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SECTION I. BOOKS INCLUDED UNDER THE NAME OF THE CHINESE CLASSICS. 1. The Books now recognised as of highest authority in China are comprehended under the denominations of 'The five Ching [1]' and 'The four Shu [2].' The term Ching is of textile origin, and signifies the warp t...
SECTION I. LIFE OF CONFUCIUS. 1. 'And have you foreigners surnames as well?' This question has often been put to me by Chinese. It marks the ignorance which belongs to the peopl...
4. Chapter 4SECTION I. ITS PLACE IN THE LI CHI, AND ITS PUBLICATION SEPARATELY. 1. The Doctrine of the Mean was one of the treatises which came to light in connexion with the labors of Liu...
3. Chapter 3SECTION I. HISTORY OF THE TEXT, AND THE DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF IT WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPOSED. 1. It has already been mentioned that 'The Great Learning' frms one of the Books o...
1. Chapter 1SECTION I. BOOKS INCLUDED UNDER THE NAME OF THE CHINESE CLASSICS. 1. The Books now recognised as of highest authority in China are comprehended under the denominations of 'The f...
2. Chapter 2OF THE CONFUCIAN ANALECTS. SECTION I. FORMATION OF THE TEXT OF THE ANALECTS BY THE SCHOLARS OF THE HAN DYNASTY. 1. When the work of collecting and editing the remains of the Cla...
6. Chapter 6SECTION I. CHINESE WORKS, WITH BRIEF NOTICES. 十三經註疏, 'The Thirteen Ching, with Commentary and Explanations.' This is the great repertory of ancient lore upon the Classics. On th...