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[Da] [submits]... gardless of whether it is written on the left or right of the shell the transverse stroke of “卜” runs towards the “hand”, and in all but one instance (divination (7)), the “foot” is angled at the “hand.” Since a characteristic feature of Huayuanzhuang scribal practice is to always write the word bu 卜with the transverse line pointing toward the center-divining line (or suture) (Yao Xuan 2006: 93-94), that only two of the six instances write “卜” in this way implies that this component is not 卜but a different element. I interpret it as an abbreviated spelling of 斦, the phonetic value in zhi 質 (in Western Zhou script written (JC 109)). I take “foot” zhi 止 as a classifier and the abbreviated zhi 斦as the phonetic, and read the graph as writing the word zhi 躓 “stumble, trip” (≈跌/顛). 312 Six divination cracks were made on the topic of whether or not a light black colored horse would stumble if ridden during the daytime. Not one of the divination cracks produced a judg- ment (yong 用). As I understand it, a diviner called Shou then made a test divination to deter- mine the right course of action. For this reason, I have moved it to the end of the sequence. See HYZ 70 for a similar instance. HYZ 195 | 209