be common in the reign of Kao-tsung. Mr. W. H. Wilkinson has recently shown |that in the citation madeby Chatto from the Ching tsz tung, heomits the concluding and most importantsentence: It»does not follow that this classof games originated in the period Hslian-ho,and says that the passage,… … It is perfectly clear, Mr. Wilkinson says, thatall that was done or asked for in 1120 was an imperialdecision as to which of several forms of Tien-kiu(Heavens and Nines) was to be considered orthodox.The game and the cards must have been in existencelong before. The passage from the…
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