Il to 1, or midnight,
tsz', Rat.
1 to 3-4th watch, H chau, Cow.
3 to 5-5th do
5 to 7
17 to 9
ing to 11
t
6
It to 1 or noon, wa, Horse.
1 to 3.
未
yin, Tiger. U máu, Rabbit.
3 to 5.
5 to 7.
shin, Dragon.
sz', Snake.
wí, Sheep.
shin, Monkey
yú, Cock.
7 to 9-1st watchƑ siuh, Dog!
4..
7 to 11-2d do.
By prefixing to the characters the words IE ching and
24
hái, Boar.
kiáu, these
twelve periods are divided into twenty-four hours: thus Eching-tsz' denotes midnight or 12 o'clock, and forwards to 1 o'clock; and
kiáu-tsz', denotes from 11 to 12 o'clock. The shí-shin, or two hour periods,
are divided into eight kih ||
or quarters.
Ching-máu giu kin IED
signifies a quarter past six in the
and kiáu-shin urh kih
morning; and
morning, and
交辰二刻 denotes half past seven o'clock.
The night from 7 o'clock in the evening to 5 in the morning is slso divided
into five kăng, or watches, each watch consisting of ope shi-shin, or of
two hours.
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1
In reference to the compass, sz' is the North, Wh the South, Miu thé East, and Yu: the West; the qther eight are intermedine points bel pleen these. The 'ten stems' and 'twelve branches are otherwise named after va- rious animals; but are made use of in that way chiefly by the Manchin and Mongols. nd andort outs
The following, eharacters, which are the names of twenty-eight constell tions, are likewise employed to designate the days.
T
2
3
角亢氏房心
Kioh
8
斗
Tau
15
Kwei
22 # Talpg
Káng
牛
Nia
16
La
23
鬼 Kwei
Ti
10
No
17 Wei
房 Fáng
1)虚 Ha
18
B
Mu
24, 40. Lia
25 星 Sing
Sin
12
危 Wei
19
:
6尾 Wei
13 室 Shih
7 箕 Ki
14 壁 Peih
26 Hệ Chúng
28 軫
,
皆
Perh
20 Tsz
21參Tsán
27
Yih....
• Chin
t
These characters are applied in regular order to the days of the month. Four of them (those printed in italics) always mark the Chiristian Sabbath, while the others designate the week days respectively. January 1st, 1850, is designated by the 27th character yih, and February 12th, the 1st day of the Chinese year, is marked by the 13th character, shih See Anglo-Chinese Calendar for 1841; Chinese Chrestomathy, page 388.
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