • p Jen 
 
 'K '7S ^1 -2- 'T* iih "f" n ** •**»/" hee pit yeen 
 
 hoo? 
 
 00 ? 
 
 A: 
 
 Yii-foo chtVgae. 
 i'u-foo chee-oy. 
 
 In olden times lived a Foolish fellow, who 
 
 had brought up a Cat 
 
 Formerly had Stupid-man house reared 
 
 in his house, which he looked upon as a 
 
 pearl above all price. 
 
 a Cat viewed as precious-valuable 
 
 He was constantly praying to Chang-go the 
 nymph of the moon, (i. e. the 
 Constantly vowed teith moon-within Ch 
 
 Chinese Diana) saying, " oh ! how shall I 
 
 " get Chang-go, to take this 
 
 'go saying where obtain Chang'-go 
 
 " domestic Cat of mine ; and divesting her ^x 
 take my house-Cat cause-go- <> ' 
 
 " of her outward form, change her into a 
 
 " fair virgin ! 
 
 away fashion substance change a fair- 
 
 " such indeed is my ardent prayer !" 
 woman is my that-which wish 
 
 Thus it was that he prayed night after % 
 
 night :- J& ^ J|_ ^,f*. #f 
 
 indeed thus-il-was night night besought- •> 
 
 and at last Chang-go, touched by the foolish ., j. 
 
 sincerity of 
 
 prayed Chang- gu excited-by his foolish 
 
 his love, compassionately took the Cat, ; 
 
 transformed her for the 
 
 sincerity indulgently took his Cat interim 
 
 time-being into a beauteous mai 
 
 besotted admirer 
 
 thanged fair-one Stupid-man saw 
 
 teeing her, his joy may be well supposed ! 
 and in short 
 
 
 fc 
 
 her gladness may know indeed! there- "*^, -^J" J*J -ffi 1 J QQ *J\ 
 
 - % is) JWl* 
 
 they straighway loved each other fondly as 
 
 Husband and H'ife ! 
 
 upon affection- bliss as husband wife 
 
 One night while sleeping within the curtains, 
 truly ! one night tngelher-slepl curtain- 
 
 Chang-go (on purpose to try her), let a 
 
 midst Chang-'go by-means-of rat lei- T>»*»^ ^$\ '■** W^'V S * 
 where they slept : no sooner did the beauie- 
 
 ou. bride perceive ^ PhV*i %^^\§\ 
 
 enter room.vilkin fair one smell '/J **»S '^ 1 
 
 Sell', yew Yii foo, kea-chiih 
 Sik, y'"U Yufno, ka-chuk 
 
 yih Maou ; she, joo chinpaou ! 
 yal Maou ; shec, yii chdn-fou ! 
 
 Chang cliiih, yii yu6-le Clianii- 
 Shiong chul;, yit yuel-luy Sntonfr. 
 
 'go, yu?, "'pan tih (hane-'po, 
 'ngo, yuel, " dan 16k Shcong-'ngo, 
 
 " tseang wo kea-Maon urh. Iiwan- 
 •' iseong 'ngo kd-Maou-ee, tcootr- 
 
 " keu hing-heae, peen yih Mei- 
 " hiiy ying-hoy, peen yal '.Wee- 
 
 " jin ! she y'u-che so-yuen 
 " ytin ! she ya-che sho-yane 
 
 " yay !" Yew-she, yay jay ke- 
 " ya ! " Y'au-she, yay yay kte- 
 
 taou : — Chang-'go, kan ke che- 
 tou : — Sheong-'ngo, kiim ke thee- 
 
 cliiug ; koo tseang ke Maou, tsan- 
 shing ; hoo tseong ke Maim, tsain- 
 
 pifen Mei-jin : — Yii-foo keen 
 peen Mee-y&n : — Yii foo ketn 
 
 che, he ko che yay ! yii- 
 c he, hee ho chee ya ■' y«- 
 
 she chftng-hing. joo foo. tse, 
 she chung-hung, yu foo, tsri, 
 
 yen ! Yih yay, tiing-'go chang- 
 yecn '■ YSl yay, lAng-'ngi cheeng- 
 
 chung, Chang-'go e shoo, fang- 
 chung, Sheong-' ngo ee shii, Jong- 
 
 jiih tang-nuy; Mei-jin w.in 
 yap fong-niiy ; Mte-yun mun 
 
81 
 
 the scent of the Mouse, than she arne ami , » 
 
 caught it! [eaught «£- Uu ££.££) %fe 
 
 rat breath (i. e. smeil) suddenly rose and «*\i .i>^ /y *w '"^•" 
 
 Chang-go immediately railed at her, saying, -^4^-^M! ^" "^ ^J 
 rt Chang-go scolded her saying > r ' * ' J% \ 
 
 " when I granted you to become a human- 
 
 " being, 
 
 / since commissioned you make man 
 
 " how then is this, that yon again give signs 
 
 " of your brutish nature?" 
 
 how whereby again act beast disposition 
 
 and thereupon she changed her into a Cat 
 
 as she had been before ! -\A f 
 
 to returned as Iff ore -change make Cat. 
 
 Thus it is among the men of this world ! 
 
 there is a class of greedy 
 
 ,4s world-men covetous- rascally- s 
 
 " you ought submissively to have acted like »^ j^ ^^ y^ - ^Sjj~ 
 
 •' others of mankind! -^J r&~ ^vfr jf*f A^, jlpL 
 
 indeed-ought respectfully to-act man-business V* N 
 
 and tricky rascals, who, altho' they may /l ,,. ,,i >i , 
 
 walk straight- forward [straight- ^^ ^ ^ aft j-j j£_ 
 
 </c>< al- though meantime act (or walk) % "■* 
 
 In the bone, T> & tyV >£<$. 5$ -T 
 ition difficult alter just V\ «** ' *" ^^ \ LC - 
 
 yu ?^j •*£* 
 
 for the moment, yet where riches in any 
 shape come before ^ 
 
 rvid one-time wealth encounters 
 
 their eyes, then do thev in very deed dis- 
 cover their real characters ! 
 eyes Ihen-indeed discloses true 
 
 the proverb saith, " the creen hills may 
 ■' easily change, but it is diffi- 
 fit'irc common saying autre hills easy 
 
 " cult to alter the natural disposition ! " 
 (aiiglice, what is bred 
 cha nge na lurul-disposilion 
 
 comes out in (he flesh) which isjust the 
 moral of what we have been saying ! 
 
 .'I.j saying also. 
 
 No. 65. 
 
 pa; Cocks and the Partridge. 
 Fowls Partridge together feed. 
 
 %$M¥l 
 
 Shoo-ke, tseih ke, urh kin- 
 Shu-hee, hat hre, e k&m- 
 
 che ! Chang-'go tsih-che, yufi, 
 che .' Sheong-'ngo chdk-che, yuet, 
 
 " woo ke to urh wei jin, — 
 " 'ng kee tok ee wei yiln, — 
 
 '* tsze-t4ng tsun hing jin-sze! 
 " tszt-long tsun hing ydn-szt '. 
 
 " ho e fiih-hing show-sing? " 
 " ho ee fook-hiing sh'au-sing ? " 
 
 suy-fiih, jing-peen wei Maou ! 
 suyfook, ylng-peen wei Maou I 
 
 Joo she-jin, tan-keaou-ehe 
 Yu shei-y&n, tdm-kaou-che 
 
 too:— suy-tsth, tsan hing ahing- 
 tout — suy-ts&k, tsdm hang ching- 
 
 taou ; yih-she, tsae-plh chiih 
 tou ; yal-she, tsoy-pdk chuk 
 
 miih ; tsze-jem loo-chuh chin 
 miik ; tsze-yeen loo-chut chin 
 
 hing ! stih yun, " tsing-shan e 
 ying ! tsuk wiin, " tsingshdn ee 
 
 " kae, pin-sing nan e ! " ching 
 " koy, pun-sing ndn ee ! " ching 
 
 tsze wei yay ! 
 Use wei ya .' 
 
 Ke, Koo, tiing-sze. 
 Kei, Koo, tung-tszt. 
 
 There once lived a Man, who had been for 
 a long time in the habit of 
 
 Before had Mas-ter house bred 
 
 -rearing Cocks at home ; and he further 
 bought 
 
 male-Fowls days-long and-further bought 
 
 a Partridge, (and sent it) to feed out of the 
 sime bowl. 
 
 o Par-tridge same-dish feed- 
 But the disposition of the Cock is flerce and 
 dominant; (aut Cssar aut nullus) and 
 e.u Fowl temper alone-violent always 
 
 whenever they saw the poor Partridge 
 coming to eat, these then 
 
 see Par-tridge come eat then 
 
 
 Tsing yew Choojin, kea-chuh 
 Tsang y'au Chu-yiin, kd-chulc 
 
 heiing-K5 jih-kew ; ffih-mae 
 h&ng-Kei ydt-k'au ; fook-mai 
 
 yih Chay-koo, tung-yii sze- 
 yat Chay-koo, tung-yii tsze- 
 
 chih. Ke»sing tiih-kang ! fan 
 shik. Kei-sing t&k-kong ■' fan 
 
 keen Chay-koo lae chih, tslh 
 keen Cay-koo loy shik, tsuk 
 
82 
 
 pecked him, and drove him away. The 
 Partridge being insulted ceive 
 
 peckcd-expelled-him Partridge because re- 
 
 to such a very great degree, felt no inclina- 
 tion to submit to such treatment ; 
 instill make extreme always uot sub- 
 
 hut one day seeing a couple of these same 
 
 Cocks, 
 
 mil one day saw these two 
 
 have a set-to beyond their common platter, 
 
 [beyond 
 Male (or fierce) Fowls together fight bowl- 
 be consoled himself, saying, " why, these 
 *• are brethren ! (or of the same 
 
 so self-loosed saying those 
 
 " species) and yet do not spare each other : — 
 same-species yet-still not spare 
 
 " how still less consideration then must 
 " thev have for me ! *' and from 
 and-how-much-more with me? from 
 
 that time he felt but little indignation about 
 
 the matter. 
 
 this not very cherish-hatred as 
 
 Thus in this world, if older and younger 
 brothers are perpetually [yet-still 
 
 it orld-upon-older -brothers younger -brothen 
 
 quarreling and fighting among themselves:— 
 contend-qunrrel not finish and ouler- 
 
 can those who are strangers look for kii d 
 
 treatment 
 
 prop!e(i. e. strangers) may hope their kitd- 
 
 
 (in such a family as that) ? 
 treatment eh t 
 
 No. 66. 
 
 The Unnatural Sor. 
 Indulge Son self -injure. 
 
 
 cho-chuh-che ! Koo, yin show 
 tiok-chokche ! Koo, yiln sh'au 
 
 ke wei shin, mei piih shoo- 
 hee wei shdrn, mooy put shii- 
 
 fiih ! yih jth, keen ke leang 
 fook ! yiil ydl, keen ke leong 
 
 heung Ke, seang-tow yii-wae, 
 hting Kei, seong-tau yii-'ngoy, 
 
 nae tsze-keae, yue, " pe-che 
 nai tsze-kai, yuct, " pee-che 
 
 " tungluy, shang tseay piih jaou ! 
 '" tvng-luy, sheong-chay p&t yew ! 
 
 " urh-hwang yii wo hoo ? " tsze 
 " ce fling yu , ngo oo ? " tsie 
 
 tsze, piih shin hwae han. Joo 
 rsze, p&t shilm wai hUn. Tii 
 
 she. shang heung, te, shang- tseay 
 shei-sheong hitig, tei, sheong-clau 
 
 tsang king piih-leaou: — urh wae- 
 (hiing-king put-lew : — e 'ngoy- 
 
 jin, ning-ko wang ke how. 
 y&n, ning-ho m6ng fcr fc'aw- 
 
 tae yay ? '. 
 toy yay t t 
 
 Tsflng Tsze, tsze-hae ! 
 Tsung Tsze, tsze hoy ■' 
 
 " The rod, brings forth a filial Son ;— ten- 
 " derness and prodigality. 
 
 Cudgel produces filial Son delicate- 
 
 " a disobedient Child ! " " He who loves 
 " his Son, [passionate Son 
 
 expenditure rebellious-perverse Son Com- 
 
 " spareih not the rod : — he who hates his 
 '■ Son. gives him abundance 
 
 loa-mitrh with cudgel hole son loo-much 
 
 " of dainties ! " such are the sayings of our 
 
 Fathers of old ! 
 
 with find these old words indeed! 
 
 A certain Man (or servant), had born unto 
 
 linn a Son. 
 
 J ser-vant brought-forlh boy. 
 
 whom from his tender years.Jhe indulgently 
 hunoreil : — 
 child from small tenderly indulged any- 
 
 
 " Pang-tow chiih heaou-tsze, keaou- 
 " I'&ng-t'au ch&l haou-lsze. kew- 
 
 ■'■ sliTiy woo-neih firh ! " " Leen firh, 
 " chiiu 'ng-ytk eel" " I een ee. 
 
 "to yii pang; tsang urh, to- 
 "Id ya ping: hang er, to 
 
 "yii ihTli ! '" tsze koo-yii yay! 
 " y,; shik .'" fszf koo-yu ya .' 
 
 Ylh kea-jin sSng-hea firh- 
 
 *j£ yl S£ "JT j^ '<" '•"Jf*" 1 «W»ff-*« <■<"- 
 
 , \ n ^ ■*— tsr.e, tsOng seaou koo-tsung ; mei- 
 ~3r j^ ']'^aw^"^ '«•'. '»•»"* •*■ koo luting; mooy- 
 
S3 
 
 all liis faults, were hushed-up or winked- 
 at ; (his Father) was unwilling 
 business compromised not-Killing tmall-degree 
 
 £#§£# t*^ 
 
 to award him the slightest measure of chas- j,, yfcg \.Jt. -r» JS AS 
 tisement : and when full-grown, ^ ^|§J_ iJJX. ">- ~P**- "W? 
 
 put-in-force flog-beat and big not- 
 
 there was no evil that he did not commit! 
 to such an extent did he 
 thai-which-not-dn very-extreme time- 
 
 carrv matters, that in course of time he was 
 guilty of a grave crime ; \_to 
 
 violate important-taw caughthim acording- 
 
 when being apprehended, he was condemn- 
 ed to be strangled according to Law. [die 
 statute condemned slranglecrime about-to- 
 
 When about to die, he beaged of the Exe- 
 cutioner to request his Mother 
 that-time begged slrangle-hand request his 
 
 to come near, in order to bid him farewell. 
 
