[20] Shï chi, 1, c.

[21] For the distracted state of China about this period, one may read the Shi-ching, the Tʽung-chien, Chʽun-chʽiu, the Lun-yü, and other books.

[22] See 十字全書, Introduction.

[23] Tao-tê Ching, Chs. 20 and 67.

[24] See, for instance, a very unfair article on Confucius in the Fortnightly Review for May, 1868, by Sir J. Bowring.

[25] 朱子全書, Ch. 58.

[26] Chia-yü (家語), Ch. 3.

[27] See the Yuan-chien-lei-han (淵鑑類幽), Ch, 318.

[28] Chalmers translates this “old philosopher.”

[29] See the Records of Spirits and Fairies. Art. 老子. Julien has translated this Chapter in the Introduction to his Tao-tê Ching.