ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING* 

 Eev. John Tuckwell, M.R.A.S., in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the previous Meeting were read and confirmed. 

 The following candidate was put forward for election by the Council : — 

 Associate : — Rev. C. V. Eraser, Holy Trinity Rectory, Jamaica. 



The following paper was then read by the Author : — 



CONFUCIANISM. By the Rev. Arthur El win, "Long" 

 Lecturer on the Religions of China.f 



rriO-DAY our subject is Confucianism, which is one of what 

 1 are generally called the Three Religions of China, that is, 

 the three religions which have been handed down from ancient 

 times, viz. : — Confucianism, Taouism, and Chinese Buddhism. 



Of course, in the short time we have at our disposal, it will 

 be impossible to go fully into this interesting subject ; but we 

 must try first of all to give a short account of Confucius and 

 his doings, and then very briefly examine his writings and his 

 teaching. 



Before we pass on, however, we cannot but notice that 

 Confucius was born in the sixth century B.C., which was 

 certainly one of the most remarkable centuries in the world's 

 history. In China, in this century lived Laou-tse, the founder 

 of Taouism ; and in India, Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, 



* Monday, January 2nd, 1905. 



t The author is indebted to the writers mentioned below for infor- 

 mation contained in the following paper, viz. : Berry, Davis, Doolittle, 

 Douglas, Du Bose, Dyer, Ball, Elkins, Eitel, Grant, Henry, Hue, Legge, 

 Martin, Medhnrst, Moule, Smith, Tisdall, Williams, and, last but not 

 least, Mrs. Howard Taylor. 



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