capital was divided into alternate zones of land
and water. Mexico and Central America furnish records too scattered to be
compiled here, showing that somewhat as in China, the territory of the
state was divided into the domains of the rulers, the lords, the people,
and the territory of war.

After having duly considered some salient points of fundamental agreement
which are to be found underlying the widely different later growths of the
Chinese and ancient American systems, let us now examine and analyze some
of the most remarkable points of divergence.

The following tables, placed in juxtaposition, afford an opportunity of
recognizing the striking and significant fact that, whereas the Mexicans
and Zunis classified air, water, fire and earth as "elements," the Chinese
ignored air and identified wood and metal as their fourth and fifth
elements.

Mexico. Zuni. China.
_North_. Red, Fire. Yellow, Air. Black, Water.
_West_. Yellow, Earth. Blue, Water. White, Metal.
_South_. Blue, Air. Red, Fire. Red, Fire.
_East_. Green, Water. White, Earth. Blue, Wood.
_Middle_. Many colors. Middle, All Yellow, Earth.
colors.

A deep-seated analogy may, however, be traced between the Chinese
assignment of "wood" to the Middle and the Maya-Mexican employment of the
tree as a symbol of life proceeding from the centre, stretching above and
below and spreading its branches to the four quarters. It remains to be
seen how far the Chinese assignment of "wood" to the Middle approached the
American tree-symbolism.

The marked differentiation in the assignment of colors to the cardinal
points in the above comparative table leads to the conclusion that their
choice had been arbitrary and was possibly influenced by local
environment, the possibility of obtaining certain pigments in given
directions, or by language, the names of certain colors or elements
resembling in sound those of the cardinal points, etc.(83)

After studying the above comparative lists it becomes clear that, whilst
the fundamental principle of the system was identical, the mode of
carrying it out was different in China and America, a fact which indicates
independence and isolation at the period when elements and colors, etc.,
were chosen and assigned to the directions in space. An analogous instance
of divergence is shown in the fol