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Authors: Adeline Yen Mah

Tags: #China - History - Song dynasty; 960-1279, #Psychology, #Hypnotism, #Reincarnation, #Body; Mind & Spirit, #Juvenile Fiction, #Asia, #Fiction, #Historical, #People & Places

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niao
 
 

bird 

 
qi
 
 

energy 

 
qin
 
 

a zither consisting of a wood frame and seven strings of twisted silk 

 
qing xiao xin
 
 

please be careful 

 
qing, qing
 
 

please, please 

 
ren
 
 

man 

 
san bao
 
 

literally “three treasures”: three male organs consisting of penis and two testicles 

 
san jue
 
 

three perfections: painting, calligraphy, poetry 

 
sheng xiao
 
 

cycles 

 
shi
 
 

poetry 

 
Shi Er Sheng Xiao 
 

Twelve Animals of the 

 
 
 

Chinese Zodiac: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig 

 
Shou jin
 
 

slender gold calligraphy 

 
shu
 
 

writing; also means “book” 

 
Shu
fa
 
 

the art of calligraphy 

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