NOTES ON WORKS CONSULTED. 5 
In the famous compilation of the classical books undertaken 
by order of the Emperor T‘ar rsune [A.D. 627-649] of the 
T‘ang dynasty, there are thirteen king :— 
(1.) The % #8 Vi king, or Book of Changes. 
(2.) The 3} #@ Shu king, or Book of History. 
(3.) The #¥ #8 Shi king, or Book of Poetry. 
(4.) The §@ 2% Li ki, or Record of Rites. 
(5.) The Ji} i Chou li, the Ritual of the Chou dynasty 
(v. infra). 
(6.) The @§ #8 Zl, or Decorum Ritual [v. infra]. 
(7-9.) HH = fF Chun ts‘tu san chuan, the Spring 
and Autumn Annals, with the three expositions or 
annotations [v. infra]. 
-(10.) The # 28 Lun yii, Sayings of Convers. 
(11.) Fie F Meng tsz‘, the Works of Menctus. 
(12.) The 3 #@ HHiao king, or Classie of Filial Piety 
[v. infra]. 
(13.) The # 3 Rh ya, an ancient Dictionary ro. infra). 
The Ta hio and the Chung yung do not appear in this list, 
for they are contained in the Li ki. 
‘The same arrangement is found in the great edition of the 
Classics which appeared in 1815 with the title + = X® GE if 
Shi san king chu shu, the Thirteen Classics with the com- 
mentaries. The character j£ refers to the earlier com- 
mentators, of the Han and Tsin dynasties, whilst jj denotes 
the explanations, glosses, ete., of authors of the T‘ang and 
_ Sung dynasties. 
The 3 #8 Yi king, or Book of Changes, has been translated 
by Lecce in Max Mixxxr’s edition of the Sacred Books of 
_ the Eust, 1882, Vol. XVI. It is ¥ no interest for our 
: investigations. 
