Tui means to "give
joy." Tui leads the common folk and with joy they forget their toil and even their fear of death. She is sometimes also called a sorceress because of her association with the gathering yin energy of approaching winter. She is a symbol of the West and autumn, the place and time of death
. Left, posthumous title of the Fu Hao.
Hindu depiction
The only hexagram that ancient Chinese history positively links to King Wu Ting is Hexagram 63, "The Illustrious Ancestor (Wu Ting) attacked the demon-land and subdued it in three years." The war was won at "bitter cost." "The Charge to Yueh," Shu Ching, The Book of History)
wine vessel, tomb 5
Tui means stimulating things through cheering and persuasive speech. I Ching by Ritesema and Karcher.
Tomb 5 Owl
The Dark Bird
"Even their inner domain was a thousand leagues.
In them the people found sure support.
Men from the four seas came in homage."
-a poem about King Wu Ting and the Queen from The Shih Ching
Tomb 5 motif
Neolithic Pig
