Note 106 — XIV. JUDGE LU.
Herbert Allen Giles translation
“Be like a cash” [see No. II., note 42] is a not uncommon saying among the Chinese, the explanation of which rests upon the fact that a cash is “round in shape and convenient for use,” which words are pronounced identically with a corresponding number of words meaning “round in disposition, square in action.” It is, in fact, a play on words. return to text