Water,attaching to each a masculine and feminine attribute so as to make ten epithets.(2) From the Colours : Blue, Red, Yellow, White, Black, similarly treated. (3) By * [Ferdinand Verbiest, S.J-> was born at Pitthens, near Courtrai ; he arrived in China in 1659 anc!died at Peking on the 29th… … Chap. XXXIII. THE ASTROLOGERS OF CAMBALUC 455 terms without meaning in Mongol, directly adopted or imitated from the Chinese, Ga,Yi, Bing, Ting, etc. (4) By the five Cardinal Points : East, South, Middle, West,North. Thus 1864 was the first year of a 60-year cycle :— 1864 = (Masc.) Wood-Rat Year =…
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