FOOTNOTES
[1] Supposed to have been stamped pieces of linen, used as a circulating medium before the invention of coins.
[2] Chung means “middle,” and Yung means “course,” the former being defined by the Chinese as “that which is without deflection or bias,” the latter as “that which never varies in its direction.”
[3] Tê is the exemplification of Tao.
[4] The name Lao Tan occurs in four passages in the Book of Rites, but we are expressly told that by it is not meant the philosopher Lao Tzŭ.
[5] “To the minnow, every cranny and pebble and quality and accident of its little native creek may have become familiar; but does the minnow understand the ocean tides and periodic currents, the trade-winds, and monsoons, and moon’s eclipses...?”—Sartor Resartus, Natural Supernaturalism.
[6] An account of the mausoleum built to receive his remains will be found in Chapter iii. of this Book.
[7] A famous Minister of Crime in the mythical ages.
[8] Contrary to what was actually the case in the Golden Age.
[9] The folding fan, invented by the Japanese, was not known in China until the eleventh century A.D., when it was introduced through Korea.