Identifier: bookofsermarcopo00polo (find matches)
Title: The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? Cordier, Henri, 1849-1925 Yule, Amy Frances Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889
Subjects: Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 Polo family Inscriptions, Chinese Early maps Mongols Voyages and travels
Publisher: London : John Murray
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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:1. Rat ; 2. Ox ; 3. Tiger ; 4. Rabbit ; 5. Dragon ; 6. Snake ; 7. Horse ; 8. Goat ; 9. Monkey; 10. Rooster; 11. Dog; 12. Pig. But as such a cycle (12 Earthly Branches,Ti-chih) is too short to avoid confusion, it is combined with a co-efficient cycle of tenepithets (celestial Stems, Tlen-han) in such wise as to produce a 60-year cycle of com-pound names before the same shall recur. These co-efficient epithets are found infour different forms: (1) From the Elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water,attaching to each a masculine and feminine attribute so as to make ten epithets.(2) From the Colours : Blue, Red, Yellow, White, Black, similarly treated. (3) By * (Ferdinand Verbiest, S.J-> was born at Pitthens, near Courtrai ; he arrived in China in 1659 anc!died at Peking on the 29th January, 1688.—H. C) t We have attached letters A, B, C, to indicate the correspondences of the ancient instruments,and cyphers 1, 2, 3, to indicate the correspondences of the modern instruments. ■ •*, *
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Chap. XXXIII. THE ASTROLOGERS OF CAMBALUC 455 terms without meaning in Mongol, directly adopted or imitated from the Chinese, Ga,Yi, Bing, Ting, etc. (4) By the five Cardinal Points : East, South, Middle, West,North. Thus 1864 was the first year of a 60-year cycle :— 1864 = (Masc.) Wood-Rat Year = (Masc.) Blue-Rat Year. 1865 = (Fern.) Wood-Ox Year = (Fem.) Blue-Ox Year. 1865 = (Masc.) Fire-Tiger Year = (Masc.) Red-Tiger Year.1867 — (Fem.) Fire-Rabbit Year = (Fem.) Red-Rabbit Year. 1923 = (Fem.) Water-Pig Year = (Fem.) Black-Pig Year. And then a new cycle commences just as before. This Calendar was carried by the Mongols into all their dominions, and it wouldappear to have long survived them in Persia. Thus a document issued in favour ofSir John Chardin by the Shaikh-ul-Islam of Ispahan, bears the strange date for aMahomedan luminary of The year of the Pig. The Hindus also had a 60-yearcycle, but with them each year had an independent name. The Mongols borrowed their system from

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