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XVII. xxn, xxHr. THE ANnlJ_C'TS.,
$t_j;H, not after _ "_, C. _:g_,f_ _ O__,, A game of
chess,--said to resemble draughts, and played with twelve
pieces on the board. _, _] _-I_ Chess played
with 30o pieces on a board with 289 lines, that is 324
squares, the men being placed on the lines; the modern
board has 36I lhaes, or 4oo squares. The invention of the
game is attributed to the Emperor Yao. Tile _¢ k_. game
has only 32 pieces and clostly resembles the Western
game. Its invention is credited to _ :_E the founder of
the Chou dynasty;, but _hether it was originally introduced
from India, or from China into India and thence
west is question for research. '_ .ll: -[_, For _1_ see
XI. xS. C. says the Sage does not here teach men.to
play games, but uses an extreme illustration to show the
evil of laziness. L. Hard is the case etc. mind to any-
thing good. Are there not gamesters and chess-players.
To be one of these would still be better etc. Z. At num
non talos et scrupos? hos ducere adhuc sapientius quam
abstinere. K. Simply eats two full meals without etc. Are
there not such things as gambling and games of skiI1 ? To
do one of these things even etc. Couv. Quand oit ne fair
que boire et mange etc. qu'il est difficite de devenir vertueux
! N'a-t-on pas des tablettes et des _checs ? Mieux
vaudrait se livrer £ ces jeux etc.
CHAPTER XXIII.--RECTITUDE HIGHER THAN
VALOUR.--C. _, ._ _ -I_, ExaIts it. _ :_ :_
_, tl, A _._:ig _'_. Thech_ntzfi
turning rebel and the hsiao ten turning bandit, both
refer to social position. _ .1_ _ _ ][IJ_l_ _ 4!_J_ _-,
He who highly esteems rectitude will also be of.great
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