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The San Tzŭ Ching

78.	鷄	犬	豕	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	the fowl, the dog, the pig.
	Chi¹	ch'üan³	shih⁴
	Fowl	dog	pig

Chi is composed of 鳥 niao bird as radical, with 奚 hsi how? why? as phonetic. It is also written 雞, and is described as the bird which knows the time (line 334).

Ch'üan seems to have greatly impressed Confucius. He said it was a perfect picture of the animal, meaning of course the old form.

Shih is another picture, which likewise leaves much to the imagination, although bristles, feet, and tail are said to stand out distinctly.

79.	此	六	畜	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	These six animals
	Tz'ŭ³	liu⁴	ch'u⁴
	This	six	keep

Tz'ŭ see line 59.

Liu see line 75.

Ch'u is composed of 玄 hsüan black, dark, mysterious (line 94), an epithet often applied to 天 t'ien the sky, and 田 t'ien cultivated fields, i.e. the black fields which nourish us. [Cf. Eurip. Bacchæ, μέλαν πέδον the black plain; Homer Il. ῥεε δ'αἵματι γαῖα μέλαινα, etc. In connection with the Greek μέλας, comparison may also be made with the Chinese 青 ch'ing (lines 84, 180), both being applied to the sky, water, etc.] It means to feed, to nourish, to keep as animals; hence, brute beasts.

80.	人	所	飼	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	are those which men keep.
	Jen²	so³	ssŭ⁴
	Man	which	feed

Jen see line 1.

So see line 22.