Note 261 — Chapter IX
Reading edition
Wai hsin tê , lit. "recently obtained from outside." Wai evidently contrasts here with nei (the palace), which precedes the first five. Julien, however, gives it the sense "émaux nouvellement inventés."

Reading edition
Wai hsin tê , lit. "recently obtained from outside." Wai evidently contrasts here with nei (the palace), which precedes the first five. Julien, however, gives it the sense "émaux nouvellement inventés."
