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weit und in welchen Richtungen derselbe jedoch ent- 
wicklungsfähig war, können wir nur aus den Werken 
späterer Philosophen erfahren. In Deutschland ist der 
Anfang zu dem, Studium der letzteren bereits durch 
Herrn Prof. von der Gabelentz’ Herausgabe und Über- 
setzung des Thai Kih thü gemacht worden, und wie 
lohnend ein solches Studium sei, bedarf keines Be- 
weises mehr. 
Die geeignetste Quelle für die Kenntniss der ver- 
schiedenen Entwicklungsphasen der chinesischen Phi- 
losophie ist wohl ohne Zweifel das ‘PE 388 HF 3& Sing 
li tsing i, ein in China weitverbreitetes Sammelwerk, 
welchem auch der vorliegende kleine Text entnommen 
ist. Ich halte es für zweckdienlich, die auf dieses Werk 
bezüglichen Angaben in dem nicht jedermann zugäng- 
lichen Buche Wylie’s, Notices on Chinese Literature 
p. 69 mitzutheilen. 
The term PE 3i Sing lé as a designation of mental 
philosophy, was first used by ji P$. Ch'in Chun, one 
of Choo He's disciples, in the PE H =" 3€ Sing le 
tszé 6; and afterwards by BE EU A Heung Kang-tá, 
in à work intitled PE o 22 BE Sing lé k'eun shoo. 
From this time, the term became established, and nu- 
merous works were issued illustrating and developing 
the doctrines of the school of Choo. The third emperor 
of the Ming dynasty had a collection made of all the 
principal writings of this character, which was publi- 
shed in 1415, with the title PE BP Jc Æ $ Sing 
lé tá tseüen shoo, in 70 books, embracing the writings 
of 120 scholars. The first book contains Chow Léen- 
ke's A X [m] gib T’aé keih toô shwó; next is the 
same author's 3j $ T’ung shoo, in 2 22005; then the 
pa $4 Se ming, 1 book, and JE Sc Ching ming, 
2 books, both by HE d Chang Ton aé; next is the 
SS HE Æ Hwang keih king ge shoo, in 
7 books, by Bj Së Shaou Yung; the A S yv Fe 
Yih h&ö Ke ming, in 4 books, and SC jg Kéa le, 
in 4 books, both by Choo-He; the Æ H gr Æ 
Leih leu sin shoo, in 2 books, by 2€ jp 4E Ts'aé 
Yuén-ting; and the ZE ep & A pq fé Hung 
fán hwáng keih nüy péen, in 2 books, by Ts'aé Ch'in. 
After these the work is divided into 13 heads, which 
are expounded and elucidated by miscellaneous quo- 
tations from all authors treating on the questions in 
hand. These sections are intitled, — Cosmogony, Spi- 
ritual powers, Metaphysics, First principles, Sages, 
Literati, Education, Philosophers, Successive genera- 
tions, Principle of rule, Principle of government, Poetry, 
and Literature. The object of this voluminous compi- 
lation, being to embody the views of all the authors 
who had written on the several subjects embraced, 
there was necessarily a great deal of repetition, and 
many discrepancies, one part with another. During the 
18°" century, when much attention was being devoted 
to the national literature, this was submitted to a tho- 
rough revision, and the 70 books were reduced to the 
compass of 12, by an imperial commission, and publi- 
shed with the title PE o $F SE Sing lé tsing é, 
in which the above-noticed defects are rectified, and 
the essence of the doctrine given in a more convenient 
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