Note 132 — Chapter IV · CHIA CHING (1522–1566) AND LUNG CH’ING (1567–1572)
Reading edition
hua . Bushell (T’ao shuo, p. 146) has rendered this with “flowers and inscriptions, etc.” In many cases in these lists it is almost impossible to say whether the word hua has the sense of flowers or merely decoration. The present passage fu shou k’ang ning hua chung seems to demand the second interpretation.
