ragons; red, green and
white. In China these are known as the 3 Doctors of Literature. The
inference of course being that many tiles must be turned away before
these three sets can be made up just as many students in China are
turned away by competitive examinations before the three best scholars
are chosen to pursue their studies at the Royal Court with the title of
Doctors of Literature.

SCORING VALUES

[A]WINNING HAND.

Mah-Jongg 10 Points
No other score in hand or on table than Mah-Jong 10 Points

On Table In Hand
Of three of a kind of 2 to 8 2 6
Of three of a kind of heads 4 10
Of four of a kind 2 to 8 8 16
Of four of a kind of heads 16 32
Pair of 2 to 8 punged to complete hand 0 2
Pair of 2 to 8 drawn to complete hand 0 4
Pair of heads punged to complete hand 0 4
Pair of heads drawn to complete hand 0 6
Pair of the player's own wind punged by
him in his own wind round to complete
hand 0 6
Pair of the player's own wind drawn by
him in his own wind round to complete
hand 0 8
Filling a sequence in the middle on the
only open end to complete hand By Chow 2
Filling a sequence with both ends open by
draw to complete hand By draw 4

[Footnote A: Count for winning hand only.]

Other Hands On Table In Hand
Three of a kind of 2 to 8 2 4
Three of a kind of heads 4 8
Four of a kind 2 to 8 8 16
Four of a kind heads 16 32
One pair of a kind any dragon .. 2
One pair of own wind .. 2
One pair of wind of the round .. 2
One pair of players own wind in the wind
of his own wind round .. 4

EXPLA