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Note 120 — Chapter V

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Ch´êng ni, lit. "pure, limpid, or clear clay," an expression which is explained in the T´ao shuo (bk. i., fol. 4 verso) as "refined earth," the word ch´êng (or ling) being equivalent to t´ao, which means to wash.

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