[284] Mém. concern. les Chinois, ibid.
[285] Nemesis, in Greek Νέμεσις, is derived from the Phœnician words נאמ (nam or næm), expressing every judgment, every order, every decree announced by word of mouth; and אשיש (æshish), all that serves for principle, as foundation. This last word has root אש (as, os, or æs).
[286] Hiao-King, ou Livre de la Piété filiale.
[287] Kong-Tzée, dans le Hiao-King qui contient sa doctrine.
[288] Hiérocl., Comment. Aurea. carmin., v. 5.
[289] Hiéroclès, ibid., v. 7.
[290] Porphyr., in Vitâ Pythag., p. 37.
[291] Dacier, Vie de Pythag.
[292] Diog. Laërt., l. v., § 21.
[293] Hiérocl., Aurea. carm., v. 8.