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Article FREEMASONRY IN CHINA.* ← Page 4 of 8 →
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Freemasonry In China.*
¦ Explanation of the five Characters which are directly under the Planets . G . Hung , a flood or deluge of waters . One of the secret designations of this fraternity is Hung kea , literally , " the flood family " 7 . Haou , a leader ; a chief or brave man . S . Han , the name of an ancient dynasty ; but , in certain connections ,
signifying a bold aud daring man . 9 . Ying , a hero . 10 . Kea , a stand ; but metaphorically used to denote a person of importance to the state , or to society , as we use tropes , and say , " such man is a pillar , " " the stay of his country . " N . B . Though this be the ordinary meaning of these ivords , it is possible that they may he used by the fraternity in a mystical and occult sense .
Explanation ofthe other Characters within the same lines . 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 . Ying , heung , hwuy , ho , ttvan , yuen , she , IS , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 . Heung , tefun , kae , yih , show ' , she . " The hero band in full assembly meet ; " Each man a verse , to make the ode complete . "
Explanation of Words within thc first octangular lines . 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 . Ileilng te tung chin , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 . K 6 yeu haou tow ; 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 . Kaon k ' efun pae ; 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 . Wan koo yeu chucn .
\ Y hich may be thus rendered : — The Brethren all in battle join , Each ready with a chosen sign ; An ancient brook with parting streams , Still flowing down from long-past times .
Insupport of this version it might be urged , that the fraternity have certain secret signs or marks , by which they make their ideas known to each other , ancl in the tumult which they excite , these signs are made use of to encourage eacli other in the work of destruction ; and that they consider their society as of very ancient origin , and as spreading through the world from age to age . In fact , there appears scarcely to be a limit to the mutations of these numbers ; for , like the changes of the pa kwa ( Chinese table of diagrams ) , they may contain an infinitude of senses and modifications , with which , however , the initiated alone are familiar .
MISCELLANEOUS UEMARKS , BY DU . MILNE . If any weight be due to the scattered hints that have been given above , there will appear to be a striking resemblance in some points between the San ho hwuy , and the Society of Freemasons . The writer would not be understood , by so saying , to trace this resemblance in any of the dangerous principles of the San ho hwuy , for he believes that the . Society of British Freemasons ( and of . others he knows nothing ) consti-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry In China.*
¦ Explanation of the five Characters which are directly under the Planets . G . Hung , a flood or deluge of waters . One of the secret designations of this fraternity is Hung kea , literally , " the flood family " 7 . Haou , a leader ; a chief or brave man . S . Han , the name of an ancient dynasty ; but , in certain connections ,
signifying a bold aud daring man . 9 . Ying , a hero . 10 . Kea , a stand ; but metaphorically used to denote a person of importance to the state , or to society , as we use tropes , and say , " such man is a pillar , " " the stay of his country . " N . B . Though this be the ordinary meaning of these ivords , it is possible that they may he used by the fraternity in a mystical and occult sense .
Explanation ofthe other Characters within the same lines . 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 . Ying , heung , hwuy , ho , ttvan , yuen , she , IS , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 . Heung , tefun , kae , yih , show ' , she . " The hero band in full assembly meet ; " Each man a verse , to make the ode complete . "
Explanation of Words within thc first octangular lines . 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 . Ileilng te tung chin , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 . K 6 yeu haou tow ; 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 . Kaon k ' efun pae ; 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 . Wan koo yeu chucn .
\ Y hich may be thus rendered : — The Brethren all in battle join , Each ready with a chosen sign ; An ancient brook with parting streams , Still flowing down from long-past times .
Insupport of this version it might be urged , that the fraternity have certain secret signs or marks , by which they make their ideas known to each other , ancl in the tumult which they excite , these signs are made use of to encourage eacli other in the work of destruction ; and that they consider their society as of very ancient origin , and as spreading through the world from age to age . In fact , there appears scarcely to be a limit to the mutations of these numbers ; for , like the changes of the pa kwa ( Chinese table of diagrams ) , they may contain an infinitude of senses and modifications , with which , however , the initiated alone are familiar .
MISCELLANEOUS UEMARKS , BY DU . MILNE . If any weight be due to the scattered hints that have been given above , there will appear to be a striking resemblance in some points between the San ho hwuy , and the Society of Freemasons . The writer would not be understood , by so saying , to trace this resemblance in any of the dangerous principles of the San ho hwuy , for he believes that the . Society of British Freemasons ( and of . others he knows nothing ) consti-