. Whist scores and card-table talk, with a bibliography of whist; . 1392. This was at one time supposedto prove the French origin of cards ; but it has long agobeen pointed out that the payment evidently was forthe painting of the cards, and not for their invention. CARDS IN CHINA. The Chinese have a tradition that cards were de-vised for the amusement of the numerous concubinesof their imperial ruler Seun-ho. In the Chinesedictionary entitled Ching-tsze-tung, compiled by Eul-koung, and first published a. d. 1678, it is said thatthe cards now known in China as Teen-tsze-pae, ordotted cards, we
. Whist scores and card-table talk, with a bibliography of whist; . 1392. This was at one time supposedto prove the French origin of cards ; but it has long agobeen pointed out that the payment evidently was forthe painting of the cards, and not for their invention. CARDS IN CHINA. The Chinese have a tradition that cards were de-vised for the amusement of the numerous concubinesof their imperial ruler Seun-ho. In the Chinesedictionary entitled Ching-tsze-tung, compiled by Eul-koung, and first published a. d. 1678, it is said thatthe cards now known in China as Teen-tsze-pae, ordotted cards, were invented in the reign of Seun-ho,1120 ; and that they began to be common in the reignof Kaou-tsung, who ascended the throne in 1131.(Chatto, Facts, etc., p. 55.) The Chinese pack Tsee?i-wan-jin-pae, or a thousand times ten thousand mens 56 WHIST SCORES AND ^ ^ Rubbers Games Points 2< 1 CARD-TABLE TALK. 57 names cards/ contains the names of persons famous inChinese history. The suits are chains, arms, money,and human beings, and are usually printed in black. (2)
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