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prayed to the north star (the measure of the north or god of
longevity) that his life might be accepted in place of his father's.
XX. Ts'ai She. Her mother-in-law, being old and toothless,
she nourished her with milk from her own breast.
XXI. Kiang She and his wife waited upon his aged mother,
and walked distances to water
long every day get drinking
and fish that she fancied. After a time they were rewarded
by a spring of the desired water bursting forth at his dwelling,
a of No.
yielding pair carp daily (see 381).
XXII. Ting Lan . After his mother's death (some accounts
and tell the tale in the he had an
say parents', plural), image
made of her. A neighbour one day struck this, and on Ting
Lan's return home he noticed an angry expression on the face
of the image. Finding out what had happened, he beat the
for which he was when the was
aggressor, apprehended, figure
seen to shed tears. These facts becoming known, he received
high honours from the State.
XXIII. Chu Show-ch'ang. An official, Sung dynasty.
His mother was divorced during his youth and disappeared.
On reaching manhood, he instituted a search for her, which,
after a separation of more than fifty years, was successful.
XXIV. Hwang T'ing-kien, a.d. 1045-1105. A celebrated
poet of the Sung dynasty. Although he attained great rank
his filial piety was so great that he waited upon his parents,
with his own hands performing on their behalf the most menial
duties.

SYMBOLS, EMBLEMS, AND CHAKMS.
Symbolical Ornaments.

Sir A. W. Franks, p. 237, says, "We are so much accus-
tomed in Europe to ornament being applied to works of art
to the that we are to think that the
simply please eye, apt
same rule prevails everywhere. The truth is that many of
the devices we employ belong to faiths long passed away, such
as the religions of Greece and Eome, or are derived from