issuing from a man's head, hence to yawn. Tz'ŭ is explained as not in the front rank or of the best kind.
Chien is composed of 目 mu eye (line 262) as radical, and 人 jen man (line 40). It originally meant to look at, and has come to signify sense perception of any kind.
Wên is composed of 門 mên the two leaves of a door (line 22) and 耳 êrh ear, and means to hear, to smell. Seeing and hearing stand for the acquisition of knowledge in general.
| 43. | 知 | 某 | 數 | Learn to count, | |
| Chih1 | mou3 | shu4 | |||
| Know | certain | numbers |
Chih see line 28.
Mou is composed of 木 mu wood as radical, and 甘 kan sweet. It originally meant sour plums, explained exactly as lucus a non lucendo. An old dictionary says, "Things of which the names are not known are mou." The term 某人 mou jen a certain man, is used in reading as a substitute for the personal names of Confucius and Mencius, which may not be uttered.
Shu is composed of 攴 p'u to tap (in composition 夊, see chiao line 5) as radical, with an important phonetic. It originally meant to count, probably based upon tapping, in which sense it is now read shu3.
| 44. | 識 | 某 | 文 | and learn to read. | |
| Shih4 | mou3 | wên2 | |||
| Know | certain | characters |
Shih is composed of 言 yen words and an important phonetic. It answers more to connaître than to savoir.
Mou see line 43.
Wên originally meant cross lines, any markings or veins, streaks on a tiger, etc.; hence the written character, in which sense it
