The Chinese symbols
on the map could be deciphered to reveal such locations as "Ghosts of Lost
Souls at Sea to be Shepherded Through the Watery Passageway,"
"Forgotten Sailors Sleep with Eyes Open Dreaming of a Salt Water
Death" and "The Rich Man Finds No More Hope of Continued Life-Death
Will Always Be A Stairway Behind".[6] Images of dragons—harbingers of good fortune in war—and
tigers—devourers of evil spirits—could be found on the chart. The central ring
depicted is an intrepid junk, surrounded by skulls, which is
surrounded by the phases of the moon.[7]
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