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Examination of Four Chinese Characters.

Another example. Mencius B. II., page 167, line 12.*

E

以。

Fil le

em

utilitat-

At shwo

eloqui

I wang,

regi.

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That is, utilitatem (sequendam) regi proponere, "to propose to the

king utility (to be followed)." Both of the Tartar versions taking

以 e to fill the place of ‡ pa or

aisi

be

examples, render the passage thus:

Literally, utilitat- em

utility

tseäng, as in the foregoing

de

kisourefi,

i

elocutus,

to the king

spoke.

dchafafi wang

prehendens reg-

taking

e, has two com-

§II. If an active verb, in company with plements, the one direct and the other indirect, three forms of con- struction may occur, which the following examples will elucidate.

1st. Either the verb is followed immediately by the complement indirect, and the complement direct, with Ve before it, is placed after the indirect complement; as Men. B. I. page 164, line 16.

A

分 fun

dividere

A jin

hominibus

Me

as

財 tsae

diviti-

That is, hominibus divitias (suas) dividere, "To divide to men (comp. indirect) his riches (comp. direct). The Tartar version agrees with this.

nialma

houtîni-

de bus

to men

oulin diviti-

riches

be

6B

dendeme dividendo

by dividing

poure dare.

be

to give.

2d. Or, the direct complement, preceded by the word e, is placed before the active verb, and the indirect complement is subjoin- ed. We will adduce an instance from Kanghe's Dictionary under the

word

shwuy.

Ʌ

De twũh

物 wǔh wei jin 日 yuè 稅 shouy

homini dicitur

B.

m

re-

ill legare

a thing

to devise

to a man is called

以。

Another example from Mencius, B. II. page 81, line 10.

C.

Fteën Theä

βασίλει

That is, the kingdom to give to a man.

shwuy. shuuy.

與 yu

λ jin

dare

homini.

* The translator ventures to suggest to those who write for the public, and who have occasion to cite examples from Chinese works, that in every case some standard edition of the work be selected, and page and line referred to as has been done in this tract, that the quotations may be readily found and read in the connection in which they stand in the respective books from which they are quoted..

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