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141.	有	周	易	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	and there is the system of Changes of the Chou dynasty;
	Yu³	chou¹	i⁴
	Have	chou	change

Yu see line 14.

Chou is composed of 口 k'ou mouth as radical, with 用 yung to use (line 123), and originally meant close, dense, as population, etc. It is here the name of the dynasty which was really founded by 文王 King Wên, though he never mounted the throne, the first sovereign being his son 武王 King Wu, B.C. 1122—1115. The Book of Changes now in vogue is attributed to the pen of the father, who began with the Diagram for heaven.

I see line 126.

142.	三	易	詳	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	such are the three systems which elucidate the Changes.
	San¹	i⁴	hsiang²
	Three	change	elucidate

San see title.

I see line 126.

Hsiang see line 109. [Eitel translates this line by "These three theories of Permutations must be studied in detail." But at the date of publication of the San Tzŭ Ching, the first two systems were no longer in existence, having disappeared many centuries before, so that it would be quite impossible to recommend them for study either in detail or otherwise. The word hsiang is often used as above, its position in the line being due to the jingle, and in any case presenting no syntactical difficulties.]

143.	有	典	謨	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	There are the Regulations, the Counsels,
	Yu³	tien²	mo²
	Have	regulation	counsel

Yu see line 14.

Tien is composed of 册 ts'ê a tablet (see line 116), raised as a