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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
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W^N CHANG SHAN TOU CH'iNG SHOU CHI HSIANG JU I
"Scholarship high as "Congratu- "Longevity" "Good fortune and
the mountains and the lations" A curious form, fulfilment of wishes"
Great Bear!" known in Hol-
land as the Spider
mark
SHOU Tl NAN SHAN, RUNG MING FU KUEI,
FU JU TUNG HAI HUNG FU CH'i T'iEN
" 'A famous name, riches and honor,
Long-lived as the Southern
abounding happiness reaching
hills, happy as the Eastern to heaven!"
seas"
Ti HUA CH'aNG CH'uN.