RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-2001
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Peacock 

BALAUDAMA* (RAS 

* A*MMERMERAD 

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. An emblem of beauty, sometimes used in place of the phoenix. The phoenix's appearance in Chinese history is common and “liable to glorify a peaceful reign or flatter a successful ruler". The peacock's feather decoration was granted for meritorious services and contributions to charity. The feathers had 3, 2 or 1 "eye" according to the grade conferred. 

: Flower of riches and honour; emblem of love and affection; omen of good fortune, 

Peony 

牡丹花,代表富贵,所以又稱國色天香, 

Plum blossom: Purity, nobility, constancy, modesty. 

KAHA AA· KOAXAC 

懷若谷。 

Silk 

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The silkworm is an emblem of industry and its product is symbolic of delicate purity and virtue. 

蠶緣強勤,它產的絲象征純潔的德行。 

Silver 

Brightness and purity, a measure of value. 

***COMK HAMUN - 

Vine and grapes : Symbolises abundant harvest of all food crops. 

Fuk (fu) : Luck, Luk (lu) : Prosperity; Sau (shou) : Longevity 

福:幸福、祿:富貴、壽:長壽 

Bibliography 

Julian Lloyd Webber. Beatrice Harrison: A Pioneering Spirit of Her Age. The Strad, December 1992, p.1172. 

Margery Perham and Mary Bull (eds). The Diaries of Lord Lugard. Vols 1-3. London: Faber and Faber, 1959. 

Margery Perham and Mary Bull (eds). The Diaries of Lord Lugard, Vol. 4. Illinois: North Western University Press, 1963. 

C. A. S. Williams, Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives. Third Revised Edition. New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1976.
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