AJSTAXiYTIOAi, TABLE OF CONTENTS- 



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PREFACE V. 



INTRODUCTION IX. 



1. — Resemblance of the Hung-league and the society of Freemasons; opinion of Dr. 

 Schauberg; reasons for this resemblance; intercourse of China with ancient nations, 

 ix. — Pythagoras; his system identical with the Chinese; antiquity of the Hung-league; 

 secret signs of recognition among the Peking-Chinese; Avhy the league has become po- 

 litical, x. — Real tendency of the league; dis cours e in ifs handbooks, xi. — Fraternal love 

 and faith the base of both societies; explanation of the name of the Hung-league, xn. — 

 The One-God; names the Chinese gave Him; Yin and Yang compared to Jachin and Boaz, 

 xin. — The 3 powers: Heaven, Earth and Man; explanation of the equilateral triangle, 

 xiv. — Compared with the Egyptian explanation; philosophy of Lao-fcsz; the Tao; the 

 Road of Confucius; human duties, xv. — How God was adored in China; the temples 

 in His honour; the Ming-thang or temple of UgM; the Sun- and Moon-temple; what mea- 

 ning may be attached to the Ming-thang, xvi. — The tonsure ; symbol of the sun ; the 

 sun painted on the doors of Budhist temples, xvn. 



2. — Sacred numbers of the Chinese; the unity and the decas; the perfect and imper- 

 fect numbers; the 3; theory of Hoai-nan-tsz ; the 3 treasures of the Budhists and Ma- 

 sons, xvn. — Power and influence of the number 3 on the Chinese institutions, laws, 

 etc; the male and female numbers; the numbers of Heaven and Earth, xvin. — Dia- 

 gram of Heaven and Earth; how it was composed; the tortoise of Yu; it's mea- 

 ning; the Lung-ma of Fuh-hi, xix. — The Lung-ma of Fuh-hi; the numbers 3 and 

 5; the number of God; Bachofen's explanation; power and influence of the number 

 5 on the Chinese institutions, religion, natural system, etc; the 5 blessings; the 5 

 degrees of nobility, xx. — The 5 founders of the league; the pentagonal and octagonal 

 diplomas; the numbers 5 and 7; the numbers of the world; the old Chinese Aveek of 

 7 days; the 7th day destined for reflection on sins; the 7 the number of death; ifc's 



part in the fimeral ceremonies; the 3, 5 & 7, xxi. — The 3, 5 and 7 in masonry; in- 



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