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46 and commanded them to advance to goodness.

The book Pu-tsie says, "On the 8th day, of the second moon, when the bright stars appear, Pu-sa [the universal delivered,] in the time of was 30 years of age. It was the third year of king Mo, and the year of the cycle Kuei-wei. There, in the midst of the garden So-ye, to  five persons he communicated the four truths, and the law of returning in a circle [the metenpsychosis;] and he discoursed on reason and certain retribution." He remained in the world and spoke of his laws forty years. Afterwards he taught his pupil the honoured Mo-ho-kia-ye, saying,—

"The law of purity; the duty of trusting in the wonderful heart of Nie-puon, [he who sits cross-legged, the posture in which Foe is always represented,] the doctrine of real appearance and no appearance; the true and supremely excellent law, I now take and deliver to you. It is your's to preserve it. Do not say that it is distressing or difficult. You