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48 CRINESE MUSIC. The use of son0r0us stone to make musical instruments may be said to be peculiar to China. At all events, the Chinese were the first to give stone a place in music; their classics frequently mention the sto_ne-ch~e _as being k~own by the _ancient E~perors. and held in great esteem. Unfortunately, of the music and the mstrurnents m use dunng the Hsia, Shang, and Chou dynasties, nothing remains but a few books which escaped the destruction ordered by the Emperor SHE HuANa-n;_ 1 and under the ~rnperor Cn'ENG TI(~*> (B.C. 32 ) a complete stone-chime was diseovered m a pool, where it had been thrown, and from this model new chimes were made. The best stone for chimes is said to be jade, but another kind of black calcareous stone is crenerally preferred, because it is easier to work and comparatively much cheaper. 0 No. <.-The T ,<ch,•i•g (!I¼ ii!'), or "single sonorous stone," is a stone cut in the shape of a carpenter's square, and supposed to render the sound of the triple octave below hucing-chiing. The side which is to be struck. by the perfo1~rner's hammer measures 2 . 25 feet; the other side is only 1.8 feet in length. It ~s suspended m a frame by means of a string passing through a hole boi·ed at the apex. It 1s also known under the name of mt ~ (li-ch'ing), perhaps on