ABSTRACT
In the Book of Odes the usual meaning of the character is 'easy'. Some writers have suggested that the yarrow-wand process was called *rig 'easy', because counting yarrow wands was less difficult than scorching tortoise-shells. This is at best no more than a guess and there is good reason for thinking it is not
Modem character
Oracle-bone Shang and Zhou forms inscription forms
iD 4~ ?p :p ~: e 0 tout they have served a good purpose. They have helped to build up an intelligentsia strong enough to stand out against the
unwarranted interference of a reactionary church and pursue their own way, bringing up a new generation which was unhampered by theological restrictions and therefore had no axe to grind.
