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scholar in general reduce to those specific to Confucianism in particular and consist of
things which a scholar would value and use for writing purposes. The inventory may be
extended to include the following fourteen objects: wishing pearls, musical stone,
clouds predicting good luck, rhombus, rhinoceros (horn) cup, books,
pictures, maple, yarrow, banana leaf, tripod, herb of
immortality, money, silver shoe.
The fourteen precious things
