[7] The second of these personages is doubtless identical, though the name is differently written, with the Kêng Sang Ch'u of [ch. xxiii]. The identity of the first name has not been satisfactorily settled.
[9] This last clause is based upon a famous passage in the Lun Yü:—The perfect man is not a mere thing; i.e., his functions are not limited. The idea conveyed is that Chuang Tzŭ's system was too far-reaching to be practical.
[11] The Canon of Tao, and of Tê, the exemplification thereof. See p. [125]. I have discussed the claims of this work at some length in The Remains of Lao Tzŭ: Hong Kong, 1886.
[12] The brilliant philosopher, statesman, poet, &c., of the Sung dynasty (A.D. 1036-1101).
[13] A curious parallelism will be found in Supernatural Religion, vol. i, p. 460:—
"No period in the history of the world ever produced so many spurious works as the first two or three centuries of our era. The name of every Apostle, or Christian teacher, not excepting that of the great Master, was freely attached to every description of religious forgery."
[14] On the authority of the I-wên-chih.
[15] A work of the fifth century A.D.