CHAPTER XI.

CLASSICAL LITERATURE OF THE CHINESE, 626-673

The Imperial Catalogue as an index to Chinese literature, 626; The Five Classics: I. The _Yih King_, or ‘Book of Changes,’ 627; II. The _Shu King_, or ‘Book of Records,’ 633; III. The _Shí King_, or ‘Book of Odes,’ 636; IV. The _Lí Kí_, or ‘Book of Rites,’ and other Rituals, 643; V. The _Chun Tsiu_, or ‘Spring and Autumn Record,’ 647; The Four Books: 1, The ‘Great Learning,’ 652; 2, The ‘Just Medium,’ 653; 3, The _Lun Yu_, or ‘Analects’ of Confucius, 656; Life of Confucius, 658; Character of the Confucian System of Ethics, 663; 4, The Works of Mencius, 666; His Life, and personal character of his Teachings, 667; Dictionary of the Emperor Kanghí, 672.