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Chinese Conceptions. Immortality their Natural Result. Terms for Spiritual Existence. Veneration for Shin. Origin of Man. How he is affected by Death. Conclusions as to Chinese Ideas of Immortality. SUMMARY OF CHU-HI'S SYSTEM. His Cosmogony is Evolution without Beginning or End, or Loss of Force. The Inscrutable. Production by Polarity and Permutation. From Nebula to Heaven and Earth. Scientific Suggestions. Yin and Yang combined in All Things in Definite Proportions. Man the Bloom of the Elements and Heart of Nature. Correlations of Force. Philosophical Basis of Fung-shui. Rationalistic Criticism of Superstitions. Foreshadowings of Modern Science. Causes of Non-development of these Germs. A too-concrete Idealism and Absence of Scientific Apparatus. Promise of the Chinese Mind. CHINESE DYNASTIC CHRONOLOGY. Mythical. i. The Three Hwang-ke. 2. The Five. Fo-hi. Shin-nung. Hwang-te. Yaou. Shun. Historical. 3. The Hia. . . . 4. Shang. . . 5. Tcheou. . T'sin . . . How-T'sin HAN . . . How Han Tsin . . . Tung Tsin Sung . . . Tse. . . . Leang . . Chin . A.C 2205-1766. I766-II22. 1122-249. 249-246. 246-202. 2O2-22I. A.C. , 221-265. 265-317. 317-420. 420-479. 479-502. 502-557. 557-589. 16. The Sui TANG . . . How Leang , How Tang . How Tsin . How Han . How Tcheou Sung .... Nan-Sung . YOUEN . . MING . . . Ta-Tsing. . A.C. 589-620. 620-907. 907-923. 923-936. 936-947. 947-951. 951-960. 960-1127. 1127-1280. 1280-1368. 1368-1644. 1644-