[83] H. A. Giles, Chinese Biographical Dictionary.
[84] Li-Ki, chapter i.
[85] She-King, part iii., book ii., ode 1., verse 3, translated by James Legge.
[86] She-King, part i., book viii., ode 7, verse 3.
[87] Chu’un Ts’ew, book v., year xix., par. 4.
[88] Ibid., book x., year xii., par. 9.
[89] Demetrius Charles Boulger, History of China, vol. ii., p. 314. Palatre, p. 6.
[90] P. G. Palatre, Annales de la Sainte-Enfance, tome xii., p. 304.
[91] Lettres Edif., vol. x., p. 363.
[92] P. Gabriel Palatre, L’Infanticide et l’Œuvre de la Sainte-Enfance en Chine, p. 16.