[7] Cp. Bramsen's Japanese Chronological Tables.

[8] Legge's The Religion of China, p. 137.

[9] Cp. Rhys Davids' Buddhism, p. 144.

[10] Cp. T. Haga's Note on Japanese Schools of Philosophy. T.A.S.J., vol. xx. pt. i. p. 134.

[11] Faber's Doctrines of Confucius, p. 33.

[12] Cp. Dr. P. Carus's Lao-tze Tao-teh-king.

[13] Cp. Sacred Books of the East, vol. xxix.

[14] Cp. Sacred Books of the East, vol. xxix.

[15] E. J. Eitel's Handbook of Chinese Buddhism, p. 49.

[16] Four years later the first temple of this school was opened in Hakata under the patronship of the Emperor Gotoba.