 His Mother having 
 
 Mother come one parting Mother arrived 
 
 approached, the Son said, " I have some- 
 " thing very important which 
 
 Son said I have an important- 
 
 " 1 wish to communicate !" The Mother 
 straightways inclined her ear, [inclined 
 
 word mutually-inform Mother immediately 
 
 in order to hear what he had to say ; when 
 
 lo ! this unnatural Son 
 
 ear in-order-to hear strange! the Son 
 
 unexpectedly laid hold of his Mother's ear, 
 
 and bit it off ! 
 
 suddenly took Mother's ear Itil- 
 
 The beholders in utter amazement exclaim- 
 ed, [''ttiua •'" a cry of surprise ) said 
 off looking persons surprizedly (i. e. uttering 
 
 " was there ever before the like of this ! ! 
 " sure such things have been 
 this-still-finish-may ! truly is 
 
 " but seldom heard of!" The Son said, 
 
 " all ye good people 
 
 rare hear ! Son said, all-people do'nt 
 
 " be under no surprize whatever ! this is 
 " entirely because that my Mother here, 
 cry " trad " all because my Mother from 
 
 '• when I was a child, never gave herself 
 
 '■ the slightest tiouble to rule 
 
 sin ill not-yet bind-reslrain leading- 
 
 " or restrain me ; which is the reason, why 
 " the great calamity 1 am this day 
 lo lo day unhappily-met this great 
 
 " to suffer, has overtaken me ! if at that 
 " time when 1 committed faults, 
 woe suppose that-time have-fault 
 
 " she had punished them ; I alas ! would 
 
 " not then have been 
 
 must-correct I also not come 
 
 " where I now am !" This is intended, 
 
 that those who are Fathers end Mothers, 
 
 lit this indeed! . in-order-thai Fulhers Mothers 
 
 
 ?ze, tseang-tsew ; piih-kang, leo- 
 sze, tscong-lt'au ; pit-hing, liok- 
 
 she pcen-ta : — keih chang, woo- 
 shee peen-tdt: — kUp chiong, mou- 
 
 so-puh-wei ! shin che, she- 
 ihi-put-wei! shtim chee, shee- 
 
 fan chung-fa! chih-che, 'gan- 
 fdn chUng-fdt ! chupp che, oan- 
 
 letih wan keaou-tsuy ! Lin-sze- 
 leut mun kaau-tsuy ! Lum-szi- 
 
 she, keih Keaou-show, tsing ke 
 she, hat Kaou sh'au, tsing ke 
 
 Moo lae, yih pee : — Moo che. 
 Moo lay, yat peel : — Moo chee, 
 
 Tsze yu£, " woo yew yih yaou- 
 Tsze yuet, '* 'ng y'au yat yew- 
 
 " yen seang-kaou ;" Mop tselh tsih- 
 " yeen seong-kou ;" Moo tsik chik- 
 
 flrh, tsew-ting; shoo! ke Tsze, 
 ee, ts'au-ttng ; shit ! ke Tnze, 
 
 hwiih-jSn tseang Moo urh, yaou- 
 full-yeen tseong Moo ee, 'ngaou- 
 
 keu! kwan-chay " hwa !"-jen, yu«, 
 hiiy ! koon-chay " trad !"-yeen, yuet, 
 
 " chay-hwan-leaou-tih ! shih wei 
 " chay-udn-lew-tuk .'" ■' shot wei 
 
 •• ban wan !" Tsze yu«, " chiing will 
 •'hianmun!" Tsze yuet, " chiing mut 
 
 "'hwa!' keae yin woo Moo, tsre 
 « ' wad !' kai yUn 'ng Moo, ttzt 
 
 " seaou, we tsang yo-shiih; e 
 " sew, mee-tsa-.z yok-chuk ; ee 
 
 " che kinjih, le tsze ta 
 " chee kum yat, lee tsze tai 
 
 •' ho ! sze, tang-she- yew kwo, 
 " itu .' ize, lOng.the y'au kwo, 
 
 "peih chingi woo >ih puh che 
 " peel ching ; 'ng y\k put thee 
 
 " yii tsze yay !" wei Foo, Moo- 
 " yu tszi yd !'' wei Foo, Moo- 
 
84 
 
 may be exceedingly careful (lest a similar 
 error should induce like consequences) ! 
 
 those-vho-are-so not may not cartful! 
 
 No. 67. 
 
 The Fox and the Farmer. 
 finger discloses lrcas»n. 
 
 L->T 
 
 « 3ft HL*f 
 
 chay, piih ko puh shin ! 
 rkay, put ho put shAn .' 
 
 Che- tow loo keen! 
 Chee-t'au loo kin ! 
 
 We once heard that a Hunter was givin<» 
 chase to a Fox ; and (that animal) went 
 Before heard Ilunler drove a 
 
 round the foot of hills, and crossed over . ^ .^ 
 
 ridges of mountains, (trying to avoid him); V,f, ^V3f vfL vL -tM /fe 
 Fox skirled hill crossed ridge ^T^y* 8 * *** l^n* 
 
 until his (i. e. the Fox's) position became 
 eminently critical ! being very [driven 
 
 his circumstances vert/ dangerous being. 
 
 hard-pressed, he stealthily entered a village 
 country-house; and kneeling down, 
 
 bored-entered village-farm knell-begged 
 
 besought the Farmer saying, " I hope for 
 '< any sake that [very much hope) 
 
 the farmer said ten-thousand-hopes (i. e. I 
 
 " you will give me shelter! if it be only for 
 " one moment ! should I be so happy as to 
 
 interim-permit little-moment ! if obtain 
 
 " avoid thisimpending calamity, I shall cer- 
 " tainly recompense you most handsomely !" 
 escape woe indeed-ought valuably recompense. 
 
 Shortly afterwards, the Hunter also ar- 
 rived ; 
 
 Hunter just- after also arrived 
 
 upon which the Fox crept quietly into a 
 heap of hay, 
 
 Fox then dived-entered grass-heap 
 
 whence lie spied the Huntsman interrogate 
 the Fanner 
 
 .soli' Hunter ask the Far- 
 
 to the following effect, "I am in pursuit 
 
 " of a Fox 
 
 mcr saying I drove a Fox 
 
 " which surely passed this way ! have you 
 " (my friend) seen him or not?" 
 passed this-place you already saw 
 
 The Farmer answered, saying, " the Fox 
 ■' you speak of has already gone 
 
 or-nol t answered-sajd Fox already 
 
 " far away towards the east !'* but (in spite 
 ef what he said) he still kept 
 
 went eastern-quarter gone indeed I but 
 
 pointing with his hand towards the west, 
 to the heap of hay 
 
 the hand as-before-was western-quarter 
 
 (where the Fox lay hid -.) thus, altho' with 
 
 hi- mouth 
 
 grass-heap pointing him mouth altho' 
 
 lie did the Fox good service; yet, with his 
 
 finger 
 
 was Fox convenient, hand then 
 
 MJMrftj 
 
 m * it m $ tL 
 
 t< 
 
 ■0 
 
 %i$f-%'\$i3fm 
 
 Tsang win, Lce'-sze chiih yTh 
 Ts&ng mun, Leep-sze chok yat 
 
 Hoo-le: — yuen shan. yue ling ; 
 Oo-lie: — yiine shun, yiirt ling; 
 
 ke she. shin wei ! pih-tih, 
 ke thei, shum 'ngei ! pdk tuk, 
 
 tswan-jiih tsun-chwang; kwei-keih 
 tchunc i/dp luitn-chiing ,- kwei-hdt 
 
 ke ( hwang-choo, yur 4 , " wiii-vcVit; 
 ke ( Uung-chu, yuel, " mdn-uCng 
 
 " tfiii-yung peen-klh! ling, i iti 
 " hum-yung peen-hdk ! long, Ink 
 
 " meVn ho, tszi'-ang chung paou !'" 
 " mrin uo, Iszeiong chUng iou. r ' 
 
 Le£-sze, suy-how yih che i — 
 Lccp-m.e, tsuy-h'au yik chee: — 
 
 Hoo, tsih tf e'en j uli tsaou-tuy ; 
 Oo, tsuk Iseem-i/iip Isou-tuy ; 
 
 keen Ll'C-szt-, win ke Chwang- 
 keen l.eep-sze, mun ke Chonc- 
 
 choo, yue, " woo chilli ylh Hoo- 
 ch ■>, yuel, " 'ng chok yat Oo- 
 
 " It- kwo tsze ! joo ts&ng keen, 
 " lee kuit trie ! ,yu hang keen. 
 
 "fow?" T& yue • Hoo-le, e 
 "/'"«'" Tap yuet, '•Oolee, ee 
 
 " uung lung-fing keu el" jen, 
 " wvng tung-fong huy ee .'" ;■ 
 
 ke show, jing-tsae sr-fang 
 ke sh'au, ying-isoy seifong 
 
 l-aou tuy. che- che! kdw, suy 
 tsou-tuy, chtr-ihe! h'au, my 
 
 wei Moo fang-pi ; en ; show, tslh 
 wei Oo Jong-pern ; sh'au, tsUk 
 
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 he indicated a wish th.it the Fox should be jl y^ -3"£ -tfCi? jjfc- "SB we ' "°° ts ' n " P* n 8 ! hing !-urh 
 bound! happily however ^ }£(, ^ |=j *f]4 ^ » "3 „,„■ o t.me pd,*; «»-:.« 
 
 rf/rf /ox request bound fortunate -ly 
 
 the Hunter did not take the hint ! and went i<g> L. jh. "fet -3r **. Le«-szc shih-keu ! pirn wine 
 
 offinfuli-cry 'J^^-^V^T^^ , . .., ... , V a 
 
 ^L-t 71 • Leep-sze shal-kok I punn wong 
 
 Huntsman lost perception hurriedly towards ' 
 
 towards the eastern quarter. The Fox now -feV-T - "1_ v* •» # .- r m_ ■ .. t- 
 
 for the first time. H % }j & -%- !)&]& '""6-^8 chuh-keu. Hoc. cbe 
 
 eastern-auarter driving.went Fox began * ' '*»*-/"« ****** Oo, <-Aee 
 
 erept out of the heap of hay where he had ,^ 
 lain ; and merely saying, 
 
 from grass-heap walk out said 
 
 erept out or me neap 01 nay wnere 11c uau ,.. . v. . •. 
 
 lain ; and merely saying, 1& ~i5 tt£ tF V-P \^ tsung tsaou-tuy tsow-chiih ; yue", 
 
 from grass-heap walk out said "> ^*" ■» » tsung tsott-tuy ts'au-chut ; yuet, 
 
 " good-bve t'ye ! good-bye !'' without bes- j.^ _ »j»- .._ «. . • 1 1 
 
 towing the smallest consideration, ~£ *T INI ~? yC *H' ,s,,, f?- leaou ! ^.ng-leaou ! puh seay 
 
 went his way- The Farmer upon this, - L .. 
 
 grasped the Fox's paw. ZZn j£. Yjp -pr ~-{rh ^BL, ur ' 1 ' ieu ! Chwang-choo chih ke 
 
 and went. Farmer caught hit » '- ■"- " "• '" -* • e h'iy ! Chdng-chii chupp ke 
 
 anil said to him, " I have saved your very 
 
 " life ! 
 
 hand said I delivered your * *" '' ~>'i sh'au, yuet, "'ng k'au et-che 
 
 life! 5?" ■£? -S- tJaJ* ?jkf ,3* show, yue\ "woo kew i'irh-che 
 
 * ' » sh'au, 
 
 " hnw is this that you do'nt even so much 
 " as 
 
 ^foitf *5* P-2-% ".'.ng-ming! ho 5 leo puh 
 life! bywhat'how? smallest not ' I * * ' ** * " >ing-ming ! ho ee Itok put 
 
 \H2nZT tha " ks! bUt e° aW, y inthis Zfcm&p O. -C *L " ehing-seay ? tsew tsze urh keu ! 
 
 " ching-tfdy ? ts'au tszi e huy ! 
 
 is «ucn conuuct teasonaoie or uui r « "c v^, ^ 
 Fox replied, yp) 3gr igf 5p- *|f> "IT? " yew-she le hoo? " Hoo yue% 
 
 hav-it (7. r. is il ) reason eh? Fox said ^^ *> /< ^ " y'au-she lee oof" Oo yucl. 
 
 " manner 
 
 say-thanks thus this and go 
 
 '• is such conduct reasonable or not ? " The 
 
 " had what your finger did. only correspond 
 '• ed with 
 
 your finger if early with """" ''F^ ■')■*■ ^1 tfV " ytiche chee, yok tsou yii 
 
 " what your mouth spoke, I would indeed 
 " have recompensed 
 
 mauth mutually-fitted I ought very- f " 'V,^ ^^ i2£. " h'au seong-foo ; 'ng tong chiin 
 
 " your kindness, with a most magnificent 
 " reward ! but as your finger 
 
 handsomely reciprocate-thanks because your ■§£• ^"I^RTJV ' fci ' ***? — " chAng pou-tsay .' yun ee-che 
 
 " is a double-dealing knave, quite unparal- , , 
 
 •* leled, (blame me not) [not ^^-4^- V^-^S- •&* -ffe " che, keaou-hwuy e-chang; fe 
 
 fifger crafly.lricky different from-common - ^M'5A-V^ ^" iy^*»* " «*•?> kaou-kooy eltheong ; fee 
 
 '• ed with ' ^>T , ^_^-^ i ' 4^* ^ ttj "joe- che cA«, jo tsaou yii 
 
 have recompensed -^ JM ^fS. ^J, ^^ j^ " kow seang-foo; woo tang oh ting 
 
 reward! but as your >«ffcr -^J ±i? AU iX] ^{^ j» " chiing paouseay ! yin i'irh-che 
 
 " as one who is forgetful of past favors ! " jfe J* -h X%\ $} Vj " wo che wang 'gan yay ! " Fin- 
 
 '»!> forget goodness indeed ! every ^ <^ ^ ^ *Gii J\^ „ ,„ g5 . che m6ng SUJln ya ! " Fan- 
 
 Thus among mankind ! any one who is fond 
 
 of telling lies,- J Vt.i*£ «t 24- ' '-** JU1 ' ha0U S hwang-hwa ; puh 
 
 man love talk lying-words not 
 
 2 IS* •*•}£ -^V* ^" -** JU1 ' U nwang-nwa; pun 
 
 ''^^YpKjVj^J SP^^y S&n, hou shuet fong-wd ; put 
 
 it is not with his lips atone that he can do so! ^ IZw A TT "U tah kow " cnun S> wei J 6n W ! 
 
 a/oue moulh-midst only so indeed! Jy^\ I)? H' f f^.^1J{\ ALi Jofc h'au-chung, wei yien ya-' 
 
 No. 68. 
 
 The Raven and the Sheep. jr*& o.;, ,*£ ^ Y a, kS Yang shen. 
 
 **.| 
 
 Crow insults Sheep', meekne,,. A&lJVy^f !®P ^Jk, *e« ^aonr f»«m. 
 
 (Oncejuponatime) a black Raven being ft Woo . Yi R . 18 tsin tg 
 
 about to alight, wa3 looking for X£ Jlw -5fiK v* 3& %I#k 
 
 fi/.c*.cro« flying-falUng sought ground &i ??} M ^^S* *** ^^ '" Jm ** 
 
some place or other where he might perch •. _^ .^ _. . urh tse ; keen, yew seun-Yang 
 
 -when seeing a meek good-natured -frj Tfe. J^ ^ ^| ^. , /frf , *««,,"«, Win- I'm** 
 
 onrf perclk jfei'»£ Aaue tame Sheep ■» * ' 
 
 Sheep before him, he forthwith bestrode -fT -g- .j£ g. J^. .j- Sri: tsae tseen ; suy ke\ urh he- 
 
 him. and began to make a fool of him. P- Hi] XO^^iA WJJ&X , ,- k 
 
 ■ • » » '• * 4 /*"» / s0 ^ /s*en ; suy kay, e hee- 
 mat before accordingly rode and played 
 
 The Sheep upon this said, " Old brother ! J, jgt ^ JU ffl .- cne . Yang vug, ■ laou-heung ! ho 
 
 ■ how is it "*>»- ~T F-/ >tli /I 1 12 J „ 
 
 , , , » ' % ^ »->/»_» I »N che . Yuong yuet, " lou-hing ! hi 
 him Sheep said old brother how I b 
 
 « that you thus come to take my back, W jir ^ ^ & K " 5 tseang w5-che shin-shang, 
 
 whet I take my vpper-body *V **^ "^" ??{ ~^ " « ' seo »ff 'nffo-c*' »Aiin-jA«>ng-, 
 
 "and turn it into vour play-ground? it jj, , 
 
 " is only from a desire to insult me, ^-fn VJT Efc -t& "yf" **£ " wei J 00 he-chang? piih-kwo, 
 
 make your playground not-morethan '* * f&\ ^Q^ * "* vU£J_ « wei yii hee-cheong ? p&t-kwd. 
 
