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[146] Doolittle, Social Life of the Chinese, ii. 209.

[147] Medhurst, ‘Marriage, Affinity, and Inheritance in China,’ in Trans. Roy. As. Soc. China Branch, iv. 25 sq. Gray, China, i. 219. Müller, Reise der Fregatte Novara, Ethnographie, p. 164.

[148] Navarette, ‘Account of the Empire of China,’ in Awnsham and Churchill, Collection of Voyages and Travels, i. 73.

[149] Indo-Chinese Gleaner, i. 164.

[150] Gray, op. cit. i. 219.

[151] Legge, Chinese Classics, i. 103 sq.

[152] Griffis, Religions of Japan, p. 124 sq.

[153] Westermarck, op. cit. p. 525.

[154] Rein, Japan, p. 424 sq.