[514] They also symbolise the three friends, Confucius, Buddha, and Lao-tzŭ.
[515] O. C. A., p. 106.
[516] It is also used as a synonym for “embroidered,” and when it occurs as a mark on porcelain, it suggests the idea “richly decorated.”
[517] Also a symbol of conjugal felicity; and a rebus for yü, fertility or abundance.
[518] Having the same sound as ch’ang (long).
[519] O. C. A., p. 119.
[520] A pair of open lozenges interlaced are read as a rebus t’ung hsin fang shêng (union gives success); see Bushell, O. C. A., p. 120.
[521] Bushell, O. C. A., p. 521.
[522] See Hippisley, Catalogue No. 381.