[120] [chch 2] _ling chih_, a species of agaric, at first regarded as an emblem of good luck, and afterwards as a Taoist emblem of immortality. [121] See Bushell, _O. C. A._, p. 563. [122] [chch 2] _shih tzŭ_. The mythical lion is a fantastic animal with the playful qualities of the Pekingese spaniel, which it resembles in features. In fact the latter is called the lion dog (_shih tzŭ k’ou_), and the former is often loosely named the “dog of Fo (Buddha),” because he is the usual guardian of Buddhist temples and images. [123] [chch] _ts’ang_, azure or hoary. [124] Named by Bushell mackerel, carp., marbled perch, and another. [125] [chch 4]. [126] [chch] _chün_, a fleet horse. [127] Translation of the _T’ao shuo_ (p. 145). [128] _O. C. A._, p. 227. [129] [chch 4]. [130] See Laufer, _Jade_, p. 120. [131] See Mayers, part ii., p. 335. [132] _hua_ [chch]. Bushell (_T’ao shuo_, p. 146) has rendered this with “flowers and inscriptions, etc.” In many cases in these lists it is almost impossible to say whether the word _hua_ has the sense of _flowers_ or merely _decoration_. The present passage _fu shou k’ang ning hua chung_ seems to demand the second interpretation. [133] This dark blue Chia Ching ware was carefully copied at the Imperial factory in the Yung Chêng period. See p. 203. [134] See _J. Böttger, Philipp Hainhofer und der Kunstschrank Gustav Adolfs in Upsala_, Stockholm, 1909, Plate 71. The same interesting collection includes a marked Wan Li dish with cloud and stork pattern in underglaze blue, two cups, and a set of Indian lacquer dishes with centres made of the characteristic Chinese export porcelain described on p. 70. [135] _Cat B. F. A._, D 17. [136] A good example of this colouring is a large bowl with Chia Ching mark in the Kunstgewerbe Museum, Berlin. [137] See vol. i, p. 225. [138] Figured in F. Dillon, _Porcelain_, Plate v. [139] Bk. v., fol. 9 recto. [140] [chch 2]. _Ts’ui_ is a fairly common name. It occurs as a mark on a small figure of an infant in creamy white ware of Ting type in the Eumorfopoulos Collection; but it is highly improbable that this piece has anything to do with the Mr. Ts’ui here in question. [141] The _Ming ch’ên shih pi chou chai yü t’an_, quoted in the _T’ao lu_, bk. viii., fol. 4, says, “When we come to Chia Ching ware then there are also imitations of both Hsüan Tê and Ch’êng Hua types (they even are said to excel them). But Mr. Ts’ui’s ware is honoured in addition, though its price is negligible, being only one-tenth of that of Hsüan and Ch’êng wares.” [142] Bk. iii., fol. 7. [143] See Bushell, _O. C. A._, p. 235. [144] Bk. vi., fol. 16, and Bushell’s translation, p. 152.