 " because I am single-hearted and mild! let . _ 
 
 " us suppose #k 4V; 2fc Jg /fit 1& ke wo chun-shen ! kea-sze, 
 
 insult me simple-meek suppose if ^ <\ g^ *|fc »**> *?* " Afe "& ° hi »- sf " e » ' *f-«* 
 
 " that I were a fierce Dog ; would you then -i , _- , ., . 
 
 .< dare 4k £L -fM JJ ; J- >]A " wo she heung-keuen ; joo shang 
 
 I were fierce-Dog you still ^ /K' U V' /V ^ W " '«*« she hUng-Hune ; yu sheong 
 
 ^ s yLr dtriflewitl,me? " The &£&&•&» ■***—*"•*" y *^ 
 
 .. , ii r] A +w\ i\ 4>t ^.^V v ""'- "kiunhee'ngo oo?" „4h yuet, 
 
 dire play me eh? Crow said •" \ ■% ■» i * 6 *> 
 
 " It is only because I knew your disposition 
 
 " to be mild and feeble, J& k.g ffi* i\r\-^C r?j* '' y uen ciii > urh sing jow-j5 ; 
 
 originally know your nature tender-weak *** , r^i I J* t|^ ^^^ " yune ehee, ee sing y'au-yok ,- 
 
 "that I haye dared thus to act towards ^ d^y nae kan so-wei :- 
 
 " you r , . „ ,*,*•**, t^w* J 4 f x wr -ft? " «*-«. »«' «« sA » -'•- 
 
 there-fore it-is dare that-which-do ' ^* ^' »'»»▼» 
 
 •but if you only had a spice of the deyil 2£ <£i jfc **? m \ J* %l # urh, kow yew kang-k5 ■. 
 
 «//ow ^ou '/ fcflrf strong-passion T » " ^ ' * » 
 
 ::™rarrou 1 t ;LT uldnotbeboldenoush i ^^r ^|i -™ y -- h p" h ^ e *•• 
 
 ,,,..,., 13 >jj^>l^ ^ X. J^ '"ng yik put yiishe eel 
 
 1 also not as-is indeed! /»» ^ s y r 3 
 
 "the proverb saith, the man that is mild ^ m »' Suh yun, ' jin shen, pe jin 
 
 '• and gentle, is insulted by men » 1 ^> "^ A. ^" fj£ A- » 7W* •«., ' yun sheen, pee yun 
 
 Proverb saith man meek receives man » C* 
 
 "and the horse that is mild and gentle, is j. ^ " ' ke : ma shen, pe jin ke:'— 
 
 " bestrode by men :— jl/^ ^% 3|- ^J^ y^ ( ^S- «• ■ hee ; ma sheen, pee yun kay : '— 
 
 insult horse meek receives man ride V • ' 
 
 " and how much more must this apply to a " *' " urh-hwang yu Yang hoo ? " Joo 
 
 "TJ 6 ' •„« lf SbtfL&+£> ^ &* " <-/*»* vu laong 00 f " Tu 
 
 and hovmn re with Sheep eh f as M / -'U '/ * -|" J * 
 
 1 his remind" n« of < siying current in t!.: 
 
 world, tliat, •' aliho' it is no doubt . ^ . .. ^^ she yun, " »uy-lsili jgou jing 
 
 «9rU »«KA although spare-yield ^£^ -^ ®^ Jl'J ^^ 5^, * A *' / tt ' fl "' " ,u .V' sn,! !/ iv! H u6n S 
 
 " a »ery excellent thing, to spare and yield 
 
 " to persons, yet there are occasions when ^ j^, ^^ ., we ; kaou, jen yew-she yu 
 
 ^^^^fl^iS 
 
 1* Ai<A Wi// hjre «WI mcrt- ^j^ ^j ^7^ /^] pj"^p ^^ » „,„• kou, yein y'aushec yu- 
 
 "you meet a class of bullying assuming 
 
 " people ; and in such cases you must »^ ^&> s » -^ vv- "he pa taou-che pei :— ylh 
 
 are uiur-pers' class also \TV> |Sf1 \Q -3^. s\j. JJ^ " *« pd-tou-the pooy :—yik 
 
 " not meekly give wav to them ! '' it is 
 
 really to be feared, ' _. _. ^ _> ^.^ ._» " pOh-ko yih-wo jang ta " ' 
 
 not may one-taste (i.e. entirely) yield them >T» V\ '"*"' S^*- )5%l \ \2j " pHt-ho yitt-mec yaong Id 
 
 that (were you to yield to them in the first .. . , ., , ... . 
 
 initnee). there would ^ fP^g <Hf A \H * g ' j g W °° J 
 
 truly fear yield not finish day 0)1\ t<l vfc Wi J "y. ««»ff »*»*,*««»* »o- '«•*■' ■ 
 
 1 •• 
 
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 be no end to their encroachments :— the _-. ^j j»x. ^ t pfih-joo kelh-tsaou keaoMuu- 
 
 best plan under these S\ -\ ~XM SJL 2*- S'j~ %SJr* , . 
 
 v * ^ ^^- I -f-**. *ry p&t-yii kap-tsou kaou-lun- 
 
 not-as very-early compare-argue- 
 
 circumstances, is to rebut them at once by -J* 4ft X. vl? ^g we j s [, j ne Yav i 
 
 keen argument ! ~~" > — W? — •— <HJ f> 3 l ■ 
 
 * che, net sheong ya '. 
 
 him is above truly ! 
 
 No. 69. 
 
 The Avaricious Landlord disappointed. j^t" -4- ,/$>** -^-» Nefi-choo tan-sin. 
 
 Land-lord covetous-heart. jf\ -3— f{ ^ Yeep-chii tim-sHm. 
 
 Formerly there lived a Peasant, who assist- . _ „ „....,.,„ 
 
 ed in cultivating d& =fe" ZcQ A & ££ Ts3ng ' y6W Teen - ho0 ' chmg.kJ.ng 
 
 Already was Peasant received-ploughed » P » ' ' "» n^ ATT Tsing, y'au Teen-oo, shing-king 
 
 his Landlord's grounds. Within (the small . .__ 
 
 premises he occupied or rented), J-gf -^jr J? Ijh )T2 ^fcT NeS-choo-che te:— chung, yew 
 
 Land-lord's ground middle had j£\ -*" *^"" > ' ''* Yeep-chii-che tee :—chHng, y'au 
 
 was an Old Tree ; and of the fruit which -.». •, , ti-li. ... 
 
 it bore, M"i&-- %k>£L>£. La0U - sl,0 ° y,h Ch00; mel nee " 
 
 Old Tree one stem every year AL W l^^ *T £ ™* A<i yat chu ; mooy neen 
 
 tf>* Peasant was wont every year ^ \U ^ W /-n - s °- chuh - che kw5 < Teen-ting 
 
 the-which-produced fruit Peasant )rj\ jtj ><; C^ jj^ \&\ ~~] sho-chut-che kwd, Teen-ting 
 
 to select the very best, which in the first . „. . , . , 
 
 instance Xv£ -fcT ±t -£- it ^ ^hen-chay, seen sung 
 
 chose the good-ones first presented 4^ -^ ^£" ~%\ \ /tL d ^i ch&k ke >he en-chay, seen sung 
 
 he presented to his Landlord ; after which, 
 
 he sold what was over. J£- ». JLp >£, Ik'&^'&b Nec"-choo ; jen-how fit mae. 
 
 ^ 3L W; > > \j^ /^X *M Yeep-chu ; yeen-h'au fdt-mae. 
 
 Land-lord afterwards sold-off i\~\ JT.. »»>* Iv^. 7^ 61 
 
 One day the Landlord having tasted this 
 
 fruit. vn 2£ _£• ^ a. * '" J'"> 
 
 one Ay, i^d./orrf tat/erf Me " 7T* ■*• f3* J> ^ * d '' r£ ' p - fA " »**"* * e 
 
 found it to be of an extraordinarily delicious _ - kwo • kih-wae kan-mei! Buy 
 
 flavor, and his avarice 
 
 /rail beyond-measure sweet-fine so 
 
 cxt 1H it -i4- -^ ^ kwo; kih-wae kan-mei! suy 
 ^U. 7\'£L~y\* ~H »£L ^fo kno ; kak.'ngoy kHmmee! suy 
 
 f ru i tt >£. jj£. __£. jbL* ^j. Yih jih, NeS-choo chang ke 
 
 one day Land-lord tasted the 
 
 found it to be of an extraordinarily delicious 
 flavor, and his avarice 
 
 fruit beyond-measure sweet-fine so 
 
 was thereby immediately excited :— so, look- , 
 
 ing upon the Tree \_ginally 4l-z A^ , v^ > >» Jrf J- ke tan_s,n :— e " wei ' pun 
 
 raised covetous-heart judging-it-to-be ori- ^<- f\. '^ ^ &] 2}^ hee tdm-sHm :—ee-wei, poon 
 
 as being ab initio his own property, he had , sz 6.ke.che wfih, puh 
 
 but lutle scruple 
 
 was himself-'s thing not 
 
 \iC* r^\ ^i "^— ^f'77 ^5^ A « tsze-kce-che m&t, put 
 
 in taking it back again; and with that ^ f4ng tseu-kwei; yii-ahe wi 
 
 »*/«c< take-return there-upm dug- yyj li^piffi j]^ ^U 4?". f°"S tsvykwei; yu-ihe vat 
 
 he had it dug-up, and transplanted to his 
 
 own garden. v ^ .^ ^_ ke, e-kwei yuen-nuy. Ke 
 
 up changed returned garden-midst. The 7tJLl<? K'rD I^J 1^/ jH- hee, ee-kwei yime-nuy. Ke 
 
 Tree changed ground and planted roots 'T'C'T At7 VVL i^Ti ~$L: ^YvL ^ lt "' * - fr lee e tso ^ ' k&n 
 
 The Tree being now planted in a different 
 
 soil, ._..-.. i >l» „_ Shoo, yih te urh tsae; kan 
 
 Tree changed ground and planted roots 
 
 the roots decayed, and the leaves fell off! 
 
 the Landlord >». _a/- j. \> i > koo, yS wei ! N-eS-choo nae 
 
 rotten leaves sick Land-lord then \\2 ^~fc ^tz~~^ rw JT"- ,'J foo, yeep wei! Yeep-chu nai 
 
 repenting of what he had done, exclaimed, 
 
 " this is indeed, _»/- jy ^ JU j- hwuy-che, yu«, "she wo-che 
 
 repenting-il said, is my. I vf ^^*— ^~\ "5E_ ^"^W *^^' fooy-chee, yuet, "'she 'ngo-che 
 
 "my fault! had I not transplanted this. „. _ . - ,« .. 
 
 "Tree „y3 ^v, -jV. -Ji «-- ^-> kwo yay! wo * J p e 
 
 error »n<fc^/ / ,/ not change iSL^ 4^ ^* S^ %ty " *»5 ya .' 'ng5, ytifc pfi/ w 
 
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 '* to my garden, every year I might have 
 " had fruit for my palate 
 
 11 this-place every year tlilt have 
 
 " as heretofore ! but now and henceforward, 
 fruit tatle now and after not 
 
 " I shall alas ! enjoy it no more !'' The 
 " proverb saith' 
 
 may return-obtain indeed ! Common say 
 
 " because the avaricious heart is unsatisfied, 
 " he loses his capital 
 
 covetous heart not one including capital 
 
 "as well as his profit !" which is just the 
 moral of the Fable ! 
 
 all lose just this say also ! 
 No. 70. 
 
 The Oak and the Willow. 
 Pine, Reed ; hard, soft. 
 
 
 * 
 
 *#»' 
 
 
 " tsae tsze, mei ueen shang tih 
 " tsoy tsze, mooy neen sheong tik 
 
 " kwo ching; kin urh how, piih- 
 " Atf 5 sheong ; k&m e h'au, put- 
 
 "ko fuh-tih e!' 
 " ho fook.t&kee! 
 
 Suh yun, 
 T>ik wiin. 
 
 " tan-sin piili yih, leen piin 
 " lam-sum put yat, leen poon 
 
 " keu shih !" ching tsze wei yay ! 
 " kiiy shdl ! " ching tsze wei ya .' 
 
 Shin, Wei -, king, jow. 
 Chim, Wei; kSng, y'uu. 
 
 On the banks of a river and quite confront- 
 ing each other, [side 
 
 Double-banked mutually -illuminating one- 
 
 on one side a stately Pine blended it's head 
 with the skies ; 
 
 Pine-tree blended heaven one side 
 
 while on the opposite side, a lowly Reed 
 dallied with the running stream : — 
 Reed spotted water Pine Reed 
 
 the Pine, and the Reed, thus morning and 
 evening, saw each other continually. 
 
 morning evening mutualty-saw one day 
 
 One day, the Pine in a tone of ridicule, 
 thus addressed his 
 
 the Pine ridiculing-mocking the Reed 
 
 neighbour, " when I look at you, your per- 
 " son reminds me of a thread 
 
 said behold your body as soft- 
 
 " of soft silk ; and your disposition is sub- 
 " missive, as is that flowing brook ! 
 
 silk nature as running-water often 
 
 " you always move, in whatsoever direction 
 " the wind inclines you ! 
 
 every follow wind and piny wind 
 
 " if the wind be easterly, you obey it's 
 " impulse ; and if from the west, 
 
 east then east wind west then 
 
 " you are alike subservient ! you have not 
 " the slightest strength of mind 
 
 west hair not strong-spirit how- 
 
 " or resolution about you ! why not like 
 " me, so straight and unbending! 
 as my straight-upright not 
 
 " would not that indeed be delightful ! " 
 '• The Reed replied, 
 
 bend how not pleasant truly I ? Reed 
 
 " strength, and weakness, have alike their 
 " advantages:— 
 
 said hard soft each has that-which 
 
 
 
 -tfl 3^-2. iE. Ji. ;£ 
 
 Kei-'pSn seang-ying, yih-peen 
 Kip-dan seong-yiwng, yal-peen 
 
 Shin-slioo tsan u : en ; yih peen 
 Chim-shu him leen ; yat-pren 
 
 Loo-wei teen shwuy ! Slian, Wet, 
 Loo wei teem shuy ! Ch&m, H'/i, 
 
 chaou, seih, seang keen. YTh jih, 
 (hew, sik, seong-kcen. }at yat, 
 
 ke Shan ke-tseaou ke Wei, 
 ke dim keetsew ke fPei, 
 
 yu*, "kin urh te, joo jow- 
 yuel, " hoan ee tei, yu y'au- 
 
 "sze; sing, joo lew- shwuy ! mei 
 " sze ; sing, yu I'aushuy ! mooy 
 
 " mei suy fung urh woo ! fung 
 "mooy tsvy fiing e mou! fung 
 
 " tung, tsih lung ! fung jp, t«.ih 
 " tiing-, tsAk /ting ! fung sei, ttuk 
 
 " se ! haou woo kang-ke ! ho- 
 «' sei! hou mou k6ng-hee ! ho- 
 
 "joo wo-chc ching chih puh 
 " *« 'ngo-che ching-chik put 
 
 "kcuh! ke puh kwae tsae!" Wei 
 "wiltt.' hee put fai tsoy."' ffei 
 
 yue, " king, jow, ko yew to- 
 yuet, " king, y'au, kvk y'au iAt« 
 
89 
 
 " I, tlio' thus weak and feeble, may thereby 
 " perchance 
 
 excel I altho' weak-feeble fin/illy 
 
 " escape calamities ; and you, tho' now 
 " hard and strong, 
 
 may avoid woes you altho'' strong- 
 
 " yet it is to be feared that you may not be 
 " able thus always to preserve 
 
 violent farther fear tranquil-body nol- 
 
 '■ yourself!" One day a whirlwind sud- 
 denly arose ! 
 
 stable .' one day whirl-wind swiftly 
 
 the Heed bent to the right and left, and 
 plying backwards and forwards 
 
 rose the Reed left right 
 
 in all directions, finally escaped without da- 
 mage. — 
 
 pulled turned in-the-end not great evil 
 
 whereas, the noble Pine was torn up by the 
 roots, 
 
 but Pine tree early already including 
 
 almost at the very commencement! The 
 proverb saith, 
 
 roots plucked- up indeed ■' Proverb saith 
 
 " mildness, and kindness, are mostly gainers 
 " in the end ; 
 
 mild-kind finally profits self viotent- 
 
 " while he who is head-strong and fierce, 
 " commonly draws woe on his own head ! " 
 firrce always invites calamities .' just this 
 
 v hich is just what we have been saying ! 
 sny indeed! 
 
