20. + Explanations of Maou's She from all sources; in 30 chapters.' This work exists as yet only in manuscript, and was prepared, expressly for my own assistance, by my friend Wang Taou (王韜; styled 仲要, and 紫詮). There is no available source of information on the text and its meaning which the writer has not laid under contribution. The Works which he has laid under contribution,-few of them professed commentaries on the She,-amount to 124. Whatever completeness belongs to my own Work is in a great measure owing to this:-the only defect in it is the excessive devotion throughout to the views of Maou. I hope the author will yet be encouraged to publish it for the benefit of his countrymen.

21. 新增詩經補註備詳解;八卷. See the proleg. to vol. I., p. 131. This work is on the same plan as the 'Complete Digest of the Four Books,' there described; by Tsow Shing-mih (鄒聖脈; styled梧岡), first published in 1763.

22. 增補詩經體註衍義合參;八卷 ‘Supplement to Choo He's commentary on the She, and the Amplification of the meaning; in 8 chapters.' This work, of the same nature as the preceding, but differently arranged;-by a Shin Le-lung, of Hang-chow. It appeared first in 1689. with a preface by a Koo P'aou-wăn (X styled. There is a very good set of plates at the com

mencement.

23. *, 'The Essence and Flower of the She.' In 8 chapters; by Seeh Kea-ying #styled, a scholar of Fuh-keen province;-published in 1825. This is one of the most valuable and useful of all the works on the She which I have consulted. The writer cannot be said to belong to either of the schools, but has honestly and successfully used his own mind, according to the rule of Mencius for the interpretation of the odes, before plunging into the ocean of commentaries.

24. Fr, The Correct Meaning and Order of the odes; in 8 chapters.' It is difficult to translate the title () of this Work, which is taken from Confucius' account of his labours on the She in Ana. IX. xiv. The author, Le Kwang-te, was one of the great scholars of the K'ang-he period. He began this Work, he tells us in the winter of 1717, and finished it in the spring of 1718. He has many peculiar views about the subjects and arrangements of the odes, but not much that is valuable in the explanation

of the text.

25. Maou K'e-ling (;-see proleg. to vol. I. p. 132) has several treatises on the She, most of which were at one time embodied in a large work in 38 chapters, of which he lost the manuscript. They are:[i]國風省篇一卷

[ii] 毛詩寫官記四卷 [ii] 詩札二卷

[iiv.] 詩傳詩說駁義五卷 This is occupied with the two forged Works mentioned above (15, 16).

[v.] (the name of a college in Keang-se, where the conversatious and discussions were held) 主客說詩一卷 [vi.] 續詩傳鳥名三卷

32. The contains a reprint of some of Maou's Treatises, and of many others on the She. I have found assistance in consulting:

[i] #++ Maou's She, according to the views of the old school; in 30 chapters.' I do not know a more exhaustive work than this from the author's point of view. He was a Ch'in K'e-yuen (; styled) of Keang-soo. His work was published in 1687, and had occupied him for 14 years, during which he thrice wrote out his manuscripts. He is a thorough advocate of the old school, and is in continual conflict with Choo He, Gow-yang Sew, Leu Tsoo-k'een, Yen Ts'an, and especially Lew Kin of the Ming dynasty.

[ii] 毛鄭詩考正四卷(An Examination of the She of Maou and Ch'ing; in 4 chapters.' By Tae Chin (; styled, M , and t), a great scholar mainly of the Keen-lung period. He carefully examines all the instances where the views of Ch'ing differ from those of Maou, and does not hesitate to decide against the one or the other according to his own views. [iii] #it

Supplemental Comments on the She;

in 2 chapters.' Also by Tae Chin. [iv.] This is Maou's commentary on the She, revised and edited by Twan Yuh-tsae (see p. 101); probably the most correct edition of Maou's text which is to be found. It was published first in 1796.

[v] 詩經小學四卷, "The rudimentary Learning applied to the She-king; in 4 chapters.' This treatise is also by Twan Yuh-tsae;an examination of the readings of the She, different from those of Maou, gathered from all sources.

[vi.]. See on 1. [vii.].

Supplemental Excursus to Maou's

She; in 5 chapters.' By Tsëaou Seun (1; styled and ), who took his second literary degree in 1801. The name of the Work is taken from K'ung Ying-tah's, with errors and defects in which, as he fancies, the writer mainly occupies himself.

[viii] Lessons in the She, transmitted; in 3 chapters. By Wang Yin-che (E| Z; styled 1##), a high officer of the present dynasty, who took the 3d place among the candidates for the Han-lin college in 1799. In this Work he gives the views of the She which he had received from his father, who was also a great scholar; hence its naine.

[ix.] 'An Explanation of the Particles employed in the classics and other writings; in 10 chapters.' This work is by the same author; and though not specially on the She, it has been to me of the utmost value. See a full account of it in M. Julien's 'Syntaxe Nouvelle de la Langue Chinoise,' vol. I., pp. 153

231.

[x] + The meaning of Maou's She unfolded; in 24 chapters.' By Le Foo-ping (T);—on the side of the old school.

