_This rug dates from about 1500 A. D., and is of wool, with animal and floral forms._ FROM A PHOTOGRAPH LOANED BY DR. BODE, OF BERLIN.] CHINESE SYMBOLS BAT _Happiness._ BUDDHIST SCEPTRE _Success in literary labors._ CHI-LIN (a kind of doe) _Nobleness; gentleness._ CLOUD-BAND _The Deity._ COCK AND HEN ON AN ARTIFICIAL ROCK-WORK _Pleasures of country life._ CRANE _Immortality._ CROW _Evil._ DEER _Official emolument._ DRAGON _The imperial emblem, signifying increase and imperial grandeur._ DRAGON WITH FIVE CLAWS ON EACH OF ITS FOUR FEET _Exclusive emblem of the Emperor._ DRAGON AND PHOENIX _Newly wedded pair._ DUCK _Conjugal affection._ GOOSE _Domestic felicity._ GOURD _Happiness._ LION _Victory._ MAGPIE _Good luck._ OLD MAN LEANING ON A STAFF _Long life._ OWL _Dread._ PEACH _Old age._ PHOENIX _The Emblem of the Empress._ STORK _Long life._ TORTOISE _Long life._ TREE OF LIFE WITH SEVEN BRANCHES ON A SHORT STEM_Seven days of Creation._ YOUNG STAGS _Long life._ EGYPTIAN SYMBOLS ASPS _Intelligence_. BAT WITH A RING IN ITS CLAWS _Duration_. BEE _Immortality_. BEETLE _Earthly life and the development of man in the future state._ BLOSSOM _Life_. BOAT _Serene spirit gliding upon the waters._ BULL _Source of life._ BUTTERFLY _Soul._ CARTOUCHE _Eternity._ CRESCENT _Celestial virgin._ CROCODILE _Beneficent Deity._ DOVE _Love; mourning of a widow._