 No. 71. 
 
 The Boasting Traveller reproved. 
 Boastful-lies receive contradict. 
 
 
 yKu fat ^- >>yX. 
 
 " chang ; woo, sny no-jo, kew 
 " ch&ongs 'iig, suy no-y6k. k'au 
 
 " ko meen ho :— joo, suy kiing- 
 " hi meen wo : — yii, suy king- 
 
 " keang, yew, kung 'gan-sbin piih- 
 " keong, y'au, hung oan-shUn pul- 
 
 " laou ! '• Yih-jTh, keu-fung tsow- 
 "/<>«.'" Ydlyat, Vau-fung ch'uu- 
 
 ke ! ke Loo- Wei, tso, yew, 
 hee ! he Loo- Wei, tso, y'au, 
 
 been, fan ; chung, woo ta hae ! 
 heen, fan ; chdng, mou tai hoy .' 
 
 urh Shan-shoo, tsaou e li ; en 
 e Chim-shu, tsou ee leen 
 
 kan, pake e ! Yen yun, 
 kun, petl-hee ee ! Yeen wiin, 
 
 " wan-jow, chung ylh ke ; keang- 
 " wiin-y'uti, chUng yik kee ; kiong- 
 
 " paou, mei chaou tsae ! " ching tsze 
 " pou, mooy chew tsoy ! " ching tszt 
 
 wei yay ! 
 wti ya ! 
 
 Hwang-tang show ps. 
 Fong-ldng sh'au pik. 
 
 A friend of mine, who had been abroad from 
 his youth, 
 
 My friend-man from little went-out 
 
 had travelled thro' a great many countries 
 
 [terri- 
 outside already passed-thro' every kingdom 
 
 and seen a good deal of the world ; 
 lory and-already looked-over a great- 
 
 and upon his return home, in narrating all 
 
 his adventures, 
 
 deal the-world and returned entirely 
 
 the most of what he said seemed strange 
 and out of common. [seldom- 
 
 narrated thal-which saw too-much included 
 
 One day, a number of people were assembled 
 at the house, 
 
 hear ! one day all-men were 
 
 listening to the stories he was telling : 
 
 [gradually 
 Ball ( or place ) hear him what narrate 
 
 
 %\ — ^1 ?$ A. ^£ 
 
 Yii yew-jin, tsze-seaou cbuh- 
 Yu y'au-yiin, tszi-sew chuU 
 
 wae; tsiing, king ks-kwii te- 
 'ngoy ; tsang, king kok-kwok tee- 
 
 fang ; yuy-tsang, keen-kwo heu- 
 fong; yd-tsang, keen-kwo huy- 
 
 tS she-meen t— keih kwei, tsin 
 to shei-meen: — kiip kwei, tsiln 
 
 shuh so keen, to shuh han- 
 shut sho keen, to shale hoan- 
 
 wSn ! Yih-jih, choo-jin tsae 
 mUn ! Yiit-ydt, chu-yun tsoy 
 
 tso, ting ke so shuh ; tse'en 
 tso, ling Ice sho shut ; tsetm 
 
- 
 
 these gradually assumed the appearance of 
 
 so main boastful lies; ' [not dare * U» f£ -fg. ^ ffr sl ' S bwing-:in$, tan. puh ka:, 
 
 .-<•.*/.-*«/<- extravagant-exaggeration only * •*•* ./Bltf-tf**, /«»,/„.< U«l 
 
 still, the listeners did not like to chide hi;u -j^. *£. -44- \\. ,-—i v, 
 
 tor it ; and for that reason, \i2-l J]-. J3L sjji \fr) ^Z^ meen-chili ke fe:-yin-che, 
 
 face-scold his f null andbecauseof-lhis meen-cliiU /:<■ fee :—yu n .clie, 
 
 the further lie proceeded, the more extra- /-\^ s jp />. ^> xi> » 
 
 vagant his language became. »^i^. JlHL / Pi^''^±. ^^ "^W - vii s,lull > vu kwang ! (sang shwo, 
 
 more narrate more mad already said '*~ ' * ^ jrft nAtil, yii kwung ! Isdng shuel, 
 
 At last he said. " I. in such a place, at one jk - ^ ^- _^ 
 
 " bound crossed a river ! " j\ -tK^ j££ J=fe^ . W&. " "°" yU m " w eho ° ' > ll, ->«- 
 
 / with such place one-leap '»* ^^ ^" " ';/£o ,yt< vi'au chu : yat yen/;. 
 
 and other words to the same effect. In the .-> ^_. 
 
 hall at the time, j£j> ^Jf Zgz- •£& jfc <&} "kmo hi!" tang yii. Tso.chun::, 
 
 crossed river like words house-midsl * ** "^ '"^ » " l:u.o ho!" ling y it. Tso chintz, 
 
 was an old experienced personage; who, »^. ^^ * - 
 
 observing' that the varus /ft Tffi. £,£> ^l- j£- |jj yew lelh-leen laou chay ; keen 
 
 had exjieriencetl-pracliseti-oldpcrsan MW JJ— <• ^ /C* ^»-V % ^*— ^ 7/ ' HU Hk lecnlou-chay : keen 
 
 he, was spinning, were getting rather too a j^^— -^. _ -^ ^ 
 
 /»u?A, Jj_ WJ+ j5 TpT j3l *fk> ke hwi °B- t »ng ,ae shin, suy 
 
 A;'* boastful lief loi extreme so f* \ -j/Js '■ « A-e fung-long tai skum, say 
 
 rebuked him in these words, " whv. in this — . 
 
 - p lace %X£~ ttdkmifc •*** yue ' " ,s "'- ch0 °- y ' ,h 
 
 reproved him said Ihis-ptace ntsu ' ■» -A »-/I pok-clu. yuel, " ls?.e-.liu, gift 
 
 'we have also sot a river ! and if at one ._ 
 
 "bound, 7T „-. >-rr *J_. ^£ -gt " 5 ew yN> ho! joo kwo nfing 
 
 ve a river von really can *» ^ >)'* ft** 
 
 hove a river yon really can * K *■** 'r~* '*** " .'<'«" .»."' *'"' •' y" Air* "ting 
 
 "you can cross that too, then indeed ^^ #33-7-.^ -t" — — ">* ,h >' r '- > ir " kwo, < : '"S ko 
 
 one-leap and cross then may V^. ^/i^>? a \ " lil-iriH-, <■ ktef, fing l.„ 
 
 " vou mav goon with vour narrative! but yx ,>> ^^ vJ. . , ,..«..«„ 
 
 " if you cannot do that, Q "Vs ^4 /JL %£ >fc winp-htt shw.-keih! .,„ pSh 
 
 " vou had better forthwith put a curb on 
 
 " your mouth ! " 
 
 can please immediately stop-month speak. Kjr \ |7 FJ '"J* > v V a - ^ ^/L* -ting, tsinfhtk tlK-hauf stuei 
 
 " your mouth ! ? b\V>~^rk Q\\ %^ X? "^« " *' 8 thock&w!'' shwO- 
 
 The Traveller knew that he had made a , . 
 
 ni-take, and after that '0- fa, fry? jt- -i - -JT lh * 3, tw ' the ^'"l-)">- l'i'l 
 
 did not dare utter a sound ! The Proverb 
 
 saith 
 
 dare therefore sound proverb saith speak- 
 
 er self-knew losl-uords not ^ P ' 7> -^ l=T x 'l* '!'.>■■ '•-'<-''" -lal !<<><: I HI 
 
 b 
 
 fft Bill pS.'fev J^-^ ir '" , " 1, ' li,i:! s,h >,in ' 
 
 - -H**- /I J /^.^ ("p*" J^* ?A_ Ihm !:;./; sliini:! IMI )./,«. •5/;;<(- 
 
 " if you speak but little, then what you say 
 
 " is probably true ; if you speak too much, j.^ •, >_« i_v-, > > _j_ " liva fhiiciu. tlh si .ih : thvB-lmi 
 
 words fete have solid, speak-words pX? 'J/" ^^r "&" $/\. 3f& " '■« >'<«', MM shot : sl,„,lt.<i 
 
 " tlien it is 1 to be feared, that a ureal deal 
 
 of what you say, is imaginary ! " " ^ - ^ _ " to, kt'n'g I'.i'ii ! *' lie-keen 
 
 many, fear empty, world space love % fi^ H? -^T yM ^-j" " '». '.««? huy ! " shei.luii hou- 
 
 the men of this world wlio are fond of talk- ., ^^ ^ Mnt8.h«4-cl»T, tang t-l.in-il . ' 
 
 speak.wordithosrwhonughtcare.it p}^ %& tt '*£- T £\ ^ '''"' '''"" '''"•"• '"" s ''''"" 
 
 ing. ought therefore to be on their guard : ^^ | |W1 ,| i 
 
 do not despise 
 
 V I 72. " 
 
 ilo not despise this friendly hint ! Ajrt %J) 
 
 Eior decrica the use of Torture. _-^c XKjgZX. \ll» EUiop kr^. 
 
 JSstp admonishei-age. &--'\& /&■)} ui» /'-vd^ hune-shei. 
 
91 
 
 Some throe thousand years ago, in the 
 Kingdom of Kalapa, '• 
 
 Ka-la-pa three tliunsund years 
 
 the people of that Country were far from 
 being enlightened: — 
 
 before Kingdom-men vol understand rea- 
 
 their inclinations were solely directed to- 
 wards heresies ; 
 
 son alone lured strange-principles and 
 
 which the Laws of the L nd most sternly 
 prohibited. 
 
 Kingdom Laws forbade it very strictly. 
 
 When any Sorcerers were caught, if upon 
 examination 
 
 Sorcer-ers receive ralch-those-who examine 
 
 proof of their guilt was found, they were 
 straightway put to death! 
 
 have evi-dence immediate/// I, ill them. 
 
 One day having apprehended a good many 
 of this description, 
 
 One day caughl-seized many men 
 
 they were just in the act of binding them 
 hand and foot, 
 
 full mere binding-tying hand foot 
 
 when Esop passed that way ; and enquired 
 of the byestanders, saying, 
 
 E-sop passed and asked them 
 
 " what have these people been about ?" 
 saying these what do-persons :> All 
 
 The whole multitude answered, "why, these 
 are so many Sorcerers ! 
 
 answered said these arc Sorcer-ers, 
 
 " and just now we are about to try them :- 
 '• we take them, 
 
 now abonl-to prove them lake them 
 
 "and plunge them into the middle of that 
 '• pool ; those who swim, 
 
 steep with pond midst float water- 
 
 " are then accounted Sorcerers ; when we 
 '• ought forthwith 
 
 those-who then make Sorcer-ers ought 
 
 ■' to burn them with fire ! but if they go to 
 '• the bottom, 
 
 burn them villi fire link- II '.#,< -v/;» 
 
 " why. then we consider them to be good 
 •■ people ; and instantly [away 
 
 then make gentle-people immediately pul- 
 
 " permit them to return home , sure never 
 '• was a more sage plan 
 
 them inorder-lo return plan.-' I wile 
 
 " devised than this! ! " Evp hereupon ex- 
 claimed, 
 
 i nl puss bye //.!,.' E-sop 
 
 "oh! what kind of plan is this that you 
 " speak to me about ! ! 
 
 said oh ■' is what plan-indeed '■ ? 
 
 " alas ! if this be the way that you go to 
 " work, of those which you seize, 
 
 la! if-asis those-caught-which-nrc 
 
 ft M A $. iffl & 
 
 I/O ^ 
 
 Ka-la-pa, san-tsfcen ni-en 
 Kd-lu-pa, sum-tseen neeti 
 
 tseen, kwo-jin we ming taou- 
 tseen, kwok-ytin mee ming ton- 
 
 Ic : chuen haou e-twan ; uth 
 lee ; chime hdu ee-tune ; e 
 
 kwo-fa, kin-che tsuy yen ! 
 kwok-fut, kHm-che tsuy yeem ! 
 
 Shiih szc pe-ua-chay, yen 
 Shut-sze pee-nd-chay, yeem 
 
 yew ping-keu, tselh shS-che ! 
 y'au pang kuy, Isik shdt-che ! 
 
 Ylh-jTh, na-hwO to jin: 
 Ydl-yul, tid-uok to yiin ; 
 
 ching-tsae ke-fd show, tsu'h, 
 ching-tsoy hei-fij sh'au, tsiik, 
 
 E-sop kwo, urh wan-che; 
 E-sop kwo, c mun-che ; 
 
 vug. " tsze, ho wei-chay ?" Chung 
 yuel, " tsze, ho wet chay .'" Cliun^ 
 
 tS, yue\ " tsze nae Shiih-sze ! 
 tap, yuel, " Isze nai Shul-sze '. 
 
 " kin tseang-she-che; tseang ke, 
 " A»ni tscoiig-shee-chc : tseong ke, 
 
 " neih yii che-chung :— fow-shwuy- 
 " nth ,v« chee-chung :—f'au-shuy- 
 
 " ehay, tsTh wei Shuh-sze; tang 
 " choy, tsiik wei Shul-sze ; tong 
 
 " fun-che yii ho! ehin-cha\. 
 " fun (he yu fa! diim-chay. 
 
 " tsih wei leang-min; tseih shav- 
 " IsOk wei leong-miin : teik shai.- 
 
 " ch; e kwei ! fa-che sheu 
 " (he re kwei ! fdl-che sheen 
 
 " mu-kwii yii tsze !'" E-sop 
 " mokkwd yti tsze '■" E-iop 
 
 yu6, "woo! she ho fa tsae ! ! 
 yutt, ' woo ! she ho fat tioy .' .' 
 
