Mr. Chatto says that cards appear to have been known from an early period in China. There is a Chinese dictionary, entitled “Ching-tsze-tung,” compiled by Eul-Kowng, and first published A. D. 1678; which says that the cards now known in China as _Teen-tsze-pae_, or “dotted cards,” were invented in the reign of Leun-ho, 1120, and that they began to be common in the reign of Kaow-tsung, who ascended the throne in 1131. According to tradition, they were devised for the amusement of Leun-ho’s wives. The general name for cards in China is _Che-pae_, or “paper-tickets.” At first they were called _Ya-pae_, or “bone-tickets,” from the material of which they were made. Several varieties of cards seem to be in use in China. One pack that is described by Mr. Chatto is said to be composed of thirty-two cards covered with small circular dots of red and black, with court cards of one man and one woman. The cards most commonly used are called _Tseen-wan-che-pae_ (a thousand times ten thousand cards). There are thirty in a pack, divided into three suits of nine cards each, and three single cards, which are superior to all others. The name of one of the suits is _Kew-ko-wan_; that is, “The nine ten thousands” (or “myriads of Kwan,” which are strings of beads, shells, or money). The name of the other suit is _Kew-ko-ping_ (nine units of cakes); and that of the third, _Kew-ko-so_ (nine units of chains). The names of the three single cards are _Tseen-wan_ (a thousand times ten thousand), _Heeng-hwa_ (the red flower), and _Pi-hwa_ (the white flower). One of their games of cards bears the same name as the Chinese game of Chess, _Kew-ma-paon_; and it contains pictures of chariots, horses, and guns. The Chinese name for a card considered singly or as one of the parts of a pack is _Shen_, or “Fan,”—a most evident reference to the manner of holding cards spread open like a fan, which is common to all nations.