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CONTENTS.

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preface.

I. THE PROLEGOMENA.

CHAPTER I.

the nature and value of the ch‘un ts‘ew.

section		page
I.	Disappointment of the expectations raised by the earliest accounts of the Ch‘un Ts·ëw.	1
II.	The Sources of the Ch‘un Ts‘ëw, and its Nature. Did Confucius allow himself any liberty of addition or retrenchment in the use of his authorities?	6
III.	Recovery of the Ch‘un Ts‘ëw during the Han dynasty. Was this indeed the Ch‘un Ts‘ëw of Confucius?	16
IV.	The three early Commentaries on the Ch‘un Ts‘ëw.	22
V.	The value of the Ch‘un Ts‘ëw.	38
appendix
I.	Specimens of the Commentaries of Kung-yang and Kuh-lëang.	54
II.	A letter questioning the Confucian authorship of the Ch‘un Ts‘ëw, by Yuen Mei.	81

CHAPTER II.

the chronology of the ch‘un ts‘ew.

section
I.	The chronology of the Text;—with tables of solar eclipses, and of the lunar months for the whole period.	85
II.	The dates in the Tso Chuen.	97
III.	Lists of the kings of Chow, and of the princes of the principal fiefs, from the beginning to the close of the Chow dynasty.	102

CHAPTER III.

the china of the ch‘un ts‘ew period:—considered in relation to its territorial extent: the disorder which prevailed; the growth and encroachments of the larger states; and the barbarous tribes which surrounded it.

112

CHAPTER IV.

list of the principal works which have been employed in the preparation of this volume.

section
I.	Chinese Works; with brief notices of them.	136
II.	Translations and other Foreign Works.	147