[xi.] 詩毛鄭異同辨二卷, On the points of agreement and disagreement between Maou and Ching upon the She; in 2 chapters.' By Tsăng Ch'aou (); styled), a native of Nan-hae district, Canton province.

[xiii.] = Exhibition and Discussion of the different readings of the three other Texts and those of Maou. In 2 chapters; by Fung Tăng-foo (X), a scholar and officer of the Taou-kwang period.

44. 重訂 三家詩拾遺八卷. A work of the same nature as the preceding. By Fan Kea-seang () of the period Keen-lung; subsequently revised by a Yeh Keun (; styled 亭)

45.

Han's Illustrations of the She from extern

al Sources.' See on p. 10, and pp. 87-95.

46. Birds, Animals, Insects, and Fishes, in Maou's She; in two chapters.' By Luh Ke of the kingdom Woo ([more probably ]; styled :-born A.D. 260, died 303). This is the oldest Work on the subject with which it is occupied. The original Work was

RA, 'On the Plants, Trees,

lost; and that now current was compiled, it is not known when or by whom, mainly from K'ung Ying-tah's constant quotations of it. 47. Explanation of Names and Things in Maou's She; in 20 chapters.' A Work of the same character as the above, but more extensive; by Ts'ae Peen; styled a scholar of the Sung dynasty, in the second half of the 11th century. He commences with the names of heaven; goes on to the cereals; plants and grasses; trees; birds; animals; insects; fishes; horses; and miscellaneous objects, such as garments, the ancestral temple, &c.

48.

Supplement to the Urh-ya, in 30 chapters.' By Luh Teen (; styled :-born A.D. 1042, died 1102). Teen was a disciple of Wang Gan-shih, and a very voluminous writer; but only this P'e-ya survives of all his Works. He is less careful in describing the appearance of his subjects than in discussing the meaning of their names. Beginning with fishes, first among which is the dragon, he proceeds to animals; then to birds; then to insects; specially to horses; to trees; to grasses and plants; to the names of heaven, and skyey phænomena. There were originally other chapters; but they are lost.

49. Examination of Names and Things, as given in Choo He's She and Commentary, from all sources; in eight chapters.' By Heu Keen (f), one of the most famous scholars of the Yuen dynasty, in the first half of the 14th century. He had studied under Wang Pih (see 14), whose 'Doubts' had left their influence on his mind.

50. The Names and Things in Maou's She in brief; in 4 chapters.' Published in 1763, by Choo Hwan ; styled ). He arranges his subjects under the four

heads of Heaven, Earth, Man, and Things ; that is, celestial Beings and phænomena; the earth, with its mountains, springs, States, &c.; man's works, dignities, garments, &c.; and birds, beasts, plants, trees, insects, and fishes.

51. 毛詩名物圖說九卷,Plates and Descriptions of the objects mentioned in Maou's She; in 9 chapters.' Published in 1769, by Seu Ting (; styled ). He tells us that it cost him 20 years' labour. It is a very useful manual on the subject. The author gives a multitude of descriptions from various sources; and generally concludes with his own opinion, occasionally new and reliable. The plates are poor.

52. 毛詩品物圖考,七卷(An inquiry into the various objects mentioned in Maou's She, with plates; in 7 chapters.' This is the work of a Japanese scholar, and physician who calls himself Kang Yuen-fung (岡元鳳) of Lang-hwa (浪華); taking up first the grasses and plants; then trees; birds; animals; insects; and fishes. He seldom gives any other descriptions than those of Maou and Choo. The plates are in general exquisitely done, and would do credit to any wood engraver of Europe. The book, though not containing quite all the objects mentioned in the She, has been of more use to me than all the other books of the same class together. My edition contains a recommendatory preface by a那波師會 of 西番 dated in the winter of 1785 (天明四年甲辰冬十月)

53. These three Works are all contain音論;易音;詩本音. ed in the, chapters 4 to 19, the productions of Koo Yen

woo, mentioned and made use of in the first and second sections of chapter III. of these prolegomena.

54. This is the work of Twan Yuh-tsae, men六書音均表

tioned and freely quoted from in the same sections;—on the ancient

pronunciation and rhymes of the characters. It also is contained in the same collection, chapters 661–666.

55. Adjustment of ancient rhymes; in 4 chapters.' By Keang Yung. See p. 98. I have this Work reprinted in two different Collections. One of them is styled

which appeared in 1853, published at the expense of a wealthy gentleman of Nan-hae, department Kwang-chow, in Canton province, called Woo Ts'ung-yaou (). It contains upwards of a hundred Works, many of them rare and valuable, mostly of the present dynasty, but others of the T'ang, Sung, Yuen, and Ming dynasties, selected from the publisher's library, called One of these, the, and a continuation of it, giving the of the birth and death of many of the most eminent scholars and others in Chinese history, have been very useful.

years

The other Collection is styled published in the same way from the stores of his library(), in 1844, by Tseen He-tsoo (; styled ), a gentleman of Sungkëang dept., Keang-soo. It contains 18 Works on the classics; 28 on the histories; 60 on the philosophers or writers on general subjects; and 4 miscellanies.

The Dictionaries and Books of general reference, mentioned in the list of Works consulted in the preparation of vol. III., have,