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Volume 4, Chapter 6: Dictionary of Left-Hand Symbols da(4) (lit. “big”). This is the so-called chief finger of Mencius. It is the first finger of the hand. 食 shi(2). According to the Zuo-chuan (左傳), this is Zi-gongs motion of the eating finger. That is, the second finger of the hand. 食 shi(2) is at times used in the tablature. zhong(1) (lit. “middle”). It is called the leading finger. This is the third finger of the hand. 名ming(2) (lit. name). Mencius said: Now we have the no-name finger. This is the fourth finger of the hand. 跪 gui(4) (lit. to kneel). The two joints of the ring f