Notes

[1.] Herrlee G. Creel, The Birth of China, p. 141, London, 1936.

[2.] Ibid., pp. 142-154.

[3.] Marcel Granet, Chinese Civilization, p. 270, New York, 1930. Quoted by permission of the American publishers, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

[4.] Henri Maspero, La Chine antique, p. 131, Paris, 1927. This is one of the most valuable surveys of ancient China.

[5.] An elementary discussion of this period is to be found in Paul M. A. Linebarger, The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen, pp. 25-29, "Nation and State in Chinese Antiquity," Baltimore, 1937.

[6.] Pan Ku (H. H. Dubs, translator), The History of the Former Han Dynasty, passim, Baltimore, 1938.

[7.] In a memorandum prepared in response to a request by the present writer.

[8.] Ibid.