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| Keywords: China-Illustrata-Principalia-Sinensium-Numina.png mythical animal that revealed the trigrams to Fu Xi; see http //www archive org/stream/chinesethoughtex00carurich page/167/mode/1up P Carus pp 167-168 la Schematismus secundus principalia Sinensium Numina exhibens A 17th-century Chinese picture reproduced in Athanasii Kircher China monumentis qua sacris quà profanis a k a China Illsutrata next to p 137 This scan is from http //kircher stanford edu/gallery/index html An unknown Chinese artist The Latin caption is by Athanasius Kircher or his Jesuit collaborators Published by Kircher in 1667; original picture must be older This scan is slightly overcropped on top and bottom A full version but of lower quality can be seen at http //books google com au/books id -VKNZ4SAXqYC before p 137; the legend is on p 137 or at http //gallica bnf fr/ark /12148/btv1b20000389 zoom r +Kircher 2C+Athanasius f27 langEN Religion in China Buddhism in China Confucius Chinese dragons PD-old China Illustrata Turtles in Chinese art Laozi | ||||