 " foo ! joo-sbe, so-hw3-chay 
 "foo! yu-she, sho-wiik-chay 
 
92 
 
 not one will escape with his life ! Xgr _ J- y-N ^* *iV " wo ° - ' n s^ng-ming 5 ! fow 
 
 ot one alive-life indeed! swim- <»>» "r ^\ "3 " "'"« i"»' shang-mtng ee ! fat 
 
 those who swim, die by fire ; those who -W. _— . > \ , „..,-,„. 
 
 sink, yg J7L sfa- A. yjT ^- ! chay ' sze : ' ho ; ch,n - cha y- 
 
 »»/ one alive-life indeed! iwim- >»»> *r ^\ "3 " mou tiut shang-mtng ee ! f'au- 
 
 " those who swim, die by fire ; those who 
 
 " sink, 
 
 those-whe die with fire sink-those-who * VL " ^ "chay, sze yu Jot chUm-chay 
 
 " die bv water :— but they both meet Death —— »i ■, *, >, 
 
 "alike! ^L ^7^ /Tv ">^ -— ff " sze yu shwuy :— keun yih-sze 
 
 die with water equally a death * " «* J'* **"* ' * »— **'-«* 
 
 " far better not examine them at all !" 
 also ! belter do'nl examine ! As 
 
 *\***%1fe)» 
 
 " yay ! piih-joo m3 yen !" Joo 
 " ya .' piit-y'i mok yeem .'" J' 1 ' 
 
 This Fable refers to those fierce and cruel 
 Mandarins in this world, 
 
 world-upon fierce-cruel' s mandarins ^tl^ ,v: ~ ~~" ** \ shei-sheong pou-yok-rhe loon 
 
 Mandarins in this world, A~\k V- Sh. i& .3* f^* she-shang paou neo-che kwan ; 
 
 who make a constant practice, of never «. 
 
 scrutinizing the truth or falsehood of 4l' j54r ~JC *j£? pE* 
 
 continually not investigate unreal real -ft -'jjj /jE. 
 
 rijj wing wang piih sliin lieu, sh!h ; 
 
 continually not investigate unreal real "' ' ' * * 'K Jdk. Jfl leo/^f K'Oh^ pfil shtim hiiy, slidl ; 
 
 any case; and who, right or wrong, at once .^ « s 
 
 apply the Torture, in order that the <c&L V*7 J5-JJ vi >$< 3f{£ '" ng ' e ,1,n g ^ ki : w chaou ! 
 
 restlessly by-means-of torture seek-confession ' * » tung, ee yingfdt k'au-chew! 
 
 accused party may confess ; and to such an - » . , 
 
 extent, as often to lead to the [person JfL ?S T4^ ^ A Hi" J^^" shin-'.-h5 shang-tsSn che-te! 
 
 exlreme-proceed-lo wound-spoil members- ""* '^V '^S, /»^V Tf. shiim-chee sheong-chun chee-tei ! 
 
 mutilation of the limbs! those who confess, 
 
 luuiiiauun Ul lllc uiuus : mium: *vuu funics, "» « , * »3- , i w, .. . . , 
 
 are put to death by statute; *£ -&• g}|] ^T jfc^ 4g- clu 
 
 confess-lhose-uho then die bu Law JH /^ 7» J yCJ / , T^ 
 
 those who refuse to confess, then die under 
 the Torture : — 
 
 not confess then die by torture 
 
 confess-lho,e-wh» then die by Law *** ^ 7» V yt-i 'i • IT^ cheu-chay, fffift sit yu leul , 
 
 ~JT -~h> &\] ~%\- ^K TXil Pfthchaon, tsih sze yii hing! 
 
 or, granting that they may not actually lose \». , , 
 
 their lives, ^Pj -jr &h ffiTl /\^3Z-j k6w l ,uh che I ,e mi "g- urI ' 
 
 if not lead-to kill-life still ^ ^ **S ^£i ?P <> ^ *'*» ;'«' ehee pei-ming, ee 
 
 yet their limbs being thus mutilated, can -i^. t « t-, 
 
 (such unjust Mandarins) /f||l fli" AJ- •&}: Jfe _^^ shang che-te,— nang wei-che 
 
 wounding members-person can make them 'W '***■ "^ P^V* ""/ sheong chee-tei,— nang wei-che 
 
 ever restore these to them again ! people ... ___ . _,. . . , . _ 
 
 therefore cannot be -5& Xgy ■&- yT -jjT -J- fob^WM hoo? puh ko puh 
 
 return original eh 1 not may not '&* 'W* "^ ^ J J ^ fook-yiine oo ? ]ul ho put 
 
 too careful ! j^j, ^ shin-che! 
 
 care indeed! \Q ^ shitn-che .' 
 
 No. 73- 
 
 The Wild-Boar and the Wolf. tf?J.tf# £l ^ Yiy-Choo tsze-hoo. 
 
 mtd-Boar sclf-pmcct. ^tlft&WL YayCh* tsie-oo. 
 
 A Wild-Boar was continually standing be- 
 neath a tree, ~qj A&r 3*-* 4f J--Ji-** Yay-Choo chang tsae shoo-hea, 
 H'ildBoar always was tree-below •£ J Ovl '») /pt /jjJ'T "p Yiy-Chu sheong tsoy thu-ha, 
 
 whetting his tusks ; in order that he might 
 
 be prepared ^x~ *^ ^- ^v . >J* mo-yew leang-che ; e pe 
 
 grinding two teeth whereby prepare-against 'jfc ^J 1^7 gzi *>^ »'^ «*•»*«• leong-chee ; ee pee 
 
 against accidents. A Wolf saw him at this * 
 
 daily exercise ; aud enqn : red .-- ^tT* JCh «T -T", cfgt I'"' 1 "^ 1, L,in 6 ^ben, urh wan, 
 
 unlooked-for-evil Wolf saw and asked ^ Jt >\\ 7tJ ^7 jvj fi'l-.V". I-ong keen, e man, 
 
 of him, saying, " you are always here rub- * 
 
 bing away at your teeth ! <.». At, ^- vX J< y"*. "j°<» diang tsae tsze, mo 
 
 saying you always stand this place whet ^\ <** pp ^" * ^ Jjft yuet, "yw sheong tsoy tszt, mi 
 
93 
 
 " just now is the season of Pesee and Plenty ! 
 teelk atpresenl perfeet-peace abundant 
 
 " what then can your object be in doinj; 
 
 " this ? " 
 
 age with what do pray .' Boar 
 
 The Boar replied, " how is it that you are 
 
 41 so very witless 
 
 >aid you how not- wise as- 
 
 ' as this! I am humblv of opinion, that, 
 
 '■ when the Hounds come, 
 
 thi» ! I think hunting-Dogs come- 
 
 " and danger presses me on all sides, little 
 
 " time will there then be 
 
 time in-ahurry (or in straits) stitl 
 
 " for me to sharpen my teeth and resist 
 
 " the enemy ; 
 
 may grind-teeth respond enemy <h ? 
 
 "therefore, my wisest plan is just to take 
 " Time by the forelock, 
 not-as early do-it lhat-which 
 
 " ( as I am now doing ) ! " 
 also ! 
 
 No. 7*. 
 
 The Beasts elect a King. 
 .Wonkey- Prince Fox- Minister. 
 
 %-kv^- %-Z.tfr 
 
 •& 
 
 4&j£*fc& 
 
 '« ya ! Iang-tsz6. tae-ping shing- 
 " 'tigd ! ling-lsze, taiping thing- 
 
 "she! yuh ho wei tsae? " Choo 
 " shei .' yuk ho wei ttoy '! ' Chti 
 
 yue", " joo, ho piih-che jo- 
 yuel, " yii, hi put-chee yok- 
 
 '• tsze ! woo seang, Lee kow lae- 
 " tsze ■' 'ng seoiig, Leep-k'au loy 
 
 " she, tsang hwang-che-hea, shing 
 " she, tsSng.uong che-ha, shiong 
 
 " nSug mo-ya, ying-teih hoo? 
 " ning mo-'ngd, yinglik oof 
 
 " puh joo tsaou wei-che, so 
 " pHt-yu tsou wei-che, sho 
 
 " yay ! " 
 
 " ya ! " 
 
 How-Keun, Hoo-Chin. 
 H'au-KwUn, Oo-Shjf. 
 
 One day, all the Beasts having assembled 
 
 together 
 
 One-day all-Beasts in a herd- assembled 
 
 in some place or other, each commenced to 
 raunt his good [crlted 
 
 one place every one spoke lhat-which ex- 
 qualities, theiebv striving to attain the 
 Royal Office. Whereupon, 
 thereby to-contend King' s-Throne. Lion then 
 
 the Lion styled himself, as " the animal of 
 '• prodigious strength ; " the Elephant, 
 self-called slrengih-^reat Elephant then 
 
 ■was known for the number and sagacity of 
 
 his plaBs; the Fox, 
 
 self ■ recognized many-plots Fox then 
 
 had long been famed for his capacity and 
 
 skill ; while the Horse, 
 
 long-styled cunning-wise Horse then 
 
 clung to the acknowledged transcendence 
 
 of his merits : — and thus 
 
 clung- to his merit high with-lhat 
 
 each had so many good points, that scarce 
 any difference 
 
 each had what excelled not mutually 
 
 was found to exist among them! Finally 
 
 however, forth stepped a Monkey ! 
 
 above below. Last-of-all came a 
 
 who played off his antics, in a manner most 
 
 wonderful to behold ! 
 
 Men-key leaping playing strange- uncommon 
 
 ka ip- 2£ -fi^jR'] 
 
 Yih-jih, k5-Show keun-tseu 
 Y&t-yat, kdk-Sh'au kuHn-tsvy 
 
 y ih-choo ; kiS taou so *hang, 
 ySt-ehu ; kdk tou_^o cheong, 
 
 \ 
 e tsang Wang- Wei! Sze, tsih 
 ee chiing Wing- Wei! Szi, ts&k 
 
 tsze-ching " leih-ta " ; Seang, tsifc 
 tszt-ching -'Uk-lai"; Tseong, tsuX 
 
 tsze-jin to-mow ; Hoo, tsih 
 tszi y&n tb-m'au ; Oo, Isiik 
 
 kew-ching hwuyche ; Ma, tsih 
 k'au-ching wti-ckee ,- Ma, ts&lc 
 
 che ke kung kaou ! yii-she, 
 chee ke k6ng kou .' yu-she, 
 
 ko yew so chang ; puh-seang 
 k6k y'au shb chtong; put-setng 
 
 shang, hea. Mo-how, lae y»h 
 sheorig, ha. Moot-h'an, ley yat 
 
 Me-how; teaou, woo, kwaee! 
 ^'ee-h'au; lew, m*u, kwui-ee t 
 
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 lie pave a thousand proofs of hi* varied 
 talents, while his answers [answers 
 
 tpiritual-changes hundred go-out gwir- 
 
 flowed like a running stream : — and there- 
 upon, all the Beasts 
 as current {of water) with-that all Beast* 
 
 appointed him as their King. Only, the 
 Fox was. not altogether 
 
 put forward him make king only Fox 
 
 willing to submit to this arrangement ; look- 
 ing upon the Monkey 
 little not sub-nit judging-to be 
 
 as an animal of little discernment, how was. 
 he adequate 
 
 Monkey little- ability hnw-enou°h- 
 
 to fill the post of Chief of All ! with that, 
 (he determined) 
 
 whereby sustain Most. Honorable there-upon 
 
 craftily to embarrass him ; and to that end ■ 
 thus addressed him, " Glory and 
 
 cunningly bothered-him saying G rent-King 
 
 •• Honor be unto Four Majesty ! I. your 
 " humble vassal, have got 
 
 be aboi'e .' little-minister has wards 
 
 'something important to communicate:' 
 ' just now. in such a place, [such-place 
 
 begin lay-before- Vour-Jfajesty just-now 
 
 " is a hoard of gold ! but it will be necess-. 
 " ary for Your Sacred Majesty, 
 
 hare gold a pit mutt obtain. 
 
 " to go thither in your own person ; and | 
 " then the treasure no doubt, 
 
 Great-King ownself go then may, 
 
 " may be obtained ! " The Monkey, taking 
 all this for gospel, [indeed 
 
 ■'tke-U : Monkey considfring-it-lo be so- 
 
 imnwdiately followed the Fux ; where ha 
 saw 
 
 immediately fallowed Fox went saw had 
 
 some preen fruit, lying most temptingly 
 
 within a trap. 
 
 unripe-fruit stowed with cage-inside 
 
 The Monkey could have patience no longer , 
 
 so he stretched out his paw 
 
 Monkey nol-could patient »t retched- nut-hand 
 
 to take it; when lo ! the iron trap forthwith 
 
 fell 
 
 took it I"' reccHi'td iron rage 
 
 and closed! ind having his p»w within. 
 both squeezed it and held it fast ! - 
 fall-shut ' like hand press detain 
 
 The Monkey exclaimed in a voice of re- 
 proach, " tiiuu oh Fox ! art a traitorous 
 
 Monkey rai 'ed toying Fox n-tndeed traitor- 
 " vassal ! and must straight wavs meet the 
 " penalty of thy crime ! " [of crime Fox 
 minuter .' of-necistlty-mnst tee-punishment- 
 
 The Fox replied, •' I indeed am no trai- 
 torous vasail ' 
 
 Hid I noUam. trcittr minister I jiflu 
 
 
 -> 
 
 *i.M 
 
 aim**** 
 
 ifc%Wif<.r 7 #f 
 
 ling-peen pili chiih ; tuy-ta 
 ling peen pal; chut ; tuy-'ip 
 
 joo lew ! yu -she. ko-Show 
 yii l'au .' yii-shc. kok-Sh'au 
 
 tuy-che, wei Wang ! Wei, Hoo, 
 tuy,-che. wei fffong I fVei, Oo, 
 
 po puh slioo-fiih ! ■ c-wei 
 pii pill sbu-fook! ee-wei 
 
 How-tsae seaou ke, ho-tsiili 
 ti'au-tsze seu-kec, hd-tsik 
 
 3 lang rin" T-uii f yii-she. 
 ee t6ng chee, 7Vi?» ?- yii-she, 
 
 kwei chan-che, yue\ " Ta-VVarif, 
 kwei ch&m-che, yuet, " Tai-fV6ng 
 
 " tsae shang ! seaou-cliin yew hwa 
 " tsoy sheong .' tSw-thUs y'au wa 
 
 " ke-tsow ! heen-tsae, mow choo, 
 " kei tsdu '■ een-tsoy, ni'au<h" 
 
 'yew kin yih-keaou ! peili tih 
 " y'au I. Urn yit-kaou! peet tu£ 
 
 " Ta-Wang tsin-wanp ; fang ko 
 " Tai Wong Islin-wnng , fong hi 
 
 " feu yay ! " How, e-wei .jen : 
 " ts'iy ya '■ " It'au, eewei yeen , 
 
 tseih, tn'ing Hoo. wang : keen yew 
 tsik, ttdng On wong ■ keen you, 
 
 sar.g-.wo. choo \u lung -nuy : — 
 shang-kwo, chii yu lung nuy .— *_ 
 
 How piih nKng jin, shin-show 
 Il'uu pHtning ytin, shun-sh\u. 
 
 tseu che: shoo ! pe lep-lung 
 ttuy-cbe: shii..' pee tcet-lung 
 
 tS k«an : t.ieang show. y fc. a h tft ! 
 f-^tr-Jtuu/i I tteang th'au. dtt-chu ' 
 
 How, ma \\i(, •• Hoo nae ke>n- 
 li'uu, mad yuet. " Oo Hti lin- 
 
 ' Chill ! peil>..-?u kcen-tsuy 1 Hoo 
 " Sh6$ .' pcetsuy ketn-tsuy ' Ot 
 
 yui, " wo ((• keen Chin ! joo 
 yuet, " 'ngifee kin-$hun v- 
 

 " but thou art a most foolish Prince! tho i 
 " can'st not even take cire of 
 
 indeed-arc dull-Prince one-hand Hill 
 
 " a single paw, and vet would 'st thou I e 
 " King 
 
 not con secure may make all- 
 
 " amonsr the Beasts eh ? " The Proverb 
 saith. *' those who sit in high places, 
 
 Hcasln' King eh ? Proverb saith post- 
 
 " are exposed to dangers beyond common !" 
 high-persons dangerous is. indeed'!' 
 
