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Identifier: journalofstra15161885roya (find matches)
Title: Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Straits Branch
Subjects: Malayan languages
Publisher: Singapore
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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A DESCRIPTION OF THE CHINESE LOTTERY KNOWN AS HUA-HOEY. i;;^g^UA-HOEY* or the thirty-six Animals Lottery is soextensively played in the Straits Settlements, Bur-ma, Siam and wherever the Chinese settle, thatsome description of its origin and of the way inwhich it is carried on here may prove not altogetheruninteresting. From a small book On the Interpretation of Dreams withIllustrations of Hua Hoey we learn that the game was in-vented in the time of the second Han dynasty. In this bookthere is a short sketch of the lives of the thirty-six mythicalpersonages (who had previously existed as animals) and direc-tions are given as to staking. The order in which the charac-ters are described is different from that employed in the stak-ing papers of which a specimen is given below. King Thai Peng, being the most celebrated character, isplaced first instead of being No. 26. Lit. Play Society. 206 HUA-HOEY LOTTERY.
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1.— Thai Peng was, in a former state of existence, a dragon.He served in the Chow Kingdom under King Hooi Lian till itwas conquered by the Chinese, when he escaped, and havingraised an army under Generals Kun San (No. 9) and Chi Koh(No. 11), he proclaimed himself King, but he afterwards ledsuch a dissolute life that Kun San put an end to his existence.Kun Giok (No. 22) was his sister.. Thai Peng was born again as Guan Kui. Stake on ThaiPeng, Guan Kui, Kong Beng and the 5 dragons when youdream of the coronation of a sovereign, cash, or an execution. HTTA-HOEY LOTTERY. 207

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