Vocabulary
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yao (line representing yin or yang that comprises one third of an I Ching trigram)
yang yao (unbroken line composing one third of a trigram)
yin yao (broken line composing one third of a trigram)
three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period)
Gui Cang (Yin-period method of Chinese divination)
Chinese lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata); sericea lespedeza
Chinese lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata); sericea lespedeza
divination sticks
Chinese lespedeza
divination (using bamboo divination sticks)
sticks used for counting
wooden skewer used for counting
commentary (on any of the 384 lines of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes)
commentary (on any of the 64 hexagrams in the Book of Changes)
shift away from rice consumption; consumers losing interest in eating rice
un-Japanese in appearance or character
northwest
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
xun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: wind, southeast)
southwest
earthly branches (the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac)
cash on delivery; COD
statutory rape; sexual activity with a minor under the age of consent
using a new brush for the first time
genuine article; real thing; real deal
sock puppet (hand puppet made from a stocking or sock)
legal representative; legal guardian
celestial stems (10 signs of the Chinese calendar)
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void)
(another's) child
Darwin's finches
Darwin's rhea (Rhea pennata); lesser rhea
socialist realism
critical realism
naive realism
(debate over) the problem of universals
scholasticism
neo-scholasticism