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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear Colleauges<BR>
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I am working with some Silla period funerary steles, and one of the terms that occurs frequently in the discussion of the size and style of the epigraphs is word <EM>pun</EM> 分. As everyone knows, <EM>pun</EM> means lots of things. The context suggests it has something to do with size and proportions. If the size of the Sino-Korean logographs (characters) is said to be six <EM>pun</EM> (<EM>yukpun</EM> 六分), does that mean the logographs are six-tenths of an "inch" (<EM>ch'on</EM> 寸) in size? Would it be best to try to translate it into the jargon of present-day type measurement by using the term point? I would be grateful for your comments and opinions. <BR>
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Best<BR>
Richard McBride<BR>
Department of History<BR>
Brigham Young University, Hawaii<BR>
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