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<Tung-fung dwelt on mount Zu and made his business of treating sick people. He ordered the heavy patients to plant three plumtrees, and the lighter ones one tree. Nowadays several hundreds of trees on the northern ridge (of the mountain) are still called «The plumgrove of the Master Tung».

We see by these two examples that the apothecaries in China have good reason to place the words Lemon-well and Plum-grove on their shops, though they themselves, probably, not know-the

origin of these expressions; at the same time, we see the treacherous

1) Or «he drove fiercely away»?

pitfall iato which a Sinologue may stumble, even when the sense

of a Chinese phrase or expression seems to be as clear as crystal.

The fifth inscription is that on the shop of a Master-Carpenter À D (in Malay ARumah tukang kaiju). Above the door we read: Bi JE 25 Chi k'iao sien-sz2e translated in Malay by Guru njang paling pandé (A very skillful boss). Pr. H. translated <The cleverest is the master» (De knapste is de baas); if this was the meaning, the phrase would run % 15 # F5 DL FI: as e.g. in N°. 21 of Davis’s Chinese Maxims: A ME EE 1), EE Æ 4 2, ‘In learning, age and youth go

for nothing; the best informed takes the precedence».

Upon the door (di pintu) we find the antithetical sentence:

Fes hEÀ SSÈHÉS

En << ti À 1 /

translated in Malay by: ZLiat kardjanja djadi tau pandénjan (when you see his workmanship, you will know his skillfulnes) and kalu suda pegang barang di tangannja, lantas trang di ati (when you take the ware in hand, you’ll be immediately convinced of 1& in your heart). Dr. H. translated: «Look at his work, and you will learn to know his ingenuity; when you have got it in the hand, it will please you» (Bezie zijn werk, zoo leert gt zijne knapheid kennen. Hebt gÿ het in de hand, 200 zal het u bevallen). We should prefer translating: «Look at his workmanship and you'll know his skill;

if taken in hand, it wil suit your desires».

The sixth Honoire is that on à blacksmith’s shop #k D (in Malay Rumah ang bessi). Above the door we find the characters: Kai chang tsiun fah translated in Malay by Buka warong banjak djual. (The shop is opened and has a good sale). Dr. H. translated: «Exposed for sale and

quickly sold». (Uitgestald [en] snel verkocht). Upon the door is found the antithetical distich: