Along the River (37 page)

abacus: one of the earliest devices for counting and doing calculations 

a Chinese martial art practiced to promote good health 

Heaven 

Language of Heaven (the study of astronomy) 

Land under Heaven 

copper coins 

chop, stamp, seal or symbol 

an outsider; someone who doesn’t belong 

go, a game of strategy for two players, played with “stones” on a board covered with gridlines; the aim is to control as much of the board as possible 

Four Treasures of the Scholar: ink-stick  
(
mo
), ink-stone
(yan)
, brush
(bi) and paper
(zhi)