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The Lucky Stone and the Lung Stone
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
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THIS paper deals with two passages in the Chou Li. The first occurs in chapter 66 : [“The Chief Magistrate, ta ssŭ-k'ou] by means of the lucky stone cures tiresome people. When any of the myriad common folk is committing sins and transgressions, but has notactually committed a statutory offence, yet is doing harm to his district, his feet and hands are to be shackled and he is put to sit uponthe lucky stone. [Afterwards ?] he performs forced labour for theMinistry of Works. If the sin is a heavy one, he sits for 13 (? 12) daysand does forced labour for a year. In less flagrant cases he sits fornine days and does forced labour for nine months. Next, seven days’sitting, seven months’ labour ; five days’ sitting, five months’ labour ;three days’ sitting, three months’ labour.
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- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , October 1938 , pp. 729 - 732
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- Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1938
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page 729 note 1 Literally, “ Has not become involved in the statutes.”
page 730 note 1 As opposed to the inner Court, where the ruler gives audience.
page 730 note 2 
is for 
“ great, ” closely akin to 
“ great,” The usual interpretation (ku = assistant) involves theories of which there is no trace in Chou Li. Cf. I-jang, Sun, Chou Li Cheng I, xi, 112.Google Scholar
page 730 note 3 Bailiffs, stewards, etc., of the nobles?
page 730 note 4 Sophora.
page 730 note 5 See Mo-jo, Kuo, Chin Wen Ts‘ung K'ao, iv.Google Scholar
page 731 note 1 Pausanias, , i, 28, 5.Google Scholar
page 731 note 2 See Stübel, H., Die Li Stämme der Insel Hainan, p. 74.Google Scholar