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Rh ﬁg) of the Sung dynasty, these last often abbreviated, but of real value. There are occasionally quotations from K‘ung Ying-tah, and, from Koo Yen-woo’s Work, the ﬁrst of those mentioned above from the 5 E g The upper part of the page is occupied with Fung and Luh’s own remarks, mostly designed to show the force and beauty of T 90's style. These give the name to the Work.

51. ‘Aids to the reading of Tso.’. In 50 Books; by Kéang Ping-chang, whose Work on the She King I have noticed in the proleg. to vol. IV., p. 175. The present Work, ﬁrst published in 1,768, deserves much of the praise which I gave to the former. He differs from Too Yu on the laws of style in the classic, and thinks that Confucius simply copied the historiographers of Loo without altering or abbreviating their text.

From the ﬁrst chapter of these prolegomena it will be seen that I have very much adopted these views myself, though aware of the objections that can be urged against them. Keang appends short essays or disquisitions of his own on the events related to the nar- ratives of Tso.

52. a if; R {g ﬁg, ‘ Explanations of the Ch‘un Ts‘ew and the Tso Chuen from all Sources.’ In 60 Books. This Work is still in manuscript, having been prepared, with a Special view to my own assistance, by my friend Wang T‘aou. It is entitled to the praise which I have bestowed, in the proleg. to vol. IV., p. 176, on his Work on the She. -

53. i a E % W, ‘An Examination into the ﬁrst days of the moon, and the intercalary months, during the Ch‘un-Ts‘éw period.’ In 3 Books; also by Wang T‘aou, and in manuscript. He shows the unsatisfactory nature of the chronological schemes pro- posed by Too Yu, Koo Tung—kaou, and Ch‘in How-yaou (a E 5%). and then proceeds to his task, taking his data—now from the text, and now from the Chuen. His mind was ﬁrst thoroughly stimulated on the subject by the Rev. Mr. Chalmers. Th ere is certainly no Work in Chinese on the chronology of the Ch‘un-Ts‘éw period at all equal to this. He has also prepared in Chinese a table of the days of new moon and of the winter solstice for the whole period

54. H H ﬂ 3%, ‘ The Eclipses mentioned in the Ch‘un Ts‘éw, with Plates, and Disquisitions.’ In 1 Book. Also by Wang T‘aou, and in manuscript. For the matter in this treatise, as for that in the above, Wan is mainly indebted to Mr. Chalmers.

55, RE ,3, ‘Diﬁiculties with regard to the Ch‘un Ts‘éw, by way of Question and Answer.’ In 1 Book; by “Tang T‘aou, and

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