 No. 75. 
 
 The Shepherd-boy and the Wolf. 
 Shepherd-boy tells lies. 
 
 A Shepherd-boy had received his Master's 
 commands. 
 
 Shepherd boy received Master com- 
 
 to watch vigilantly a flock of Sheep ; in 
 order to prevent 
 
 mands look-watch Sheep-flock thereby 
 
 any visits from the Wolf. Now, this 
 Shepherd-boy was constantly calling, 
 
 gvard-agninst Wolf come Shepherd always 
 
 " the Wolf is coming !" for no other object- 
 tl an mere sport ; 
 
 shouted Wolf come.' thereby make play- 
 
 when his Master would come running out 
 in a great-hurry, and lo ! 
 
 idea Master hastily went-out behold 
 
 it was nothing but the Boy telling so many 
 lies! 
 
 was Shepherd tell-lies thus-it- 
 
 Thus it happened several time9: — and after- 
 wards, when the Wolf 
 
 was several-timts afterwards really had 
 
 really did come, and the Shepherd-boy cal-, 
 led for assistance. 
 
 Wolf come Shepherd called-deliver 
 
 his Master suspected that he was only tel-; 
 ling some more lies, 
 
 .Master further doubted he . lnfd-i 
 
 and therefore did not leave the house; in 
 
 consequence of which, 
 
 lies therefore not went-out Shtep . 
 
 the Sheep were entirely devoured by the 
 Wolf! 
 
 then were by- Waif .enlirely-faten admonish 
 
 By this we intend to admonish the men of 
 this world, that they do not 
 
 world-men not..may tell lies 
 
 jti any occasion tell lies ; for should they 
 even have; a true affair in [mistake) 
 
 have true., business then ought, impede (or 
 
 hand... this evil habit may Jead to it's mis- 
 carriage \ 
 
 indeed I 
 
 
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 95 
 
 " nae hwan-Keun ! yih-show, sh&ng 
 " nai filn-Kuun ■' yit-sh'au, sbeong 
 
 " puh ning paou : nSng wei ke 
 " piit ning pou : vSng wei kok- 
 
 " Show wanc hoo?" Yen yun, " wei- 
 " Sh'au wong 00?" Yeen wun, "met" 
 
 " kaou-chay. wet !" she yay ! 
 " kou.-chay, 'ngei!" shee ya ! 
 
 Muh-tung shwC-hwang. 
 Muk-tung shuet-fong. 
 
 f? Muh-tung show C,hoo-jln chub. 
 it? Miik tunsr sh'au Chii.viin rhSik 
 
 M 
 
 ■ 
 
 A felr * J- 
 
 
 
 Miik tung sh'au Chii-ytin chtik- 
 
 foo, kan-show Yang-keun ; e 
 foo, hoan-sh'au Yaong-kviin ; ee 
 
 fang Lang che. Muh-tung chang 
 Jong long chee. Muk-tung shtong 
 
 hoo, " Lang che !" e-wei wan- 
 Zoo, " LSng chee!'' ee-wei wdn- 
 
 e ; Choo-jin piin chub : — ke8 ! 
 ee ; Chu-yUn piin chUt : — ktak ! 
 
 she Muh-tung shwfl-hwang ! Joo- 
 she MAk-tung shuet-fSng ! fu- 
 
 she soo-tsze; how, kwo yew 
 she shoutui ; h'au, kwo u'au 
 
 Lang che; Miih-tung keaou-kew, 
 Long chee ; pf&Mung kiw-k'au, 
 
 Choo-jin yew e ke shwS- 
 Chu-yun y'au ee ke shuel- 
 
 hwang ; she-e poh chuh : Yang, 
 fling; shece pat chill: Yaong, 
 
 tsSh wei LSng (sin chih ! Keuea , 
 U&ft wei LSng tsAn shik ! Hunt 
 
 fhe-jin, puh ko shwu-hwang :— 
 shei-ySn, piit ho shuet-fong ;— 
 
 yew cbin-sze, tsih tSng woo . 
 y'au chUn-szi, tsik tSng 'ng 
 
 el 
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 No. 76. y ^ J.K^.-g J»". s ", lun-15. 
 
 The Lion »nd the Man. >S^^B)|7 ■$$■?%, Y un, 5ze lun-lec. 
 
 Man Lion argue-thcpoint. 
 
 One day » Lion and a Man were arguing ■ *»A*S» 2 \ZT* Ylh-iih, Sze vu Jin. tung- 
 
 One tf>y ti'on leiifc A/art togelher- 
 
 piih- 
 pu'- 
 
 to a stone Statue (of himself), where he was »/£._> S. , ^ , «.-._ a t x ..„.. b»^ 
 
 represented as treading a Lion — -«» "** *»* ***■- •* shih-Seana. ke5 c 
 
 each asserted that he was the greater, w>J s , >V -£l -few -J* — *~ 15: kC ' ,sz£ - chln = li > 
 
 discussed each self.slyled great not- ^fjj -^*> PI ^'•PT^>wyJ'» tee : kok, Hitching tni : 
 
 and neither was willing to yield the point. -" ^ _ kane sean<--iang. Jin, tslh cbe 
 
 The Man upon this, po.nted ^ ^ -|j£ ^ g,J ^ ^ « >» J ^ ^ 
 
 willing mulually-yield Man then poinled-to ^* tr, K/r- si *r* "<"•>, " on S S s 
 
 a-slone-lmage feet trying Li- ~~ ^ ^J^ *M%> JJ SSZ ** *. Sze- 
 
 " that man is not the greater?" The Lion ? ., Sz6 yu «, .. putl 
 
 rep ied. " it is not so indeed ! 7 JL :*£- -JHilJ w} -*"* _.. 
 
 J , .. r . . v , -^^."T / )» Z I *^v ^ >• fun tni oo?" Szi yuel, " put 
 
 Man great eh? Lion said not -T. ^ * H': ■ '' . -f 
 
 « I on the other hand, could tell you of- „ , , g 2 -. che chaou . 
 
 " I do'nt know .hV -££. -i& jfefj d? Yfv -> en • wou ' 
 
 .,.,,, ?K» "V* $YlW\*^~-)Y>^ « yeen > 'ng u-ei, Sztche chaou- 
 st / «o.y £»<m » in Ions- » *T . . _ 
 
 "how many men — who ha?e perished ^- " hea, puh che mae moh, to- 
 
 •< beneath the Lion's p.w =- "ft ^ *p Jf[ >/j£f> .. h ^ chee mai . mtol , fc 
 
 below not know extinguish many > " s^~ s 
 
 below not know extinguish many 
 
 " but the only difference is, tha 
 
 " able 
 
 few men also! for-lo! Men can 
 
 ' but the only difference is, that Men are ^ „ s(laou j„, yay . k ae I Jin, nang 
 
 w* A^ Jtti jfe ^ )1v " •**«*■?*" * s ' *"* • r ' in, nins 
 
 :: tr^rd! thing " bich we Lions ■© ^ ga ** % & - - ^n g , u fh ^ P «h Bfag 
 
 ,. , , r . J,' i±- W>.,^Ar<?y\^m^ » sou Tseong ; ee Sze, put ning 
 
 mould Images and Lions not can . Z 
 
 " Let it be granted for a moment, that, _ , ,. . ^ „ j n $ gze nang soo Seang; 
 
 "we had tha, Centals,,; ^Jt^P f| ifl -J- I -*. &* •** - T '"^ ; 
 
 really ! suppose Lions could mould Images, » ^^ » '*' J- »5fv » 
 
 " we should surely mould the Lion, tread- -^ ^ „ g yln pgji, s00 Sze-che, 
 
 " in B « *• ^ ^K.^; ^> gfl {& z_ .. ^ ; lk ^ « s»^e. 
 
 «e«e a/«o must mould Lion's *"^Vi S\ <*- )rl r° » •" 
 
 "of the Man!" (The remark of the Lion) •■ tsae Jin shang yay !" Le-che 
 
 ia perfectly reasonable; >£Ey^Jl^Z-^^ «*»»*•«* ^'• cfc * 
 
 •land man upon indeed I reason's *~ » "*" 
 
 what occasion is there for surprise (that >» t4ng jen ! ho Isfih kwae taae? 
 
 the Man was moulded uppermost!) &• Ul? 7-P ^ J.;? ^-' |iaff , een .- » S | IM * *wai tsoy » 
 
 •«;/U *o.' now «aou ff * .urprife pray ' ^ V»»*» • ' v^ 1 *- »■*■ ' 'N 
 
 No. 77. 
 
 The Rats wisU to Bell the Cat. &} y x. iju ^ Shoo fing Maou hae. 
 
 Rat, guard.againtt Cat evil. J%L*s" ifit& •%" Ska fong Maou nay. 
 
 from their de.d.y foe the C-at « '^ ^ #v|£ ^ ^ „..„ „ „„„ t .. 
 
 Rat, received evil from Cat long-time JJ\a — *w ,5? ' ^ rl * 
 
 One day, the whole of the Rats assembled . ^ ^ ,i Ylh-jlh, keun-Shoo t«eu- 
 
 togetheT jfe. — tl ^^ tfl^ ^£ ef / ra/-»a/, Ai»fln.S«u tsuy- 
 
 inieei! Owe day Jlock-Rati rollertir 'u- /** + 
 
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 for consultation, and said, " our species lias 
 " ever been famed for 
 
 rontullcd saying we enough knowing 
 
 " wisdom and talent ! we are consummate 
 " in the art of providing against sorrow 
 
 tno-muchahilily deeply plot distant-cause-of- 
 
 " evil, even when far off ? and as we hide 
 " ourselves by day, and only sally forth 
 
 day conceal' night go-out also mny 
 
 " at tlfttht, we may also be called people 
 " who know to avail themselves of their 
 
 sny know-opporlunilyperson ! but- 
 
 " opportunities ! But alas . h in spite of all* 
 " this, most difficult it is to avoid 
 
 strange .' in-the-end difficult avoid Cat's 
 
 •' destruction from the Cat ! we must there- 
 " fore devise some sage plan 
 
 mil must -necessarily draw-up a wise 
 
 " or other, by which we may obtain ever-. 
 
 " lasting security ;• 
 
 plan eternally obtain security-entire lo .'-then 
 
 " and then indeed, we may pass our lives 
 " in peace ! " With that, 
 
 may tranquil life indeed! there-upon 
 
 they all hurriedly and in confusion sug- 
 gested their plans; too many [many whntr 
 
 numeroun'y-confusedly offered-vp plans loo- 
 
 of these were found to be quite impratica- 
 ble ! but afterwards 
 
 not convenient but afterwards a Rat 
 
 came a Rat, who submitted his method, 
 
 saying, '* we must 
 
 offered up saying must use sounding- 
 
 "make use of jinglingbells ! and these we 
 •' must tie on the Cat's neck ; 
 
 bells tic with Cat neck that-one (i. c. she) 
 
 " so that when she comes, we may all of us 
 " hear the sound, and thus 
 if come we hear sound 
 
 " be able to take to our heels and avoid her ! 
 " wo'nt this. ( not 
 
 entirely (or surely) may hurriedly avoid h-ow 
 
 " be delightful indeed!" The whole of 
 the Rats thereupon clapped 
 
 wise pray ? alt- Rats clapped-hands 
 
 their hands, and called out for very joy ! 
 saying, " truly, it is a most sage device ! " 
 called wonderful said truly wise plan 
 
 and with that every one was happierthan 
 the other, 
 
 indeed! there-upon not not glad- 
 in the conception, that they had at last- 
 found the plan that was to answer. 
 
 ly each considering-to-be obtained plan 
 
 But, amidst the assembly there was one, 
 who did not utter a syllable:— 
 
 their middle had nol-spcak-one-who 
 
 the whole of them now asked of him, "you 
 " do'nt say a word ! 
 
 ell asked hint saying you not, 
 
 J. 
 
 > 
 
 » It k » 
 
 e, yue", " woo-pei, tsiih-che 
 ec,yuet, " 'ng-pooy, tsUk-chee 
 
 " to-nang, shin mow yucn-leu ; 
 " toning, shtim m'au yune-liiy ; 
 
 "jth tsang, yiiy chiih; yih ko 
 " yal isong, yay chut ; yik ho 
 
 " wei ' che-kechay * e J woo- 
 •' wei ' chee-keechay * ec ■' mou- 
 
 "joo! chung nSn meen Maou-che 
 '■ yu! chUng nun meen Maou-che 
 
 " hae ! peihseu she" yih slien- 
 " hoy ! peet-suy cheet yal sheen- 
 
 " fit, yung tik paou-tseuen \ shoo ! 
 ' ' fat, wing luk pou-tsiine ! ska. ! 
 
 " ko gan-s&ng e!" Yii-she, 
 " ho oan-shang ee ! " yii-she, 
 
 fun fun heen tsih: — to so 
 fiin fUn heen chak : — to sho 
 
 piili peen ! nae how, yih Shoo 
 p6t peen ! nai h'au, yat Sh«- 
 
 heen, yue^ " peih-seu yung heang- 
 heen, yuel, " peet-suy yung heong- 
 
 " ling, ke yii Maouking; pe 
 " ling, hei yu Maou-king ; pee 
 
 *'j8 lae, woo-tSng wSn shing, 
 '' yok toy, 'ng-tSng m&n shing, 
 
 " tsin ko pii.n-pe ! ke puh 
 " chun ho pun-pee ! hee put 
 
 "shen tsae ! " Chung-Shoo, pih-show 
 " sheen ts°y ■' " Chtifig-Shii, pdk-sh'au 
 
 keaou-meaou, yue\ "chin shen-tsth 
 kew-mew. yuel, " chAn sheen-chak 
 
 "yay!" yii-she, mo puh hin- 
 *' ya ! " yii-she, mok-pSl yiin- 
 
 j6n, ko e wei tTh-ke ! 
 yeen, kok ee wei tfik-kei ! 
 
 Ke chung, yew puh-yen-chay ; 
 Ke chung, y'au pUt-yeen-chay ,• 
 
 chung wan-che, yue", "joo puh 
 chung miin-che, yuet, ''yii pM 
 
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 " perhaps you are going to tell us that the 
 " plan is not a good one eh ? " 
 
 'prii/; can say this plan not 
 
 To this he replied, " as for it's being good, 
 " the plan is without doubt 
 tf ise eh f said wise then wise 
 
 " good enough ! the only objection is, that 
 " I do'nt know 
 
 indeed ! but not know grasp belts 
 
 " which is he that is to tie the bells upon 
 " the Cat's neck ! 
 
 in-order-to tie-upon the- neck-person who 
 
 " please speedily to determine this point! " 
 pray .' please quickly fix him and-wilh- 
 
 Thereupon all the Rats gaped and stared in 
 each others' faces ! 
 
 that all- Rats face face mutually 
 
 and in the end, not one of them had a syl- 
 lable to offer in reply ! 
 espied finally not words might answer 
 
 Thus among the men of this world ! many 
 there are, who flatter themselves 
 
 as world-men too-many have selves- 
 
 that they have arranged some plan, of at- 
 taining the object they desire ; [come-to 
 
 uhereby make obtain- plan-those-who and- 
 
 but, when the time of putting such plan 
 in operation arrives, it is found 
 
 their near business in-the-end not can 
 
 to be utterly infeasible ! 1 have seen a 
 
 great many instances of this 1 
 
 act I too-many have-seen indeed! 
 
