4 BOTANICON SINICUM. : : 
NOTES ON CHINESE, JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN ; 
WORKS CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION 
OF THIS PAPER. 
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The books recognized as of highest authority in China, an 
which we are accustomed to term the “ Chinese Classics,” = 
comprehended under the denominations of the % #E wu king: 
or five king, and the PQ 3 sz‘ shu, or four shu. , 
The five king or canonical works are 
(1.) The B et Yi king, or Book of Changes. 
(2.) The 3} £2 Shu king, or Book of History. 
_(8.) The 3 2% Shi king, or Book of Poetry. 
(4.) The 99 6% Li ki, or Record of Rites, 
(5.) The # #k Ch‘un ts‘tu, the Spring and Autumn 
Annals, © 
‘The authorship, or compilation rather, of all these work 
is loosely attributed to Coyructus, but much of the Li ki i 
from later hands, 
2 ung yung, or Doctrine of the Mean, 
ascribed to JU 4 K‘une xx [B.C. 500-438], the 
grandson of Conrucius, 
(4.) The works of # F Meng tsz‘, or Menct 
(B.C. 872-289). 
