[96] Robert K. Douglas, Society in China, p. 253.

[97] Alexis Krausse, China in Decay, p. 38.

[98] Arthur Judson Brown, New Forces in Old China, chap. v.

[99] H. A. Giles, Civilization of China, p. 96.

[100] Brinkley, vol. i., p. 61.

[101] Kojiki, introduction, p. xl.

[102] Chamberlain, Introduction, p. xi.

[103] Kojiki, section xxv.

[104] Chamberlain, Introduction, p. xl.

[105] Captain F. Brinkley, Japan, p. 89.