ABSTRACT

The three ser:ior ranks, called 1m Mt Ch'ao1 P'in3, "Eminent Hanks," are qualified by laudatory epithets (so-called I! ~ Cbial Ming2), for instance, the J~arl ~ ~ tc Lis Hung2-changI, and the Marquis tt *e if-Chengl Chi4-tsc2, are styled, respectively, .. ~ 113 SUI 14 P02, and ~!Ii ~ 14 (Ni') Yung& Hou2, etc.