 No. 78. 
 
 The Fortune-teller duped. 
 Astrologer self -deceive. 
 
 * 
 
 ££*« 
 
 " yen ! ning wei tsze-fa pull 
 " yeen I ning wei tsze-fdt pit 
 
 "siren boo?" yug, " sh£n, tslh shell 
 " sheen oo ? " yuet, " sheen, ts&lc sheen 
 
 " e ! urh puh che, che ling 
 •* ee I ee p&t chee, chee ling 
 
 '• « ke kelcing-chay, shuy 
 "•ee hei ke-k(ng chay, shuy 
 
 " yay * tsrng sfih ting-che ! " Yew*. 
 " ya ? tsfng tsUlc ting-che ! " Y& u . 
 
 she, chunp-'STfoo roe'en meen seang* 
 she, chung Shu meen meen setng* 
 
 tseu ! king, woo yen ko ta ! 
 tsiiy ! king, mou yeen ho tap : 
 
 Joo she-jin, to yew tsze- 
 Yu shei-$iin, to y'au tsze- 
 
 e wei tih-ke-chay ; keih 
 ee wei Mk-kci-chay ■' kiip 
 
 ke lin-s«e, cliiing puh ning 
 ke Ktm-sze, chting pSt nang 
 
 hing : — woo to keen e ! 
 Ming : — 'ng to keen ee ! 
 
 Sing-chay tsze-woo. 
 Slng-chay tszi-'ng. 
 
 Being once in the Public Market-place of 
 a large town, 
 
 / being Public- Market-place-' s-upon 
 
 I saw one of those Astrologers, or Physi- 
 ognomists, who deal 
 
 saw had sell river-mouth's (i. e, lies) 
 
 in lies and nonsense :— he was discoursing 
 upon the past and future I'ftT 
 
 Astrolo-Physiognomist discourse Man before 
 
 concerns of man; all of which he settled dis- 
 tinctly, with the same ease as pointing 
 
 business completely as point-to palm with- 
 
 with his finger to the palm of the hand : and 
 thus he enticed a number of people, to near 
 that mis-led many men hear 
 
 how he expounded the Book of Fate. But, a- 
 mongst their number, was a knowing- [gent- 
 hit determine- discourse Among had inlelli- 
 fellow, who w« perfectly well aware that 
 all he aaid, was just so much idle talk ; 
 
 person knew it entirely belonged.lo vain- 
 
 
 Yii, yd She-chin-che ^hang, 
 Yi>, yii Shee-chtinche-sheong, 
 
 keen yew mae-keang-kow-rhew 
 keen y'au mae-kong-hdu-che- 
 
 Sing-Seang; lun jn tscen how 
 Sing-Seong ; lun yiin tseen hait 
 
 sze, leaou joo che cliang : yii— 
 sit, lew yu chee chiong . yu~ 
 
 she yin-yew to jin, ting 
 she yiin-y'au to yun, ting 
 
 ke twan-lun. Nuy yew cbe- 
 ke tune-run. Any y'au chee- 
 
 chay; che ke tsin-shuh heu- 
 chay ; chee ke ttiln-shuk hiiy- 
 
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 so he resolved to give him & start, anil with 
 that humbugged him, saying, [toying 
 
 floating intentionally frightened-impeded 
 
 " how is this My Master ! that you are still 
 " here telling people's fortunes ! 
 
 My Master still is this place 
 
 '• your house has been robbed ! and your 
 " family are 'running about helter-skelter 
 
 talking plans eh ? Your house received- 
 
 " looking for ydu amid 'fear and consterna- 
 " tion !'' 
 
 robbed fear-alarm seek you ■' Astrolog- 
 
 The Astrologer on hearing these words, left 
 the whole of the impliments of his 
 
 er hear it entirely forsook those-which 
 
 Trade that he had brought with him, and 
 was running home without them 
 
 brought articles emply-boSy ran- 
 
 at his utmost speed; when an Old Man 
 stopped him, 
 
 returned ene-oli-persoh slopped-him 
 
 a'ld grasping his hand, thus addressed him, 
 and catching his hand said do'nt 
 
 " do not be in such a hurry my good friend ! 
 '* there is just a single word 
 
 hurry do'nt hurry I then ask 
 
 '• I should like to ask of you ! —since you 
 '■ know all about the past 
 
 you you since con know Jilan 
 
 '• and future of other men's concerns, and 
 " can tell them 
 
 past-gone not-come further know 
 
 " of their good-luck and misfortunes: — 
 " how is it that you are 
 
 Man's misery happiness how not 
 
 '* so wofully ignorant about your own 
 " matters?'* Upon this, the Astrologer 
 
 self-know as-ihus ! Astrologer 
 
 saw for the first time, that the people were 
 merely perplexing him. 
 
 begin advert Men's perplex him 
 
 Just so the men of this world ! who at afl 
 times regardless 
 
 then .' As world-men often often 
 
 of past or foture, idly speak at random, 
 without taking due care to 
 
 not care before after foolishly -talk 
 
 investigate : — let such people look at our 
 story of the Astrologer [look Astrologer 
 net-begin (without rhyme or reason) may 
 
 as a warning ! 
 make warning. 
 
 No. 79. 
 
 The Thunny and Dolphin. 
 3 Pike Trout all die. 
 
 » — ■ ** 
 
 / *i 
 
 f3RM&1: 
 
 f6w, koo-e king-clian, yu?, 
 fau, koo-ee kSng-chdm, yuet, 
 
 " seen-sang ! shang tsae tsze-choo 
 " tetn-shang! sfttong tsoy tsze-cAu 
 
 " shwfl-fa hoo? joo kea pe- 
 " shuet-fat oo ? yu ka pee- 
 
 " kee ! pang-hwang tsin urh!" Sing- 
 *' keep ! ping-w&ng tsum ee .'" Sing- 
 
 chay ting-che, tsin ke so- 
 ihay ting-che, IsAn hee sho- 
 
 tae-shih-wuh, kflng-shin paou- 
 tai-shdp-m&t, hung-shiin paou- 
 
 hwuy ! yih-laou-chay che che ; 
 ooy ! yit-lou-chay chee-che t 
 
 urh chih ke show, yuS, "wuh 
 e rh&pp ke sh'au, yuet, " mitt 
 
 "mang! wuh mang ! woo tseay win 
 " mong .' miit m6ng! 'ng chSy vnkn 
 
 " urh : — urh ke nang-che jin 
 * ee:'—ee kee nang-chee yAn 
 
 "kwo-ketr, we-lae; yew che 
 " kud-huy, mee-loy ; y'ali Chee 
 
 "jin-che ho, f iih : — ho puh 
 " ydn-che voo, fook :— Ao put 
 
 " tsze-che jC-trae ?" Sing-chay, 
 '* tstt- chee yok-tsze ?" Sing-chay, 
 
 che keO, jin-che chin ke 
 chee k6k, yUn-che chilm kee 
 
 yay ! Jdo she-jin, mei mei 
 ya .' Yu shei-ylin, moey moor 
 
 puh koo tseen, how; hwan-shwd 
 put koo tseen, h'au; uiin-shuel 
 
 woo-ke : — ko kwin Sing-chay 
 mou-kei:—ho koon Sing-chat/ 
 
 wei keae! 
 wet kdi I 
 
 Tsew, Loo, keae wing. 
 Ts'au, Loo, fcai m6ng. 
 
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 gj* " ^ Tr<,Ut>S r0bb6r 8nddeS - « *** A ^ gi; Tscw, wei Loo-yii-che Ulh! 
 fl£ * r^.^ S ** *^ ^^-^ "«• H Loo-y.-che mi 
 
 whenever he sees him, he forthwith gives ^ ^g. ^ ^ j^ ^ ^ Lf)0 >,-, p|e „ ^ 
 «*r, «e TWjb* then fiVaw.rf.er '"*"' * \ ^^°^ Mooy keen Loo-yu, peen chuy, 
 
 fu^tTpLued 1 Olleda y ,heTr0Utbe - &>*$ * — Cl<» urhtsa-che! Ylh-jth. Loo- 
 
 e sopp-che-' Yal-yit, Loor 
 
 ^/KiiL- ft jf 
 
 and swallow him one day Trout- ' 
 
 his case became one of extreme peril ! so. _ 11.1. 
 
 much so, .^ 7iy ^»> JsT, ^fy i£ >"" pe chuh; ke she. shin 
 
 fish received-pursue his circumstances very >>>>'■' — ? ™ J?/ "K»* ^a pee-ch&k ; ke shei, shum 
 
 tint he had no resourse, but by a sudden 
 
 effort to spring up, f% tf J.& ti^ j|j '$r ve i! chih-Uh fun-shin, sung- 
 
 dangerous onlycould excile-body leapr -A-», »■ * 1 T P/^l -*T* . nffel -.- ch ijc-,iik fh.-sHn, ring- 
 
 and throw himself upon a sand-bank. After.* 
 
 wards came the Pike fc i»l% 3& fit lA jft- sh <"<g *ha tan ! T«t, suy-how 
 
 upon sandbank Pike in-successim ^ // i*&.„.?A. lag/j^ , hioTlg sha -lan ! Ts'au, Isuy-h'.m 
 
 in hot pursuit, and he also sprung upon the 
 
 same bank; .& •%> ^f, & > )|| cliuy -chc ; >Th sung-shang tin ' 
 
 following arrived also sprungupon bank *fi. «S ^ J^- 1 "* •F^J chuy.chee ; yik sung-sheong tan ! 
 
 so that neither could now turn himsalf a- 
 
 bout, very different i^ *=J >» ^y 
 
 bout, very different i./ y=j >* j/.j ^ -?--<i .. , 
 
 , TrCV -it "yci^. \JVr li& \ilvi. yii-sne, k<5 nan chen-chuen ; 
 uith-thal each difficult spread-out turn round' JJ » /t /|2* *ft /tvT>f 
 
 yii-shc, kak nSn cheen-chiine ; 
 
 lc tung shwuy shang-clie hwiV- 
 /ec (liwg shuysheong-che oat- 
 
 thereupon said, ^£L V-^ ^-tf- ^, ~ £, T*3w, yih pae c ! Loo yu«. 
 
 Pike also exhausted: Trout said x^K'Jk /^ ■ r f\ W<M- *^ Ts'ou, yik pai ee ! Loo yuet. 
 
 was it indeed from their lively gambols in 
 
 the water ! v» ___ « - _* 
 
 not tame-as waler-upon's living- f f~ |tfj 71y _• . *^^_ y ?jj 
 
 although the Trout was much tired, yet 
 
 m ovingalso! Trout altho' fatigued yd WJ^X&W-^xfo lung y* I £»<., «ry W»r .- - 
 
 was also quite exhausted! The Trout 
 thereupon said, 
 
 Pike also exhausted '. Trout said 
 " altho' I am now about to die, I die con- 
 tentedly, ^.^ ».§&■ 3Z -ff ^©. " kin ' w " suy " £; y ' h tTh 
 
 now I altho' die also, have "T 'J'v l»- ; i r -^-« J/ J ' l*J" " Aiiw, '"jo st/^r sz6 ; yik Ml; 
 "and without any feeling of regret! you 
 
 "too (oh! mine enemy!) +) _ ^ r*f& 335 -A- " ^n.,in. woo Ian! Qrh, Mh 
 
 HMVf.^11 «o r^rei you also. I • ^ iffl. UX_.\ ^ ^Jv ., Wm . MrlI , t mflu ;„j„, , W) ^ 
 
 must ere long set out on the same dark 
 
 journey!" _^ ^ t^ ^ " piih kew, tseang kweUhe e! 
 
 not long-time will return world ■' (i. e. die) Y\^ y^ *J\r$ U. r ffJ 'CiT ^7 " pUt-k'au, tsesng-kwri shei re!" 
 
 This applies to those men of the world, 
 
 who know to advance, Joo she-jin, che tsin, puh 
 
 M world-men know enter not ■*£?. TiL >\. ^t? j^ "^\ ) fl 4 4f, ^fin, c/iee isfin, put 
 
 without also knowing to retire in time :— 
 
 too many of these do , .,77 ^'1 -v. >/ cnf tu >' ; J 00 Tsew-che so- 
 
 know retire as Pike's that which -J>& ii^. ^^ ffv^^^/yT «*«• '"3/ •" ."« T'MUihe sho- 
 
 indeed act as did the Pike of our Fable ! 
 
 We have therefor* selected J> ±t ** * »» J^rt" wei-ihay. t«> •! koo tsih 
 
 do-persons many indeed! therefore chqpse ,f£} /f\ -4 jfc \0>* i^P mi-thay, Id ee; koo chdk 
 
 to\^e r men anySUCl ' : ~ andital80aPPlieS t, SJ ^, e Mng che:-yew. jo« 
 
 W, Ze"Z rouse them farther, a, ^ V^ $& ^ ^ )& Inc. ee U.gekt -.-yuu, yu 
 
 theifven W e.nce Wh °' ha " n8 fU " y ^^ ,3 >** J* X& » l ** , «^*-^-^- 
 
 wort dlToJl vent their hatred ^ ^ ^ '.% % ^ ^i-yun tuh-seet-kehun- 
 
 then close their eye* in peace ! 1,, ^-, - chay; s*»; tseay ming-muh y»y ! 
 
 thou-wko, die then cheerf ully.close.cyet ' 1ft ^ ^L R.& VI «t^i c''»> ; sze, (hay ming.muk yt ' 
 
101 
 
 No. SO. 
 TIk Old Crab and the Young Crab. 
 Old-Crab instructs Children. 
 
 z mn % 
 
 Laou-Heae heun T*ze. 
 Lou-Hai fun 7Vz<\ 
 
 A number of little Crabs, were once taking 
 a ramble by the water's edge ; 
 l.ittlr Cruhs rumbled by shore. 
 
 here they formed proups, and there they 
 seemed to be drawn out in lines; — 
 
 edge completed flocks singled lines left 
 
 but on this side and on that, they were all 
 walking awry. The Old Crab seeing them, 
 fight sideways walked Old Crab saw 
 
 commenced thus to abuse them, " you little 
 •' children of mine there ! 
 
 and railed-at them saying you these 
 
 " how is this that you do'nt walk on straight 
 " principles ! every one is walking 
 
 little children not walk straight path 
 
 " side-ways more than the other ! are you 
 " not afraid 
 
 all belong-to side-ways walk may not 
 
 " (that 1 will give you a drubbing? ") A 
 little Crab said in reply. 
 fear eh > .ill little Crabs replied 
 
 " in what we are doing, we are in all res- 
 " pects following submissively 
 
 mill we that-which do completely 
 
 " the pattern that Papa and Mamma have 
 " set us ! so do'nt [not- 
 
 suhmit-lo Father Mother's walking-pattern 
 
 '■■ feel offended we beseech you !" The Old 
 Crab being thus rebuked, 
 
 may view-strange .' Old Crab received 
 
 began to reflect and examine herself; when 
 she found indeed that she — 
 
 refusal soughl-lhought self examined really 
 
 as well as her children — walked awrv : and 
 thereupon 
 
 nil side-ways walked and-thereby not 
 
 dill not dare utter a syllable! The Proverb 
 sai til, 
 
 djtc then emit-sound vulgar saying his 
 
 '• if a man's own person or conduct be not 
 ' upright, altho' he may command — 
 body not correct altho' command not 
 
 yet his commands will have no effect !" 
 which is just the moral of our Fable. 
 
 nit this saying indeed ■' as 
 
 Or like the Mandarins of present times, 
 who are continually 
 
 jml-noiv't Mandarins often frequently 
 
 issuing Edicts, exhorting people to practise 
 virtue.— [tuous/y 
 
 issue Proclamations command men act vir- 
 
 while it is much to be feared, that, they 
 Miemeelvea 
 
 tnd their-oven persons feir alst 
 
 
 Seaou Pang-heae. yew yii 'gan- 
 Sew Ping-hai, y'au yu 'ban- 
 
 pwan ; ching keun, chuh tuy ; tst>, 
 poon ; shing kwtin, chiik tuy; tsu, 
 
 yew, hung hing. Laou-Heae keen, 
 ynu, wdng hhng. Lou-Hai keen, 
 
 urh mi che, yue", "joo chay 
 e md-che, yuet, " yu chay 
 
 " seaou Tsze ! puh hing ching-taou ! 
 " sew Ts2e ! pill hang ihingtou! 
 
