Re: Paper Pai vs. MJ Tiles, Why?

On Jun 29, 10:05?pm, p...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
[snip]
The replacement of Zhong and Fa with
the Dragon and Phoenix (possibly as representations of the Emperor and
Empress) also seems reasonable for a set presented as a gift to the
court. [snip]

Hello Dan. I am posting a colour photocopy this Monday.

At this point it is not possible to say what came 1st. Both the Sheng
and Wilkinson sets are close in time and are from different regions.
There is no evidence that Sheng intended his set as a gift to the
court.

I also replied to Allan by email but the information in the email is
relevant here, so I figure I will post it. Here it is with some small
additions ...

It is interesting that both the Sheng set and the Mauger set have Feng
and Long together with the 'rank' suit denoted by the character 'pin'.
It is reasonable to consider that 'pin' stands for a degree of rank,
as mentioned in my 1978 facsimile edition of the 1874 'Chinese Readers
Manual' by Mayers, where it gives as reference # 282 "The Nine Degrees
of Offical Rank". These were nine Imperial Official Ranks intimately
linked with the particular Dynasty in which they existed.

Each set also has alternatives to the four Directions. Either the Four
Ranks of Nobility or the Four Confucian Cardinal Virtues - both linked
to the Imperial court.

If we consider these meanings as contexts which surround the Feng and
Long in both sets, then one may hypothesise that Feng and Long
represent Empress and Emperor, as Dan mentions.

I offered these explanations for these tiles in my article.

Cheers



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