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Fig. 32. Ritual tools (cont.). (g) Chime (qing ~); (h) Wooden fish (muyu *f.(l.); (i) Gao ~ .
Reproduced from Liu Zhiwan 1983a.

known as baojian ~~~ (Precious Sword),fajian It~~ (Sword of the Law),
longquan jian ~IHJt yx~ (Sword of the Dragon Springs), and zhanxie jian iWT
3fj) ~IJ (Sword Severing Evil). It measures about 60 cm in length, and is
used for vanquishing evil spirits.
3. The Command Placard (lingpai ~ AA!) is a long and narrow wooden
plate, rounded at the top and flat at the bottom. On the front is carved
"Command of the Five Thunders" (wulei haoling Ji I±j' ~ft~) and on the
back, "Calling the Ten Thousand Spirits" (zongzhao wan ling r.tt~f-it1i)
or "Placard of the Imperial Decree" (chiling pai Jl:~ h AA!). It is also called
wulei ling Ji 1!f ~ (Command of the Five Thunders) or leiling pai ~ ~