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Divined on Jihai: In the courtyard, hold up104 large jade tablets105 (and) arc- ended jade tablets.106 Used. 2 102 癸子seems to be another way to refer to the juvenile spirit 子癸; see 214 for another occur- rence of 癸子. This inverted writing is similar to Zu Jia 祖甲 “Ancestor Jia” also being called Jia zu 甲祖 “Jia-day Ancestor”. 103 This divination account is proposing to make an exorcism/protection ritual over a certain set of the protagonist’s horses because of a dream that he had. Both the dream and future sacrificial offerings (as a pledge) are to be announced in writing to the juvenile spirit Guizi in the hope that no calamity would befall the horses or the dreamer. See the parallel divination at