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East Asian philosophy starts with “One”
“The God of Heaven” above the Hhuman
The most important principles in the universe: Heaven, Human, and Earth
The King who wears a shining crown
The King wearing yellow jade decorations
Ceremony to pray to the earth
Soil & Jade, the soul of the earth
The Shaman shakes bells and conducts the ceremony
Meaning of gods in bronze plates
Smelling the food and celebrating their ancestors
A beautiful Shaman wearing lamb’s horns
The vassals standing in their proper places
Wine and meat brings fortune
Government official offers celebratory prayer
Bow down to god
A plate containing blood
Various animals were used for ceremonial sacrifice
Meat for rituals prepared carefully
Tigers and dogs as ritual sacrifices
A Ceremony of a Cow in Water
Message of god sent through bronze plate
Sacred Bones which show the god’s anger and joy
The Sun; the god over all living things
The stars as gods in heaven
A person with his back bent
A wise old man with long hair and a kid with a “soft” head
A person who goes ahead; the ancestor
Sage: One who listens
Woman with her knees bent
A Visitor to the house
Ancestors and sacrifices
Father with jade panel: Authority
Wife, mother
Elder brother gives orders; younger brother obeys
Grandchild
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Raising the baby or abandoning the baby
Face/Head and eyes
Right and Left hands
House made out of hay
House with doors
Dishes and food
Wine for sacred ceremony
Weaving cloth
A garment with a tail
Going Out
Roads in four directions
Sit down and rest under the trees
Bathing in a big tub
Tattoos
Listen, laugh or cry
Think and love
Book/ Volume
Tossing four sticks to tell a fortune
Five elements of the universe
Seashells as currency
Making ornaments or money with seashells
Seashell coins
Precious shiny particles in the soil
Playing music
Dancing
Making weapons
The Commander readies the army
Recruiting soldiers for justice
Attack at a “timely opportunity”
Travel to war
Shooting arrows
Injury in battle
Broken blade
Defeated side; Broken bronze plate
Retired, sick, dying
Death
Breathing of the earth
Underworld beneath the spring
Endless river
Vapor floating in the sky
Farming the lands
Cow with horns
Elephant with decorations
Human supports elephant
Crazy dog
Is a dragon an alligator or a bear?
Crouching owl
The Stork observes
Worms and bugs
Scorpions on a stick
Using stones to hunt
The Flight of a clever bird
The smallest grain, millet
Grain used in ceremonies
Sacred barley from the heavens
人Ren, Human
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