22 THE SILK GODDESS OF CHINA. 



84) Poh Wuh tchi. — Tai ping yix Ian, kiv. 532. fol. 8. 



85) The San fu hivang fu, anthor unknown but commentated upon by 

 Kwoh-P'oh (276-324 a,d.) Cf. kiv. 6, fol. 6 verso. 



86) Tsinshu. Li tchi, — Kang hi tze tien, 142, 18. fol. 71 verso. 



87) She is called Kang-ti TcKu Hwang-hou, and her biography from the 

 Tsin tchung tien shu, is mentioned in Tai ping yu Ian, kiv. 138, fol. 

 9 verso. 



88) Lih tchao Ti W ng nien piao; Wan Peh tchao ; Sung, Hiao Wu-ti, 

 •4th year ta ming. — Tung kien kang muh ; De Mailla, torn. V", p. 111. — 

 A quotation of the Sung shu in th ■ Tai ping yix Ian, kiv. 142, fol. 8 

 states that the Empress, in the said year, presided personally over six 

 mansions for the gathering of mulberry leaves in the western suburb. 



89) De Mailla, O.C. ibid. 



90) Tchen^ yueh p'an yu shen kiang Tchen she tchi tcheh yun, wo she 

 tsan shen neng kien tsih. Cf. Tai ping yu Ian, kiv. 825, fol. 

 4 verso. 



91) Cf. Tsien Han shu, biography of Hiao Wa Tchen hwang hou ; Tai 

 ping yix Ian, kiv. 136, fol. 4. — Szema Tsien, She kl : biogr. of Tchen 

 hwang hou ; kiv. 49, fol. 10. 



92) Kin Yuen YufujinYiishekung tchu K'ang hi tze tien, key 143 + 18, 

 fol. 71 vers. On yuen as a proper name cf. 140 + 5 fo 1 . 12 vers. 



93) It occurs for instance in the commentary of the Tchun tsiu by Kung- 

 yang in the third century B.C. Cf. Tai ping yit Ian, kiv. 152, fol. 

 1 verso. 



94) Named Pu-nye-shar according to the Bstan-hgyur, vol. 94(?t) Li- 

 yul-gyi Lo-rgyus-pa, fol. 433a; Woodville Rockhill, The early history 

 of Li-yul (Khoten) forming chap, VIII of his work, The Life oj the Bud- 

 dha, from Tibetan sourees, 1884, p. 238. 



95) Cf. A. Remusat, Histoirc de la ville de Khotan, p. 53. — De Rosny, 

 Traite de V education des vers a soie au Japon, 1869,'* says 419 of our 

 era, which seems too late by far, as th event happened under the 11th 

 reign after Yijayasambhava, who ascended the throne of Li-yul or 

 Khotan (Chin. Li-kwei, Yii-tien) 165 years after the foundation of Li- 

 yul. The latter event is fixed by Tibetan sources at 234 years after 

 Buddha's Nirvana (477 b.c) or in 248 b.c Therefore 185 + 24C (= 

 12 reigns of 20 aver.) wou'd lead to 162 a.d. 



96) As recorded by Hiuen-tsang, the Buddhist pilgrim, — S, Beal, Si-yu- 

 ki, vol II. p. 319.— Stanislas Julien, Voyages des Pelerins Bouddhistes, 

 vol, III. p. 238, 



7) The following comes from Tibetan sourees, in W. Rockhill, Op. cit* 

 p. 239. — Fa-hien the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim, arc. 400. mentions 

 silk in Khotan; cf. S. Beal, Si-yu-ki, vol. 1. introd. p, 26. — The 

 C ncse annals Peh-she (386-581) mentions mulberry trees in the 

 same country. CI. Tai ping yu Ian, Kiv. 792, fol. 6. 

 98) Cf. Playfair, The cities and towns of China. No. 8819. 