 " keu sliiih hung-hing ! ning woo 
 " kiiy shUk wang-hing ! ning mou 
 
 "keu hoo?" Chung Seaou-Heae, fiih 
 " kiiy oo t" Chung Scw-Hai, fool; 
 
 \u6, " woo-tang so wei, seTh 
 yuet, " 'ng-ling sho wei, sik 
 
 '• tsun Foo Moo hing-e! yew- 
 " Isim too Moo hang-ec I y'au- 
 
 " tih keen-kwae !" Laou-Heae pe 
 "tiik keen-kwai"' Lou-Hai pee 
 
 piS, tsin-szc tsze-sing ; kwo 
 pbk, tsiim-sze tsze-sing; kwo 
 
 keae hung-hing ! yew-she, puh 
 kit w&ng-h&ng ! y'au-she, put 
 
 kan tsih shing! Suh yun, " ke 
 kiim Isiik shing I Tsuk wfin, " kee 
 
 "shin puh ching; suy ling, puh 
 " shim pat ching ; suy ling, pill 
 
 " hing !" tszc-che wei y»j I Joo 
 "hing!'' tsii-che wei yu ! )'«. 
 
 kin-che Kwan.Foo, wang wanj 
 kum-che Koon-Foo, uong wing 
 
 chuh, she, keae jin wei shen : — 
 chiil shee, kai ytin wei sheen:— 
 
 urh pe-che shin, kung yili 
 e pee-ehe shun, hUng yik 
 
,02 
 
 have not yet done my virtuous action ! 
 not- yet act virtuously indeed! one 
 
 it is truly laughable ! 
 laugh! 
 
 No. 81. 
 
 Mercury and the Sculptor, 
 True-god teet Image. 
 
 ^f-Jb^^i' 
 
 & 
 
 #*£*'# 
 
 we-chang wei shfin yiy ! yih 
 mee-sheong wei theen ya '■ yat 
 
 seaou ! 
 sew .' 
 
 Chin-Shin keen Seang ! 
 Chun-Shun keen Tseong '. 
 
 In olden tiroes, in a certainC ity of the third 
 rank 
 
 Formerly had a Been- City City 
 
 (which was rather populous), the inhabi- 
 tants thereof both men and women, 
 
 midst man-thing rather many man 
 
 universally worshipped the gods : and there- 
 lore it was, 
 
 woman ail believed- served gods there- 
 hit they had erected a very considerable 
 number of Temples. 
 
 fore buill-raised Temple-buildings very 
 
 Among these was one dedicated to ( the 
 god) How Wang: — 
 
 many the middle had How-Wang 
 
 but for many years, few people had entered 
 there 
 
 Temple days long years numerous few 
 
 to pray or sacrifice. That very day, How 
 Wang having nothing whatever 
 
 men sacrificed-prayed Ms-day How 
 
 to do, and being unable to get rid of his 
 spleen, — 
 
 Wang idle-leisure not whereby dissolve- 
 
 proceeded leisurely to the public highway, 
 to take a walk. 
 
 expel stamped- u-ent-oitt high-way disperse- 
 Here he saw many shops, whose business 
 appeared to be [houses business- 
 
 steps (i. e. to take a walk) only saw shop- 
 in a most flourishing condition ; (and while 
 looking about him) 
 
 trade throng-brisk by-accident staring- 
 
 his eyes by chance lighted upon an Image- 
 maker's shop, into which 
 
 saw had god image-shop IIow- 
 
 How Wang inadvertently ranntered. All 
 around were placed various Images ; here 
 
 Wang followed-slep and entered all-around 
 
 was that of TW-Pei (the Goddess of Mer- 
 cy), trur.' was Keuen-shen :— 
 
 saw every image Tszi-pei Keuen- 
 
 they were all placed with the utmost atten- 
 tion to order, 
 
 then one one all perfect his- own 
 
 9 }^%-%L9- 
 
 
 SeTh, yew yih Heen-ching : — thing- 
 Sik, y'ati yat Yune-shing: — *htng- 
 
 chung jin-wiih, po chung ; nin, 
 chung yiin m&l, po chiing ; tarn. 
 
 neu, keae sin-fung Shin ; shi- 
 nvy, kni sun-fung Shun ; shc- 
 
 e, keen-leTh Meaou-\ii, shin 
 ee, keen-lap M'ew-yu, shdm 
 
 to ! Ke chung, yew H 6 V- Wang- 
 Id .' Ke Chungs y'au H'au-Wing- 
 
 Meaou ; jih kew, heen yin, shaou- 
 Mew ; yat k'au, nern yiin, sheu- 
 
 jin tse-sz£ ! she-jib, How- 
 y&n tsei- tszi .' sliee-t, at, H 'da- 
 Wing heen-hea, woo e seaou- 
 ft ong han-lid, mou ee tew 
 
 keen ; 16-chiih tung-keu. fin- 
 heen ; tok-chiU tung-kvy, tarn- 
 
 poo ; chth keen, poo-hoo sang- 
 poo ; chik keen, pnu-oo skang- 
 
 e fun fun ! 'gow-jen, pe?- 
 ee fiin fun ! '^'nu-yeen. peet- 
 
 keen yew Sliin-Seang poo ; Ho»- 
 keen y'au Shun-Tseong port ; Hnu- 
 
 W4ng sin-poo, urh j ill. Peen 
 Wong sun-poo, e yap. Peen 
 
 she kfi Seang; Tsze-pei, Keuen- 
 iftee kik Tseartg ; Tsie-per, H»n*- 
 
 shen, yih. yih, keu tse .' ke 
 sheen, yat, yil, kuy Isei ! ktc 
 
103 
 
 and his own linage was alto among (be 
 number. 
 
 Image also mi their midtt with- 
 
 VVith that he first pointed to several other 
 
 Images, enquiring (as if he wished 
 
 that first pointed teverol- personages asktd- 
 
 to adjust and settle) their prices : — there 
 were among then some 
 
 tellhd the-price have obtained tent 
 
 of several tens of taels, and others of several 
 hundreds of laeb ; [reckon 
 
 calculate thotewhirh. here obtain hundred! 
 
 their price was by no means alike : — after* 
 
 wards 
 
 thosc-which,tlieir price not certain afterwards 
 
 he enquired regarding his own linage, when 
 the Master of the shop thus [Matter 
 
 enquired-respecling hit-own Image Shop- 
 
 addressed him, " as for this personage, there 
 " is no occasion to ask 
 
 said this personage not necessary nsk 
 
 " how much be is worth — for if Your 
 
 " Honour 
 
 he whet worth but Your-Honor 
 
 " will only buy from me those several others, 
 
 " I ought surely 
 
 bmght thote-teveral-personaget I 
 
 " to take this one and give him you into 
 '• the bargain !" 
 
 ought to lake him present-over Bow 
 
 How Wang exclaimed. '-but it is the Image 
 " of a god as well as the rest ! 
 Wang taid alike it god- Image 
 
 " bow it it tben that hi alone is worth 
 
 ' nothing? " 
 
 how why? he thus not worth 
 
 The other replied, " 1 see that Your Honor 
 
 " is ignorant 
 
 money? answered said Your-Honor has 
 
 " of the circumstances of the case ! all other 
 " gods possess spiritual efficacy ; 
 
 that- which not- know all gods all 
 
 " if you hegof them, they will respond to 
 
 " your prayer : — 
 
 spiritual have beg must respond only 
 
 •' but this one of all the rest, has not a par • 
 " ticle of such efficacy about him ! 
 I*ii personage it not spiritual 't 
 
 " and therefore it is, that (his Image) is 
 '' worth nothing whatsoever ! " 
 
 thing therefore not worth any — 
 
 How Wang hearing these words, his face 
 became scarlet all over t 
 
 thing indeed ! How Wang heard words 
 
 and with feelings "of vexation and resent- 
 ment, left the shop ! 
 
 red overflow ed countenance angry vexed 
 
 Seang, ylh tsae ke nuy. Yii- 
 
 WJjf ^ ^T *A "T T.eon e ,yikt t , 9 kenn t . Yu- , 
 
 feL &■ &- M. .?# -261 8he ' ™ m chS k£ ' wei ' * enn ' 
 
 jja^_7(j *ll=J zr$£> )-" V»™ the, teen chee kee-wei, »&n- 
 
 ting kea-tseen ; yew tseu sbih- 
 ting kd-tteen ; y'au tsuy ship. 
 
 * stJfc ^ «* $ 
 
 ^ ^iS^J^W "ling; ,'« k'.U, ft* ylng: 
 
 soo-ihay, yew tseu pJh-soo- 
 shou-c/.»y, y'dti tsuy pik-thou- 
 
 chay ; ke «cea poh tang :— how, 
 chay ; ke ki p&l-Utng :—h'mu, 
 
 seun-kelh ke Se»ng? Tiien-choo 
 tan-kip kee TteoW> Teem-chu 
 
 yun, " cbSy-wei, pflh pefh wan 
 uiin. " chay-wei, pit P*' 1 ">*" 
 
 " ke so chih ! tin Tsunke» 
 " ke tho chik ! tin Ttun-lfi 
 
 " mae-leaou na-ke-wei, wo 
 • ' mat-lew nd kee-wei, 'ngo 
 
 " tang tseangta sung-shang ! " Pow- 
 " ting tteong-ti ting- tkeong I " [A'* m ~ 
 
 Wang taon, " kenn she Shin-seang ! 
 Wong ton. " kw&n the Shin-Ueong ! 
 
 " ho e ti tsew puh-chili- 
 '• hi ee ti tt'au p&Uchtk- 
 
 '• tseen ? " T» yn«, " Tsun-ke* yew 
 " tteen .» " Tap yuet, " 7"ruii-*« jr'aM 
 
 " so-piih-che ! choo-Shin ktae 
 •■ rhi-pM-ehee ■ chv-Sh&n kai 
 
 ling ; yew kew, peth ying : was 
 
 " chay-wei, nae woo-ling-che- 
 " chay-wei, not mou ling-rhe- 
 
 *'wiih! she t pub chih sbin- 
 " wit .' the-ee pit chik tk&m- 
 
 " mo leaou!" How- Wang win yen, 
 •'■• lew!' 1 * H'au-Wong m&n yen, 
 
 bfing-chang-leaou-leen ! ftin fua 
 hung-cheong-lew-leenf fin fun 
 
104 
 
 The Vulgar Troverb aaith, " the men of 
 " this world, 
 
 tnd vent world-common what taith 
 
 " who form incorrect ideas of their own 
 " importance, draw down 
 
 nal-telf estimate-person self-brings-upon 
 
 " insult upon themselves ; " as did the go J 
 How Wang of our Fable ! 
 
 hit diigrace have as this indeed! 
 
 
 urh keu ! Srr 
 <■ huj) ! Sket vj/A %ho i 
 
 ",puh-t»ze-ieang- 
 
 " put-tne leong-chay, ft» 
 
 "kejiih'" yew joo' tv-/t' yay ! 
 " /.<■ t/iik ! " i/'u.. 
 
 Notes 
 
 Note 1 page 1 The w, rc | piing commonly means it, bail, bat 
 in some of the Old Books it is used in tbe sense here given to it. 
 
 Note 2 page 1. Pws.n.kon was a sort of fabulous M. 
 the first Human (?) feeing who appeared after that the Heavens 
 and Earth were separated. He it represented aa clothed with a 
 kind of apron of leaves ; and holds in one hand the Sun and in 
 the other the Moon. 
 
 Note 3 page ',. This expression is the equirahsot of the Spa- 
 nish Proverb, /> avaricia rompe tt 
 
 Note 4 page 19. This character ,m is .1 vulgar Canton word, 
 
 a mandarin Would use the character -Q- „ lo » in it's stead. 
 
 Note 5 p»g e 22. The English reader will no doubt remember 
 tbe saying " Nero fiddled when Home was burning ?" 
 
 Note J p a(rf 03. This name, and indeed almost all tbe others 
 introduced, is snppository. The literal meaning of aid-ring 
 <s, » "9ge of mountains so high. -t the 
 
 start 
 
 Nj:f 7 page 31. The phrase nt -thong yti-e is thus lllu 
 >»yDr. Morrison, " variegated dresses, «orn liv the inhabitants of 
 "tbe Moon; — now worn on the staei- ' It is also the name, of a 
 one or ballad, and is here used in thai 
 
 Note 8 page 41. Man of . lieggvir 
 
 *ho lived at Tse in Shantung. Mean 
 " night drunk, and his Wife and Concubine could nut under 
 "bow he should be invited to so many banquets seeing that he 
 " gave none in return. Upon one occasion the Coji<»liine follow 
 " ed bin, and found that he begged of those wy> were sacrificing 
 "and thus contrived to fill himself dtunk : — and this fait being 
 "referred to the Wife, both she and :. riuined 
 
 "to repudiate 
 
 
 
 Goncalvez Arte Chin.. 
 
 The expt- denotes n for nothin 
 
 which is the sense given to 11 
 
 Noti 9 page 55. This is a vnlgar 
 
 H 
 
 it intelligible to a Mandarin — for the character [Ug. 
 substitute ~^ y pft^ . an fi f or t& pee*, tl 
 
 Note 10 , „ v -l,«-o n -i 
 
 sion nf the Mandarin 
 
 • f |tn /H - ' 
 The eqm. 
 
 Iioti-tiih-kai 
 
 Noli. 1 I |i < I 
 
 Trial by Judgment of God, so common in lbs 
 
 Ncm I Kalapa is looke.i 
 
 « kirn ' wonderful 
 
 be from Kalapa. It is now 11- 
 
 Noir 13 page 99. Tbe. 'IN 
 actly what they are translated. • 
 
 he Silurus. 
 
 Note 14 page 103, The r< 
 
 colloquial. Mandarin. It's equivalent in \ on is P*J ifX 
 
 "Li 3$L %* '"' '" '""' '" r " ' 
 ately preceding, aie writti 
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